G. Loomis Dredger GLX Spey Rods

There are only a few issues with “New World” steelhead and salmon rivers, they are either high banked or heavily lined with trees and if there are gravel bars they usually are littered with deadfalls. In other words you just don’t have much room for a D-loop of traditional Spey casting let alone an overhead cast. Enter a style of Spey casting named for a river in the Pacific Northwest infamous for these difficult casting conditions, the Skagit. The Skagit style of casting utilizes short belly and shooting heads lines that will load a Spey rod quickly with little if any back cast movement. As you would imagine G Loomis Spey rod designers would be right at the forefront of the Skagit style Spey rod design. The folks at Loomis call their Skagit style rods the Dredger Series. Dredger because they easily handle the sinking tips and heavy flies associated with the narrow, fast flowing rivers of the Pacific Northwest. These rods are designed to release or shoot 40-90 feet of line with a short to medium casting stroke. (More Dredger Information)