Spey Fest

Each year in June, STFF hosts their annual Spey Fest at the Barge Hole Gravel Bar, on the Sacramento River. Originally developed on the Spey River in Scotland over 150 years ago, Spey or more properly "Double-Handed" fishing and casting techniques have proven to be a popular and easy to learn alternate to single-handed casting and fishing techniques. This event is free to the public and includes a free lunch. The event includes Double-Handed Casting Demo's, Vendors, Spey Fly Tying and other activities. The focus of the Spey Fest is to provide spey and switch rod casting opportunities to the experienced or inexperienced angler or anyone who is just curious.

This event is always well attended and draws Spey aficionados from the San Francisco Bay area and throughout the Northwest. STFF offers this event as a way to provide the public with alternate perspectives on fly fishing. Double-handed techniques are becoming increasingly popular not only with the people wishing to use long rods, but also with single-handed rod anglers due to the casting techniques also being highly effective with single-handed rods.

Spey Fest 2012

Saturday - June 9th, 9am to 4pm

Location: On the Sacramento River at the Barge Hole Gravel Bar between Red Bluff and Anderson, California, South-East of Redding about 20 miles.

Featuring:

Demonstrations

Equipment

Spey Casting Instruction

Spey Fly Tying

Free Admission

Includes Free Lunch

For information contact - Bill Lenheim at 530/223-6090 or [email protected]

Directions to the barge hole gravel bar - Spey Fest area:

From the Anderson Outlets off I-5 take Deschutes road exit, turn left onto Deschutes Road.

Turn right at Balls Ferry Road - 2 miles.

Turn left on Ash Creek road (note sign to Colman Hatchery) - 3 miles.

Turn right onto Grover road - 1.2 miles.

Proceed past Colman Hatchery sign on left - 1.5 miles.

Turn right onto dirt road and follow to (note 25 mph sign) - 4.8 miles.

Turn right on dirt road leading to river and Spey Fest site

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