Over head lines for spey rod?

[Jim W]

If you have a limber spey rod & you are trying to overhead cast - you may want to use a faster spey rod. I use a T&T 1409 (which is fairly fast) for spey & I can heave it a pretty good distance using traditional spey casting techniques. I CAN overhead cast it, but do not get anywhere near the distance I do for spey (looking at a 1611 which is a real cannon).

That being said - I also have a T&T 1212 - which will throw all of a 575 grain integrated line with one backcast.

I think when you decide to buy a switch, or spey - you should decide what you are going to use it for & what type of casting you're going to do. Ask a lot of questions, buy from a shop that has spey expertise, look for an instructor or a local spey clave.

Look also at Skagit heads & also Windcutter lines - you can get them with tips. Just my $0.02

[Stan]

Jim W, thank you for the info. I tried that T&T rod a few years back, really liked it but I didn't buy it. The rod I have now casts very similar when I tried it at a local show. By the way are you the same Jim W that used to post on the old KFS site?

[Jim W]

I am unfamiliar with the KFS site. I did post on the prior Striper Moon board & went down to a couple of Ken's spey claves on the canal a year or two ago.