The spey rod helped Turek make a 90-degree switch in the casting direction of the fly line, a difficult task with a fly rod. "You could do somewhat the same thing with a conventional fly rod by making ...

In my last column, I told you about my start using tube flies. Here’s information on the gear I now use to build these flies. I first saw the HMH tube fly tool at the World Fly Fishing Show years ago.