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Switch rod can be used single OR double handed. Spey rod can only be used double handed. Switch rods are normally between 10'6 and 12' long, where as a spey rod is normally between 12-14' long. A switch rod normally has a grip length of about 10-12 for the front grip and about 4-6 for the rear grip. Where as a spey will normally have around 14-15 for the front grip and 6 for the rear grip.
In Europe these rods are not called Spey/Switch rods,,,,,they are defined as Two Handed rods. Give that man a large cigar! Some Europeans have fished the River Spey, where they caught their first salmon....on a double handed rod (edit: it was a Zebra Toby, but I was on a roll).