All good advice so far. I'll just second a few things: Spey casting (and swing flies) is an addictive thing for sure and has only deepened my own interest in fly fishing. It can greatly reduce the wear and tear on the body, though I've found it it just as capable of doling out some abuse for some of the same reasons: trying to force or muscle too big a fly into too much wind with too little attention to form and technique is my usual recipe for disaster. I also find it similarly difficult to extract good technique once a little frustration begins to set in. You're doing a really good thing getting some help right up front!
I don't know anything about instruction in the bay area unfortunately, but I will echo what others have mentioned about some of the folks up in the sacramento area. I've had a half day lesson with Jeff Putnam, who really impressed me with his teaching abilities and helped me to make some better habits on a couple of troublesome casts. Well worth the money!!! While I've not had a lesson from Andy or Doug; I have had some very positive experiences dealing with both at the shop, and managed to learn a few key points from each of them while making casual chit chat in the shop. To me, that's a pretty good indication that I would likely learn a whole lot more out on the water in a lesson with either of them. Doug made one keen observation about a casting error that I was likely making with long line casting, and had a small suggestion of how to alter my stroke to avoid it... made all the difference in the world, and I still find myself repeating this advice in my head. All of them are very easy to engage with, and have the kind of easy going friendliness that makes even a total hack like myself feel more than comfortable.
My one tidbit of advice on the topic would be to avoid thinking of a spey rod as a tool to be able to fish all that water that's normally FAR out of reach with your single hander. Especially if you're talking sink tips and heavy flies, be modest in your expectations about how far away you'll be able to actually fish; at least in the short term. While it is "easy" to make some pretty long casts with a spey rod here and there, I have found that it is quite challenging to keep my technique consistently clean when I start punching out longer casts. It's very easy to get into habits of forcing or muscling things when pushing for another 5-10' of distance... and of course it's much harder to get out of those habits once they start to form. In order to develop the kind of casting technique that will be nice and easy on the body it will likely take a while to get that level of consistency.
Good luck with the shoulder, and do enjoy the spey casting!
JB
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