If you have gotten this far, do yourself a favor, stop reading and shoot Lisa an email to booking lesson with her and Jerry right away.
Over the last few years, you probably have chanced upon a handful of fisherman slinging streamers, wet flies and emergers with two-handed rods on your local trout streams. The first time I saw someone spey casting for trout on my local trout stream, I was immediately mesmerized and intrigued by the grace and efficiency of this approach to trouting. For more than two years, I tried to teach myself speycasting. After watching 3 instructional DVDs from start to finish countless times, reading two volumes of spey casting books, and browsing countless hours of Youtube videos I was still less than adequate at casting and fishing with my spey rod.
Fast forward to October 2019 when I ran into Jerry on the Houstatonic River while plowing through a run with my 2-wt trout spey. Jerry's enthusiasm for casting is contagious. His skill as a caster is only surpassed by his ability to teach and convey the essence of spey casting. He is equally adept to scandi and skagit styles of casting.
In my one afternoon of lawn casting with Jerry I gained more proficiency with my spey rod than the past 2 years of self teaching combined. I met Lisa two months later when I booked a formal lesson with the dynamic duo. They are truly outstanding teachers and fantastic individuals to fish with.
So look no further and wait no more. If you are interested in getting into spey casting, you owe it to yourself to book a lesson with Jerry and Lisa. I guarantee you that with cost of a lesson that is no more than the price of a Scandi head, you can get into the spey game with less time and have more fun doing it if you start with a lesson from Lisa and Jerry.
Nick S
Had a great time with Jerry learning about Spey casting. Very helpful in differentiating techniques of single handed vs double handed rods. Highly recommended for anyone wanting to learn to Spey cast.
Nick S., Cheshire,CT
Rick Huntley
We had a wonderful day with Lisa and Jerry casting on the Farmington River. Couldn't ask for more patient and supportive instructors, not to mention their technical knowledge and ability to convey that knowledge to their pupils.
Todd K
If it wasn't for Jerry and Fred I would probably still be using the wrong line on my rod and still be working harder than needed. I am now so much more efficient and truly enjoy casting spey lines for Steelhead. On top of that they are just fun to hang out with.
Mark Philippe
Jerry and Fred are remarkable teachers. They instruct you in the best possible classroom, in the water, where you learn by doing. Never boring, they are fun and engaging. In one or two sessions, you will make rapid progress in two-handed casting, and have a big smile on your face while doing it!
Glenn
I learned from Jerry and Fred prior to a Bonaventure River first time Atlantic Salmon trip. Those two guys love sharing their vast knowledge with newbie's. They explain every thing in useable language and you can't wait for the next lesson when the current one is over.
Rick
Awesome and Educational Day!!!!!!
I went thru the Spey Casting class today on the Farmington River with Jerry, and Fred. I learned a lot for basicaly my first time with a Switch, and Spey rod in my hands. THey were very patient with me and excellent instructors. You know it is really amazing how much you find out you have in common with someone you have never been with or talked with before. Thanks for the excellent day today and the memories that were stirred. I would recommend your class to anyone wanting to learn how to Spey Cast.
Ketil "Oz" Osland
I attended the Spey Casting seminar at Orivs in Avon. Fred, Jerry and Mary were fantastic. I will be using this casting method in the future for large fish. It makes sense when you need distance and adverse conditons.
Warren Stern
In 25 years of fly fishing I've never had more fun that today with Fred and Jerry. They are humorous, informative, encouraging, thorough, skilled, and unbelievably inexpensive. You can't go wrong.
Richard McCombie
To whom it may concern.
This weekend i was blessed spending time trying out 3 different switch rods from Thomas & Thomas. Jerry and Fred were kind enough to spend 4 hours with me going through the paces, Fred had at least 6 reels and probably 20-30 different lines, if it had not been for their endless patience i probably would not have even thought about spending some $900 on a fly rod. By the end of the day we had chosen a winner and matched different skagit and skandi lines appropriate to the rod of choice. I have placed an order with Scott at Bears Den and look forward to receiving the rod.
Over the last few years, you probably have chanced upon a handful of fisherman slinging streamers, wet flies and emergers with two-handed rods on your local trout streams. The first time I saw someone spey casting for trout on my local trout stream, I was immediately mesmerized and intrigued by the grace and efficiency of this approach to trouting. For more than two years, I tried to teach myself speycasting. After watching 3 instructional DVDs from start to finish countless times, reading two volumes of spey casting books, and browsing countless hours of Youtube videos I was still less than adequate at casting and fishing with my spey rod.
Fast forward to October 2019 when I ran into Jerry on the Houstatonic River while plowing through a run with my 2-wt trout spey. Jerry's enthusiasm for casting is contagious. His skill as a caster is only surpassed by his ability to teach and convey the essence of spey casting. He is equally adept to scandi and skagit styles of casting.
In my one afternoon of lawn casting with Jerry I gained more proficiency with my spey rod than the past 2 years of self teaching combined. I met Lisa two months later when I booked a formal lesson with the dynamic duo. They are truly outstanding teachers and fantastic individuals to fish with.
So look no further and wait no more. If you are interested in getting into spey casting, you owe it to yourself to book a lesson with Jerry and Lisa. I guarantee you that with cost of a lesson that is no more than the price of a Scandi head, you can get into the spey game with less time and have more fun doing it if you start with a lesson from Lisa and Jerry.
Nick S., Cheshire,CT
I went thru the Spey Casting class today on the Farmington River with Jerry, and Fred. I learned a lot for basicaly my first time with a Switch, and Spey rod in my hands. THey were very patient with me and excellent instructors. You know it is really amazing how much you find out you have in common with someone you have never been with or talked with before. Thanks for the excellent day today and the memories that were stirred. I would recommend your class to anyone wanting to learn how to Spey Cast.
This weekend i was blessed spending time trying out 3 different switch rods from Thomas & Thomas. Jerry and Fred were kind enough to spend 4 hours with me going through the paces, Fred had at least 6 reels and probably 20-30 different lines, if it had not been for their endless patience i probably would not have even thought about spending some $900 on a fly rod. By the end of the day we had chosen a winner and matched different skagit and skandi lines appropriate to the rod of choice. I have placed an order with Scott at Bears Den and look forward to receiving the rod.
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