I lost my rio 250 grain skagit and 95 grain sink tip around a rock, I was loving the setup and thought I was done. I how ever had a spare 275 grain opst skagit and 168 grain T14 it handled it with a we bit of a slow down in casting action, This blew me away, I fished a whole week on the Tongariro river catching many fish up to the 5 lb range. Thanks for the heads up on a great we rod. Appreciate your work

Is that the loomis Asquith? How do you like it?

I think the lift give a beginning tension to the line,once the leader get straight and the fly almost out of the water,change the angle of lift and the sweep could be started .And take a little upward angle with the lift.

Going from lift into sweep its easy to accelerate(too much), and once you do you cant stop. Trying to keep calm in the transition phase makes you in control. Thats an anxiety cast, one needs to keep calm during transition...

Got a 510. Love it

Great informative video but I do worry about your dental bills😂

Tim towards the end of that session I noticed your reel was hanging down. I find that having the reel pointing in the direction of whatever move you are making to be very helpful. I orientate my feet first and then my reel. There was a group of casts in the middle there where your reel was pointing forwards and the line was snapping up onto the spool when the cast went out. They were nice!!!

Some mighty fine loops there Tim.

Travis rocks!

It’s my goal this year to start casting more with my left hand.

You are like me, big dollars go toward rod and line😂

Would be interesting to test this rod back to back with #7 12'7" Nam Original I've had for few years now. Used to do similar thing with 350gr Vision Hybrid and 140gr tips, Vision calls "scandi" way of building their Hybrid line for 7wt. But there's long tradition of abusing skagit heads for scandi line body in Finland at least. Anyways, with 12'7" Nam intentionally went after lighter feel 7wt to be used for sea trout run rather than salmon so it doesn't exactly shine when used with heavy line and pushed hard. So in search for a feel the rod was intended for I got 440gr Scandi Launch from Rio just this week and finally feel I found a perfect line for the rod. I was bit blown away how it loads the rod with very shallow D-loop yet lets the rod recover fast and feel feather light and effortless to cast. Now I'm thinking if InTouch Scandi 3D is close enough or if Rio will eventually update the sinking scandi heads to Elite series.. I just need a F/H/I for some places. One Ren rod I've been looking at for a while is #6 11'6" Switch for more active fishing methods, upstream casts, stripping streamers etc. Basically I want rod that's as close to 8wt 9'6" but is a doublehander to save my wrist. Somehow singlehand spey casting with 300gr shooting head is much harder on wrist than overhead casting a 10wt overlined two sizes for pike. Btw can't be repeated often enough about Nam is if you break the rod, they only need a photo of the damaged section, rod label and receipt and they'll ship you replacement section anywhere in the world. No registration BS, you can buy used Nam and as long as you get copy of the receipt with it you're covered. Of course there's a fee but if I'm on a trip I can possibly get the rod back in use in just few days. Not that I break rods a lot but accidents happen.

hello, que caña aventik spey me recomientas pra rio grande tierra del fuego , pesca de sea trout gigantes

Have you tried the Rio Elite Scandi Launch head? 36 ft. Like to know how you did. Thanks. On the Rogue.

Thanks for sharing this!! 💪👍

Am I seeing you pause on the backcast?

Great vid Tim. Hope to run into you again on the Clearwater this year.

WOW !! I love this video ! The very slow video shows the movements of the rod tip !! Thank you

I dug my 150grain scout out days ago,attached to a 5wt RIO replacent tip which is 55grains 10ft ,cast very nice,farther than 60ft easily and wholy get straight,but I can't observe the loop shape because of the black tip color,I concern that if the tip is too heavy or too light ,or just I do a low-stop posotion cast. Do you have any good ways to estimate it?

Travis is the best!!

Good stuff, thanks

Also worth plugging his Instagram subscription! Well worth it for content and access to him for questions and so on. I'll be fishing with him in the fall, cannot wait.

Tim what was the key thing you learned from Travis?

Awesome! Travis is one descent dude, your a lucky man to have had him show you casting pointers.

You see how relaxed he is and at the end he lifts up and powers it you can apply that to two handed surf fly fishing that’s the magic around the 1 min mark in the video

Is there any side arm spey cast? I'm trying to get under low hanging brush.

Was it like Obi Wan and Luke Skywalker Tim?😂

All i care about is catching Steelhead. im not casting to fish a football feild away. i seek accuracy & smooth effeciancy not distance. Im a Spey fisherman not a Spey caster. I think like a bow hunter not a magum rife hunter. If i cant reach the seam far away ill cross the river or get in my kayak.

What would you recommend for a decent pair of breathable waders?

that shooting head looks really heavy

Great info Tim, thanks. I’ve gone through two pair of Irish setter boots. I liked them but they are pricey, this looks like a good alternative for me.

i have found the cheaper the boot of any kind the softer the sole, so soft that i can feel every pebble and sharp rock stabbing the bottom of my feet.

Thanks for sharing

I really need to study Roberts videos on this exercise and use yours for supplemental. Could you explain "break the rod" for me? It's still abstract to me. Bottom hand pull, top hand guide is what I practice even though I know it takes a conscious effort. I need guidance and have always heard you say break the rod and it's something I want to understand.

The lift also frees up the arms and micro mobilizes the line rigght before take off. It also accomodates more harmoneous first part of the forward cast to become straighter and not so much banana, so even less chance of making that ugly pig tail. Aired my 2 weight rod tonight, so at thi time we are at different poles😂

Bruce is awesome!!! Love his descriptions!

Solid casting Tim 💪 What an enormous progress you've made over the course of past 5 years. Congrats 👏

Nice job crystal Santa

Beautiful!

Super! I love watching great casting. Thanks Tim.

..and very good casting.

Brilliant demonstration. The slo-mo is very helpful.

At least the line is still independent😅

Happy birthday America !! Thank you!! why in the box? Other instructors indicate left, center or right never up too high or too low. Either one ,I think it’s confusing for beginners because they can’t understand the rod butt most efficient angles position work, and from there find the right …tempo, arc, stroke casting plane and the amount of effort is needed to make the system work effortlessly, exactly like you are demonstrating

Haha, “muscle mode”! So true 😂

Great lesson! You have the gift of a teacher. Continue further. Thank you!

When tip casting you tend not to overload the tip thus avoiding loop disturbances in all planes...

Don't you love it when it wants more. Slow and it really goes.😊

2:59 Thought you were going to snag the kayaker in the background lol.

Thanks for your very useful content! Have you try'd "bonkerspey" ? If not we would like a video of you when you try it out and your thoughts on it =) Tight loops!