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Post by fredaevans on Sept 11, 2006 21:28:11 GMT
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Post by charlieh on Sept 11, 2006 21:56:43 GMT
Well if he shows up here I'm sure he'll be given a gentle (or maybe not so gentle) lesson on the hideous misuse of the term 'spey'.
You don't think anyone who talks about 'spey rodding' is going to get past WG unscathed, do you?
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Post by fredaevans on Sept 12, 2006 5:49:36 GMT
Not to worry Charlie, Willie knows far too many Yanks/Canadian's to get put off by the choice of word. ;D
Fred
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Post by luckybalbowa on Sept 12, 2006 7:00:40 GMT
hmmmm....
looks like I am not supposed to call it "spey rodding." I only say "rodding" because 'casting' is only part of the equation when fishing with a two handed rod. Perhaps I should be saying spey fishing or two handed fishing.
Anyways, I am finishing up my undergraduate work at Brigham Young University and as my senior thesis paper I chose to write a short history of two handed casting/spey casting. I have found very little about the subject that has been written in a disciplined historical accounting.
The more help that I get, the better the history will be and I would appreciate any help from you guys.
Thanks in advance.
Mark
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Post by toucan on Sept 12, 2006 9:31:01 GMT
Mark, You'll need to define your subject pretty clearly to get the best help. For example, you might wish to research the historical development of the Spey cast and other roll and switch casting styles (as this is ongoing you might wish to define a fixed period). Alternatively, you could address the history of fly fishing for salmon and steelhead using double-handed rods in North America. You could even cover the Spey fly style and its decline and rise although this has been covered pretty thoroughly by John Shewey in his book. I think you would be biting off a bit too much if you tried to chart the entire history of fly fishing with two-handed rods since it would turn into pretty much a complete history of flyfishing. To help you decide on the exact subject, I suggest you start by reading the following article/essay which was among the many links/leads you were given earlier. It was written by Art Lingren and makes reference to most of the important contemporary literature in the UK and North America: www.bcfff.bc.ca/The%20Spey%20Cast%20or%20Welsh%20Throw.pdfThink about what you could add to that as a historian. Good luck! Mark |
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Post by williegunn on Sept 12, 2006 13:03:44 GMT
History is more or less bunk. - Henry Ford
I'm with Henry Ford.
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Try reading Letters to a Salmon Fisher's son Chaytor or Fine and Far Off by Jock Scott.
Remember we have been Salmon fishing with Salmon rods for far longer than the Americans who think they invented Spey Casting in the late 80s hell some experts in the states have been spey rodding for over 20 years.
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Post by luckybalbowa on Sept 12, 2006 18:06:51 GMT
one thing that you guys over there could help me with are links to manufacturers of two handers who have been in business for a while over there.
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Post by williegunn on Sept 12, 2006 18:40:20 GMT
Try Sharpes who made the Scotty. Hardys have been around a while. Malloch of Perth, Playfair in Aberdeen, Try a google on those 4.
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Post by kercock on Sept 13, 2006 20:39:46 GMT
For rods designed for Seycasting you may want to try Bruce and Walker,Cambridgeshire. Give them a google too.
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