Post by Nick Pionessa on Apr 2, 2007 8:20:53 GMT -5
this is probably the most asked question we get. this series of pics will show one of the advantages of being able to perform spey casts even on a small creek. the big advantage in this scenario is the ability to cast a big, heavy fly and sinktip with a wall of trees behind you with ease. if you consider the conditions on most of our smaller steelhead streams you can probably invision situations where spey casting may come in handy. the angler here is using a Scott 10'8" 8 wt called the two hand assist. the same casts can be performed with your existing single hand rod as well. the cast is the double spey which is broken down into 4 parts. river right, current flowing from left to right, right hand caster.
STEP 1
the rod is raised pointing downstream and the lifted and dropped to the left side of the caster. this is to set up the cast and you want the end of the fly line to land just downstream of the caster.
STEP 2
in step 2 the rod is swept flat to the surface around to the casting side to load the rod and propel the line into the d-loop backcast. the rod is stopped in the final backcast position and the d-loop is inflating.
STEP 3
in step 3 the rod is at the end of the sweep and has been brought up into the firing position in step 2 and is now moving through the forward stroke after forming a d-loop. note that only a small portion of the d-loop is behind the angler.
STEP 4
at this point you can see the rod is unloaded and propelling the line through the forward cast. the stops of the rod correspond to the standard 10 and 2 o'clock positions. with spey casting a high, hard stop is required to propel the line out as opposed to down.
i think it is pretty easy to see the advantages of this type of cast in this type of typical situation. again this can easily be done with a single hand rod especially for fairly short casts under 50'.
STEP 1
the rod is raised pointing downstream and the lifted and dropped to the left side of the caster. this is to set up the cast and you want the end of the fly line to land just downstream of the caster.
STEP 2
in step 2 the rod is swept flat to the surface around to the casting side to load the rod and propel the line into the d-loop backcast. the rod is stopped in the final backcast position and the d-loop is inflating.
STEP 3
in step 3 the rod is at the end of the sweep and has been brought up into the firing position in step 2 and is now moving through the forward stroke after forming a d-loop. note that only a small portion of the d-loop is behind the angler.
STEP 4
at this point you can see the rod is unloaded and propelling the line through the forward cast. the stops of the rod correspond to the standard 10 and 2 o'clock positions. with spey casting a high, hard stop is required to propel the line out as opposed to down.
i think it is pretty easy to see the advantages of this type of cast in this type of typical situation. again this can easily be done with a single hand rod especially for fairly short casts under 50'.
