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Reel & Line-D
Loops-Rollcast-Jump
rollcast-Spey-cast-Double
Spey-Snakeroll
Salmon Casting.
SINGLE
SPEY- One single movement
between the lift and roll cast.
An upstream wind cast off both banks,on the left bank the
right hand goes uppermost on the rod (right bank, left hand).
There are many styles of performing this cast, here is one.
Stand square onto the target, on the left bank the line is
fished out to the dangle, rod pointing downstream and tip
almost touching the water. The arms will now be crossed, the
lower hand on the rod going under the upper arm, turn upper
torso slightly inbank. The accelerating lift to a stop is
done with just the right forearm to 45-degrees and slightly
in towards your own bank (this will unstick most of the fly-line
from the surface). A brief stop and the rod is then swept
around (accelerating as you do so)in front of you as if going
around a 45-degree cone (important), uncrossing your arms
as you do so and bringing the lower hand out whilst twisting
the upper body with the direction of the rod. The whole fly-line
has to turn around and come back in straight, any less of
an angle than a 45-degrees sweep will make the fly-line land
in a downstream direction resulting in a cross-over when delivered.
As in the jump roll, there is a shallow dip to opposite your
shoulder, then accelerating to a stop up into the roll cast
position (with the rod ending up at 45-degrees behind and
almost vertical) turning the upper body back straight and
square on to the target. (A good way to achieve this shallow
sweeping dip is to imagine that you are wearing a Mexican
sombrero; the rod simply slides around the rim of the hat).
As the end of the fly line alights and anchors onto the water
the loop is formed behind and in line with the target, the
forward delivery begins. For larger angle changes, stand square
on to where you want to cast, turn upper body and bring the
tip of the rod more in-bank, make a more pronounced twist
around to setup the D-loop in the right direction.
Movements:
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- Lift
to 45-degrees parallel to bank for shallow angles and slightly
in-bank for more severe angles.
- Sweep
rod tip out and around imaginary cone and up to 45-degrees
behind
- Anchor
leader on water
- Pause
- Deliver
roll cast.

Snap-T,
C-cast, circle cast
These
Spey cast are also used for an upstream or neutral wind, the
end result is still forming a D-loop under tension 180-degrees
toward the target. But instead of the leader and two feet
of fly line anchoring on the water a rod to a rod and a half
length off the casting shoulder and the D-loop forming well
behind as in the single Spey, the line is unrolled at a pre-determined angle upstream
and slightly or greatly across. This now creates an anchor point a couple or several
feet out in the stream, and when the fly line is swept back
to form the D-loop, it does not form behind the angler but
level with. This means that it is a very useful cast to have
if you are really tight against obstacles like trees or high
banks, it can be adjusted to suit.
The
first movement is to start with the fly line on the dangle
and under tension with rod tip pointing downstream. The rod
tip in the case of the Circle and C-cast, is then lifted and
rolled around an imaginary pulley wheel in the air at an angle
of 45-degrees out and above into the stream. The rod tip should
never go past square of you, and the whole movement is an
accelleration over the top of the pulley wheel and a faster
tuck under back downstream to return the rod tip to its original
position. This will unroll the fly line fairly openly in the
air to fully extend and land on the water upstream and across.
This is a good cast when using sink tips and heavy flies as
the opposing paths of the fly line will not collide. The next
movement is to, as in the double Spey, sweep the fly line
from the rested position back upstream and around to form
a D-loop on the upstream side of you. From there when the
D-loop is fully formed, (the fly line peeling off the water
will have stopped), a roll cast is performed to the desired
direction.
The
Snap-T is a little different by the first movement, instead
of the making of a circle with the rod tip, it is brought
upstream like going up a shallow ramp to square off you, then
a smart tuck under. This will send the fly line a lot faster
upstream but the opposing paths will be closer, ideal for
floating lines and lighter flies. The second movement is the
same as the circle cast.
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1
- On the dangle.
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2
- Accelerate the lift upstream to square and tuck the
rod tip under to throw the whole line upstream placing
the anchor to where you want it....
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3
- Return the rod tip back to where it came from, stop.
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4
- Similar as in the Double Spey, sweep the fly line
upstream gradually rising and accelerating, and as you
reach 45-degrees upstream...
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5
- Speedup to 45-degrees behind and stop the rod dead
to form a D-loop, as the unpeeling (spray) and noise
stops...
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6
- Deliver a straightline cast, stopping the rod high,
then follow down.
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