Hi Paul I think it depends on the handle you put on the rod, whether you should consider up locking or down locking reel seat. If you have an up locking reel seat and a short rear handle, it should in my opinion balance the same as with a down locking reel seat and a long rear handle. If that makes ...

@Greame and Lars: That was also noted in my original post: Is it the different casting motions when Spey casting, compared to overhead casting, that causes the reel seat (and rod joints, as Graeme mentions) to come loose? Scott MacKenzie also mentions this in the video that inspired to ask this ques...

Hi All I just watched a product video on YouTube, featuring Scott MacKenzie, explaining his range of fly rods. And he mentioned something about the importance of having a down locking reel seat on Double Hand rods, rather than a up lucking reel seat. He said, that when using up locking reel seats, t...

Hi again. Thanks for all your replies, and great points. But I think it’s getting off track with my original point. What I was trying to say was, that I’m tired of the approach where people tie a new and “innovative” fly, and then posting pictures and videos all over the internet, and claiming that ...

Hi All I just finished reading Martyn Whites front page “Unproven” that he posted today. And I think he’s right on point with what he says! Even though I’m not on social media of any sorts (besides Sexyloops, if that counts as social media), I still often see unproven fly patterns being posted aroun...

Hi Adam

Welcome to the board.

Cheers from Denmark
Bendix

Hi Gary In my home river, pretty much all Salmon and Seatrout fly fishing is done with fast sinking shooting heads. And this is on both DH and SH rods. And yes, hooking the fish can be a real challenge! When I use my DH rod, I will typically do a standard swinging technique with the fly, and when ho...

Hi Gary Like Paul, I would also recommend “Salmon Fishing” by Hugh Falkus, if you can find a used copy. I could recommend lots of other great books, but unfortunately the best ones I know are written in either Danish or Swedish… Unfortunately it seems, that after the invention of the internet and Yo...

Or maybe you tried to get one of the new AI bots to write a list of fly fishing terms, and robots don’t know anything about fly fishing?

Cheers
Bendix

I think you tried to use google translate (or some other similar app) to translate a list of fly fishing terms, and google apparently doesn’t know anything about fly fishing?

Cheers
Bendix