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Salmon Casting.

DOUBLE SPEY.

(Two movements between the lift and roll cast).

No matter which bank you are on, right or left, this is the cast to use when there is a downstream wind. The idea being that the D-loop is formed on the downwind side of yourself. The stronger the wind, the easier this cast goes out. The line acts like a sail and the wind assists the line to unroll out over the water.

If you are on the left bank then the left hand goes uppermost on the rod, or if on the right bank, the right hand. The line is fished out to the dangle. Making sure that there is no slack in the fly line, (pull some in if there is, or roll cast it straight), the angler then faces square on to the target with the forward foot (under the upper casting arm) pointing to the target. The rod is lifted vertically to 45- degrees in line with the home bank, (unsticking the line from the water). Before the fly-line drops, it is then swept upstream from that position parallel to the water (making sure that the end of the fly line lands on line to the direction you are going to cast). This is an accelerating motion to 45-degrees upstream and out from you, then stop, it is almost a weak side cast, or arc the tip over and down to near the surface and dump some fly line on the water.

This will throw a loop of fly line upstream, as this loop begins to drop, follow it down with the rod tip to within a foot of the surface. At this point, the fly should be a rod length below you or the target line. The loop you have thrown upstream will be the line that will end up making the D-loop behind the rod, after the next movement. This movement begins with a downstream sweep of the rod,slightly rising from the surface, gradually accelerating keeping the rod tip under tension.

As you reach 45-degrees downstream below you, begin putting a bit more speed into the tip of the rod, and then back up into the roll cast position with a sudden stop, so the rod is just off the vertical but back to 45-degrees behind. The loop will then form behind the rod in line with the target. The point at which you make the forward delivery (the basic roll cast) is the exact time the spray or riffle from the fly line ripping off the surface of the water ceases. At that point there is no more line going back into the loop.

Timings for these cast are a slight pause between key movements, or just say stop between each.

Movements: - • 1 - Lift - unstick the fly line. • 2 - Sweep upstream parallel or arc the tip over. • 3 - Stop and drop the rod tip. • 4 - Sweep downstream gradually rising. • 5 - Up into the roll cast position (wait for the spray/noise to stop). • 6 - Deliver forward cast.

2 - Sweep or arc the tip over to create enough slack line to make a D-loop with.

3 - Drop the rod tip and place fly line on the water so the travel of the tip will be going upwards unpeeling the line off the surface.

4 - Gradually accelerate and raise the tip as it goes downstream, when 45 degrees is reached....

5 - Accelerate back and up in the direction the D-loop is to be formed. Wait for the spray and noise of the unpeeling line to stop, then......

6 - Deliver a straight line cast stopping the rod high and follow the fly line down.

Photo's courtesy of Tim Smith
Another way useful with sunken lines
Photo's courtesy of Tony Riley