big four classic rivers and wanted a piece of the action and started to travel to the famous rivers in the North of Scotland, the Tay, Dee and particularly the River Spey, these beautiful rivers with their fast flow were perfectly suited the fishing the fly.
This is when it hit me that the bigger classic rivers I now fished needed a good technique to cover them properly with any density of fly line to have any measure of success. I have made many friends on my angling journey and from the early days I was determined that this type of fishing was where I wanted to be. I had to teach myself how to spey cast properly!! This was my main goal, so as you have gathered I am self taught. I was given sound advice on my way, and observed and learned from many of the great Ghillies who knew their stretches of river like the back of their hands, I made it my goal to be succeed and cover the water effectively knowing the river and its