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Spey Casting Lessons with Angler’s Alibi on the Alagnak River

11/3/2012

 
​It is no secret that spey casting and switch rod fishing is, and has been, the new rage for steelhead fisherman and salmon fisherman in the United States for the past several seasons.  Spey fishing on the Alagnak River is the perfect classroom as there is great, stable wading on firm sand bars for silvers, chums,  pinks, as well as King Salmon.
​Our guide TR Rafferty will be taking a spey casting certification class this winter to further help our guests in the new era of spey casting.   The presentation for salmon on the Alagnak River is the swing, and there is no better way to make long casts and present a fly on the swing than the use of the spey rod.  The spey cast, done correctly, uses very little effort and can be fished all day long without fatigue.  It sure helps out that while learning how to cast, anglers can expect to catch an average of 30 salmon a day on the fly.  This is not an inflated number, and as many of our guests can attest, this is a “catching” river, and much higher numbers of salmon can be caught if one fishes hard for the day.

I hope that if there are any anglers interested in coming up to enjoy the spey casting on the Alagnak River, that they make up their minds soon as the spaces that are left are booking up quickly at Angler’s Alibi!

About the Author

John Perry with a Rainbow Trout
​John Perry grew up in Michigan on an island called Grosse Ile, in the mouth of the Detroit River and Lake Erie. It was here, surrounded by great fishing and waterfowl hunting that John developed a passion for the outdoors. John moved to Colorado to chase trout in the summers and ski patrol in the winters. John had the privilege to start guiding for Angler’s Alibi with his fly fishing mentor TR Rafferty the second year it was in business. He left a head guide job in Colorado to pursue bigger and better fish.

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    • King Salmon
    • Silver Salmon
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    • Pink Salmon
    • Arctic Char
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