Originally Posted by
Bill Kiene semi-retired
14' two-handed/Spey rods are for wider rivers with longer Scandi floating heads or longer belly full floating lies.
#6/7 line size would be for medium-sized/weight flies fished on or near the surface.
It would be good in September on the wide Lower Klamath and Lower Rogue Rivers.
People who fish the wide, shallow Snake River for Steelhead in Sept/Oct use 14' #7/8 line two-handed rods with longer belly floating lines.
20 years ago or more the first Spey rods in the Pacific Northwest were 14' #9/10 line, 3 pc "beasts".
Next, the popular size was 13' #7 line in 3 pc.
Then the 12'6" #6 line in 4 pc was the go-to size.
Small Trout Spey and small Switch rods are red hot and so much fun for larger trout and half-pounder Steelhead.
Most use floating Scandi heads in the summer and fall with leaders the length of their rods.
In the Winter/Spring many use the short floating Skagit heads with short sinking tips, short leaders and weighted flies with action.
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