Annual Spey Clave
Annual Spey Clave
Saturday, June 7, 2025 starting at 10:30am
FREE
Instruction
FREE
Instruction
Instruction
Demos from World Champion Tim Arsenault & Steelhead Guru Dec Hogan
Try all the Demo
Rods, Reels, & Lines
Try all the Demo
Rods, Reels, & Lines
Rods, Reels, & Lines
Sage, hardy, Rio, orvis, cnd, and more
Spey Clave - June 7, 2025
We're extremely excited to announce the dates for this years Spey Clave on Saturday, June 8th on Calgary's Bow River at Grave's Bridge Landing. We couldn't be happier to have our Vendors and Guest Instructors for this years Spey Clave. Once again its a totally FREE event for all attendees with lunch provided!
Spey Clave Format:
The Spey Clave will run on Saturday, June 7th from 10:30am to 5:00pm. Each hour will start with spey instruction, followed by time for all attendees to cast demo rods & lines from Bridge Fly Fishing, CND Rods, Sage, Rio, Hardy, Thomas & Thomas, Orvis, and Scientific Anglers
Some of the topics that will be covered in the Spey Presentations will be:
- Skagit Lines & Casting-Scandi Lines & Casting
- Mid & Long Bellied Lines & Casting
- Sink Tips and what system to employ
- Trout Spey Techniques
- Fixing Common Casting Errors
Guest Presenters
Tim Arsenault & Dec Hogan
Tim Arsenault and Dec Hogan are two of the most dynamic and experienced Spey Casting Instructors in North America and we're very excited to have them join us for our Spey Clave.
Both Tim and Dec will be available for private lessons on the Sunday, June 8th. Additionally, we'll also have Dec instructing two 4-hour Steelhead Clinics on the next day, Sunday (you can register here).
About Tim:
Tim is World Champion Spey Caster, placing 1st in 2024 and 2nd in 2025's Spey-O-Rama competition! He has a wealth of information on line selection, rod/line matching and mending techniques. Tim designed, developed and created Bridge Fly Fishing Lines and knows more about Spey Line designs than most Spey Casters you'll ever come across because of this.
About Dec:
Dec is a highly regarded steelhead guide, two-handed rod expert, and fly-fishing author. He is one of North America's most passionate and experienced spey veterans of all time with decades of expertise in and around the Skagit, Sauk, Skykomish, Grande Ronde, and Deschutes Rivers.
Location
Glenmore Trail Boat Launch
We'll be just upstream of the Graves Bridge on the West bank