New Spey line standards
 

Peter Charles wrote:
I know there aren't too many long rodders here but for those who might
be interested, Bruce Richards of SA together with Jim Vincent and
Simon Gawesworth have produced a new standard for rating spey lines.

http://flyfishing.about.com/spey/speystandards/

Small error in this table, the long bellied lines should read 70' to
90' measured at 80'.

This should take a lot (but not all) of the guesswork out of selecting
lines for spey rods.

I recently bought my first spey line. It's a Rio Windcutter WF8/9/10F.
Where does that fit into the new standard? It's apparently a "short
belly," but the weight is not specified on the box.

BTW, spey casting is fun, and challenging.

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New Spey line standards
 

Peter Charles wrote:

the 8/9/10 is a 9 wt. with a head of 54.5 and a grain weight of 585.
It falls under the "S" category - 9 wt. at 600 grains. Close enough.

Thanks, Peter. When I saw that 8/9/10 thing I thought, WTF? I just went
with the rod and line combo my trusted flyshop buddy recommended, and
it's working out.

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New Spey line standards
 

Peter Charles wrote:

What did your flyshop buddy recommend for a rod?

St. Croix 14' 9/10wt.

BTW, if you want tos
me good speycasting info and video, check out www.speypages.com

I got the Rio video featuring Simon Gawesworth and I think it's pretty good.

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Thanks for the very good pointer.

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