Switch Rods

Sage 6119-4 TCX Switch Rod Review

November 9, 2011
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It’s another chapter in the story of the Short Spey Revolution! Background Earlier this year we posted our review of the Sage 8119-4 TCX Switch rod – the heaviest in Sage’s line of very fast “long switch/short spey” rods.  We’re totally in love with this rod; in fact your fearless editor has had a very [...]

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Sage TCX Switch Rod Review

June 29, 2011
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Last year at IFTD we told you about Sage’s new line of TCX switch rods.  We’ve finally gotten enough time in fishing one that we feel competent to write up a review.  The past few weeks we fished the 8119-4 TCX a whole bunch at Alaska West, and guess what – we’re in love. About [...]

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Lake Fishing with Switch Rods

May 30, 2011
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We’ve got our fourth of four videos today in our mini-series of videos on lake fishing.  After getting an introduction to fly fishing on lakes, some tips on lake fishing with a tough backcast, and a look at fly selection for lake fishing, now we get to learn about using switch rods on lakes. In [...]

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Airflo Skagit Switch Review

May 3, 2011
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Back in September we told you about Airflo’s new Skagit Switch Heads – a potential solution to the “nobody makes a modern spey line for my switch rod” problem.  Since the early version of the head that we got our hands on at IFTD, Airflo has gone through a couple more iterations.  Last month we [...]

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Top Steelhead Fishing Posts of 2010

December 30, 2010
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It’s part 3 today in our series of ‘most popular posts of 2010′ articles.  We wanted to make sure that you’re not missing out on any of the good stuff! Having already seen which trout fishing posts were deemed cool, and which bonefishing posts went viral, today you get to see which 10 posts about [...]

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Ken Morrish’s Steelhead Rig

November 9, 2010
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As one of the fine folks behind Flywater Travel, Ken Morrish has had the chance to go steelhead fishing in some pretty fantastic places.  Ken is also an innovative angler and fly tier, with an extensive line of signature flies by Idylwilde. If Ken was to step onto any given river in British Columbia to [...]

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Switch Rods, Scandi Heads and Polyleaders

October 5, 2010
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In the world of spey fishing there seem to be three types of gear that generate a lot of confusion – switch rods, Scandinavian heads and polyleaders. Here’s our quick-and-dirty, way-oversimplified primer on each of the three.  Look down below for a video from an actual expert, with an example of a situation where all [...]

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Switch Rods and Heads – Sage TCX and Rio Steelhead Scandi

September 16, 2010
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Last weekend at IFTD we told you a little bit about two new products in the world of spey – TCX switch rods from Sage, and Steelhead Scandi heads from Rio. We thought they were both pretty interesting, so we asked George Cook, Pacific Northwest angling stalwart, to make a few casts at the spey [...]

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Airflo Skagit Switch Heads

September 11, 2010
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We’ve told you in the past about how to cut back Skagit heads to match your switch rods – something we’ve had to do to get a good casting setup for rods like the Scott Fiberhammer or the Sage 5110-4 Z-Axis.  Modern Skagit heads (with a real front taper) just weren’t available in lengths that worked well [...]

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