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In my first couple years guiding for trout I did a lot of streamer trips. It was in high demand from a guiding standpoint and it was a great way to find a large brown trout. It also was a lot of WORK for clients to throw big flies and strip them non stop all day.<\/span><\/p>\n

Because it was too much work for most people to rapidly strip sinking lines all day I found it was a great idea to break it up with a much easier and just as enjoyable option\u2026 swinging wet flies.<\/span><\/p>\n

As someone who finds \u201cthe take\u201d as the most exciting part of fishing, the wet fly bite fit the bill.<\/span><\/p>\n

Back then it was all done with single hand rods, and often a split shot or two on the leader would help sink the fly.<\/span><\/p>\n

Fast forward a few years and the invention of poly leaders made the casting much more enjoyable and the fishing even more effective. Poly Leaders are simply a tapered leader coated in tungsten.<\/span><\/p>\n

Then fast forward a few more years and two handed 4 and 5 weight rods made it even more enjoyable, efficient and also gave clients an opportunity to improve their skills with Spey casting, which is our main gig during the steelhead run.<\/span><\/p>\n

Eventually the percentage of streamer time vs swinging wet flies switched places for me so that now the vast majority of a day trout fishing in my boat has been geared toward Trout Spey and in general we\u2019ll hit some of the good streamer spots at some point too.<\/span><\/p>\n

I\u2019ve found that most clients really enjoy the ratio change and it breaks the day up a little for all of us.<\/span><\/p>\n

With Trout Spey becoming increasingly popular over the last decade, the rods and lines have improved greatly and are super enjoyable to cast.<\/span><\/p>\n

Of course if there are dry fly opportunities we definitely take advantage of that, but on a typical day of trout fishing in my boat we\u2019ll be swinging wet flies on the switch rods for a majority of the day enjoying a “tight line grab” from our trout friends.<\/span><\/p>\n

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