Wow, awesome glad to hear!

Awesome, thank you!

My pleasure!

Glad it was helpful!

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No problem, the Rio single hand spey is a great line. Best of luck!

Did you use a 7 or 8 Wt line? (Re: overline by 2 or 3 weights.)

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No problem, thanks for the nice comment! As for the question its very dependent on the line that you are using but don't see it making a big difference. The line that I'm using is an Airflo Switch Float which has a long taper (scandi line). The belly of the line is 16' away from the leader so i believe its far enough away to not cause a big disturbance. If you were to be using a Skagit style line for dries I can see it making a bigger splash because the tapers are much shorter (6'-10'), but in those cases one can throw on a floating polyleader if the fish are finicky. In my case I didn't want to bother with many different lines and thought a scandi type line would be a good universal line. Also if delicate dry fly fishing if the bulk majority of the fishing you do it may not be the best line for you. I use the scandi line because i swing a ton of streamers/soft hackle, nymph and fish large stonefly/hopper dry fly patterns. When i m solely dry fly fishing i use my 4wt lined with 4wt Rio Gold (which is a half line heavier). This is my go to delicate dry fly setup since its great for overhead casting and ok at spey casting. Its not going to spey cast large distances but its good enough to spey cast a size 16 fly 30' away. Hope this helps you out.

No you don't need to but I don't use this setup for dries much. I fish steamers and we flies mainly.

Assuming you have a modern fast action rod it should be ok and no it won't break. You may have to test a few lines to get it just right but for the most part, two line weights above is a good starting point.

Generally speaking the color change should be just outside of the last guide.

Leaning to spey cast takes time and I recommend getting help where you can. I found an instructor online who was able to break down my cast and give me tips to improve. Unfortunately the site is no longer active but i m sure if you search for instructors online you may be able to find something similar. If you can't find anything let me know i may be able to track down the instructor through old emails.

Made a few adjustments in my swing back for my D loop, I was lifting my rod tip with to much of a upward motion anf not sweeping enough and also I shortened my leader and tippet material. Made a hug difference

I haven't used it myself but its basically a mono line so i would imagine it would be tougher than a standard floating line.

Thank you. Maybe, I will buy OPST Command system for my 9ft 6wt single-hand rod. Double-hand systems are too expensive.

Well all spey casts end with the roll cast, it's all about the setup leading up the the roll cast. There are numerous types of spey casts that will help you cast in different situations. Image you have just swung a fly and now its directly downstream of you from where you are standing. How would you go about roll casting the fly directly across stream from you? It may be possible to roll cast but not ideal especially if you want to get distance and accuracy.

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Change of direction and a more dynamic cast with a larger D loop.

I'm currently using an 8wt Rio Outbound Short line on my 8wt which weighs 330 grains so i wouldn't say 310 is too heavy. It largely depends on your rod, newer rods are made to be faster than older rods so the extra weight will really load these rods.

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understood, thanks for the feeback.