Flyfishing with a spey rod on the Salmon River. Zack Brooks, of Pittsford, shows Outdoors Editor David Figura how to flyfish using a spey rod on the Salmon River. The two-handed rod is much longer ...

Not long ago, it was rare to see anyone fishing the Salmon River with a two-handed rod, but that’s changing. Two-handers, often referred to as Spey rods, are becoming a common sight along the river.

In this 2010 photo, Zack Brooks, of Pittsford, fishes on a section of Salmon River using a spey flyfishing rod. Brooks is demonstrating one of the advantages of a spey rod, which is the ability to ...

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 ...

ANGLING on the River Spey alone generates £11.8 million per year and supports 367 jobs - and a further £1.7 million and 42 jobs in water-sport recreation are also dependent on the river, a new report ...

Traditional Spey fishing is closely associated with steelhead, salmon, and big rivers. It's a popular fly fishing technique in the Pacific Northwest that requires long rods, special lines, and ...