first time fly sparging today

[Hawkbox]

I'll sometimes add some additional water so I can have some starter wort to freeze for later too.

 

[philjohnwilliams]

I would be curious how much water is used by people when sparging.?

I step mash so I end up with 5 gal of water in mash tun and sparge with 3-4gal to get my 6.5gal to kettle. In my reading/viewing I noticed most use much more sparge water than they do mash water.
How is your water divided between mash/sparge??

My water seems to be pretty evenly split between mash and sparge, with the sparge being bigger usually by a quart or two. I can batch or fly sparge, with my system I don't really see a difference in flavour of the beer, but I gain perhaps a point or two in gravity with a fly sparge. The choice between the two comes down to how much time I have to devote to the brew day.