Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... It required 150 years, give or take, allowing for memory lapses from too much single malt, for the stylized casting technique to travel from the River Spey ...

The class on the Bighorn River was taught by fly-fishing guides Mike McCune, 53, and Whitney Gould, 46, of Oregon. McCune has been involved in spey casting for about 25 years, since the sport’s ...

Peter Humphreys and spey casting have similar origins, but it took a move to the United States for Humphreys to become one of the best. Humphreys was introduced to fly fishing by his father, John, who ...

• Castaway Fly Shop ( castawayflyfishingshop.com),1114 North 4th St. in Coeur d’Alene, has two casual freebie activities to help fly fishers improve: Two-hand Tuesdays: Casting practice with Spey or ...

Minneapolis - If you live long enough, the past comes 'round and meets the future, completing a circle. So it is with Bob Nasby, the St. Paul fly fisherman and casting instructor. Perhaps also, Nasby ...

Luminaries of the spey casting world will gather at the Lenore Rest Stop along the Clearwater River at 9 a.m. Saturday to revel in all things associated with two-handed fly rods and fishing for the ...

The River Spey in Scotland has high banks and is lined by trees, a fisherman’s nightmare. In the 1800s, fly-fishermen were at odds with the terrain, knowing big Atlantic salmon were there for the ...

Brian Aguon, an Oregon fishing guide, is describing the benefits of spey casting. "First, you don't need to have a lot of room behind you to throw an 85-foot cast. Secondarily, it's easier for the ...

Spey casting was developed in Scotland as a way to make long casts to fish on big rivers with little room to backcast. The name for the sport comes from the River Spey, where the technique originated ...