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North Coast: , by Drew Griffith: Spey Days: 3 stars

This past weekend I got to hangout with Roff and Bob, two old time fishing friends who came north for some instruction based guiding.  We spent three days on the main stem Eel River going over spey casting fundementals with a wide array of rods and reels. Roff wanted to hone his skills in preperation for an Atlantic Salmon trip so we had our work cut out for us. We covered everything from sustained anchor casting with skagit heads to touch and go with scandi lines. Finally, on the second day we lined Roffs big gun, an 8140, with a traditional spey line. After about an hour of Roff throwing a 44ft head I handed him back a rod lined with a skagit head and watched in amusement as he could now effortlessly cast it across the river.

It was exciting watching both Roff and Bob progress from making a simple switch cast to holding two big coils of running line and bombing casts out over picture perfect swing runs! It wasn't all practice either. Bob had the hot rod on the second day when he picked off two Pikeminnow (Squawfish) on the swing. Between sessions I was privy to some epic fish stories that both Roff and Bob have in spades. All in all it was a great time spent with some great folks. 

Bob hooked up on a squawfish
Bob hooked up on a squawfish
Break time.
Break time.
Roff and Bob on the Main stem Eel.
Roff and Bob on the Main stem Eel.
mini spey clave on the North Coast.
mini spey clave on the North Coast.
Next 10 open days for Drew Griffith: Mar 30, 31
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