20 years ago an average Spey rod was a 14' #9 in 3 pc.

10 years ago it was a 13' #7 in 4 pc.

Today it is a 12'6" #6 in 4 pc.

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The length of the two handed fly rod and the length of the head has to do with how fare you are casting.



Friend who fish the wide, shallow Clearwater in Idaho in Sept/Oct like 14' #8 rods with long 60'? floating Scandi heads.

Spey expert distance casters like Dough Duncan and Simon Gawesworth like casting over 100 feet.


Skagit Masters Mike McCune, Scott O'Donnell and Ed Ward developed the short 20'? Skagit heads and MOW tops.

Now they use 12' 6" #6 line rods for winder fishing in the Pacific Northwest.

On short brushy coastal winter run rivers of WA, OR and CA they probably cast 30 to 60 feet on average.

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Line weight or line size has to do with how heavy or wind resistant your flies are in single or two handed fly fishing.

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Scandi heads are for casting light summer/fall flies on Poly/Versi leaders or long tapered mono leaders.


Skagit heads are for throwing weighted leechy flies in the Winter/Spring with sinktips and short leaders.


Most two hand fly fishers will have both systems, Scandi and Skagit, even for one rod.

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For small half-pounder flies in size #8/10/12 you can use a light 11' #3/4 Switch/Trout Spey.



My information is usually pretty close because I get it from the talking with top anglers who are really out there today.



I can imagine most having 2 to 6 Spey rods? Kind of like golf clubs.....

How many two handed fly rods would you need to fit all your destinations?