Fly Fishing Insider Newsletter featuring The Fly Fishing Shop - Spey Casting Video: 120 minutes, VHF Format, Title: Spey Casting Secrets

Background:
In January 2000 Fred Evans called and said that several guys had come up with an idea to have a "Spey Clave" on the Sandy River. He described it as a gathering of spey casters who wished to exchange some information on spey casting. He asked if I could help by bringing tackle and/or invite some tackle company reps to bring spey rods/reels/lines for these people to try. I said I would. Three reps and about 50 casters showed up. The next year we organized it a little better and 7 reps and about 300 people showed up. It was a quite a spectacle and lots of valuable information was exchanged. As Sandy River Spey Clave 2003 was to be better publicized, it was forecasted that it might draw an even larger crowd. At one of our "Round Tables, we discussed how much cutting edge spey casting knowledge was likely to be shared at the 2003 Clave, and wouldn't it be nice to record some of it and be able to study the resulting video.
Then I thought, "Why not record all of it and turn it into a video that could be viewed by lots of people, kind of an educational documentary." My good friend Jeff Runner had expressed some interest in learning how to produce videos. I approached him with the idea of filming the Clave and turning out a video that could be used to also help raise funds for wild steelhead projects. We agreed to film the on-the-water programs and then try to edit and re-assemble the story into a coherent form. Weather conditions both days at this year's Clave was very dreary with heavy cloud cover and often with wind and rain. Filming conditions were at times nearly impossible. However we covered the (3) cameras with umbrellas and filmed the whole event anyway. Thanks to some tenacious volunteer help by Jeff Runner, Tilda Runner, Tyler Bohnet & Eric Gunter . Some of the 36 hours of film was great; some less than great. Having filmed every presentation simultaneously from three different angles gave us a huge volume of footage to work with and the resulting video has a completely different flavor than any previous fly casting video that we have seen. The finished film documents the Sandy River Spey Clave 2003. It shows modern spey casting in the raw on a real steelhead river where conditions can and do change some times by the minute. It does not portray the Clave chronologically, but rather it explores a series of spey casting principals demonstrated by some of the world's most respected spey casters. It was not a scripted. It is full of clips exactly as they happened in real fishing conditions. We have used story boards and steelhead fishing scenes to further illustrate and define spey rod casting and fishing as it happens
on our home rivers.

New designs in spey casting rods and fly lines give anglers more distance, line control, and ease of casting when fishing broad waters for large fish.

"Spey Casting Secrets" captures 10 of the world’s finest spey casters, imparting their wisdom, tips, secrets, and techniques.

Filmed in Oregon at the Sandy River Spey Clave, "Spey Casting Secrets" is a rich stew of narrated demonstrations and a myriad of tips that can’t help but make you a better spey caster. Each participant donated his time to spend a week-end with more than 700 attendees who came to the Spey Clave from across the country and beyond.

Thanks goes to the following casters featured on this video:

Simon Gawesworth, Rio Products and international spey rod instructor.

Steve Choate, 2002 international distance spey casting champion.

Scott O’Donnell and Mike McCune, Scott Rod instructors.

Dr. Way Yin, a noted spey caster and a developer of Scientific Anglers fly lines.

Andy Murray, British spey caster from The House of Hardy.

George Cook, spey casting instructor working with Sage, Simms, and Rio Products.

Ed Ward, Washington, Alaska and Russia fishing guide.

Brian Silvey, an early spey casting convert and noted Deschutes and Sandy River guide.

Mark Bachmann, owner of The Fly Fishing Shop, fishing guide, and the prime motivator of this video.

Many more thanks go to Jeff Runner and Mark Bachmann, who spent countless hours editing this video. All wholesale proceeds will go to support the Native Fish Society in its efforts to restore native steelhead and salmon runs in the rivers of the Pacific Northwest.

To learn more about the Native Fish Society, its important work, and how you can help, please visit http://home.teleport.com/~salmo/.

Just don't want you to forget - Sunday, November 16, 2003 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.
Free! Annual Winter Steelhead Fly Fishing Clinic
Learn from expert guides and instructors the art of catching winter steelhead
with your fly rod.

This is the first of a series of free events that will prepare you for
catching winter steelhead consistently on local rivers.

Featured will be class room & field instruction by:
Mark Bachmann, Brian Silvey, Patty Barnes,
Ron Lauzon, John Jones and Mark Merriwether.

Subjects covered will be: general theory, fly presentation, fly casting,
rigging for winter conditions, knot tying, fly selection and fly tying.
We will also show you how to stay warm and comfortable
while you are fishing in the winter.
Refreshments will be served all day!
The Party and Food are Free !!!
The place is called "Steelheadquarters".
It's easier to say than "Steelhead headquarters".

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