Can you rembember back to the first time you ever held a fly rod? I'm lucky enough to live on the Housatonic River, but as you know, the river is wider than you can cast to, with even a 10' rod.  I recently had an exhilarating experience on the Farmington River when I learned to Spey Cast.
I met Jerry from Northeast Spey at UpCountry Sportsfishing on US-44 and got a short course in the different types of spey casting. After a bathroom break, we went over to Callahan Park and in the shade, practiced the six different casts, on the lawn. After I figured I had all these casts down, we went to the river and I had an incredible experience, because with no experience at all, I was able to cast distances over 80 feet, in my first five minutes, using the three casts I actually remembered, because once you cast 80' you forget everything but your name!
You might remember, NorthEast Spey came to a meeting a few months back and offered us special pricing during April and May. The Special pricing is over but for $75 you can learn to speycast using their equipment, in only a few hours. Contact Lisa Weiner, tell her you belong to NWCTU to set up an appointment with them HERE! Additional appointments are complimentary, they're only interest is in your success in this stimulating area of casting.
Make sure to visit UpCountry this summer. They're having a huge sale on line, flies and rods - I picked up a pair of Korkers' wading boots, named Hatchback's - you put your foot in effortlessly through the rear, and lace up! As I was meeting Jerry for my Spey Casting class I didn't get the chance to check out all the rods they've got on sale, but I'm going tomorrow as I'm meeting Jerry for my 2nd Spey casting class.