Single Hand Casting-Wind, Lift, the Sweep and Tap-How and when do we use them,

The Double Spey - The Snake Roll - Rod and Line Selection

Trout Casting.

The Single Spey

It does not matter if you are on the left or the right bank of a river, this is the cast to use when the wind is blowing in an upstream direction. As an example, you are on the left bank of a river your line has fished round to the dangle and you want to make a change of direction of 90-degrees back out across the stream. Step one is to face the new direction with shoulders square on to the target, then lifting the rod vertically parallel to the bank (as described earlier in the lift), but this time the arm is across the body, we have come to a stop, the line hangs there for a second, and then we sweep the rod/thumb out and around keeping control of the elbow making sure that the bottom of the dip is opposite the right shoulder back up into the roll-cast position. This ensures that a small part of the fly-line and the leader has landed on the water a rod length off your shoulder (creating the anchor point) and the D-loop forms 180-degrees in-line with the new direction, the rod is then stroked and tapped forward. All the Spey-cast described can also be used on still waters.

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