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

The Single Spey - The Double Spey - Rod and Line Selection

Trout Casting.

The Snake Roll.

This is purely a cast on a river when the wind is in a downstream direction of you, or on a Stillwater when you want the cast to go off your downwind shoulder, the same rules as the Double-Spey. It is a cast that will achieve a bigger D-loop on the back-cast therefore giving a greater distance, but you will need a little more space to accommodate this. On the right bank this time, the line is lying downstream on the dangle, you are facing square on to the target, if the cast to be made is 90-degrees, it is along this line (toward the target) that the rod-tip must make its movement. Keeping a firm wrist and the elbow touching your side, it begins with an accelerating sweeping lift into the near bank, this can be best described as when the initial lift is done, the rod-tip has flexed, we then rotate that flex up and over out towards the intended direction, then tucking the rod-tip under (the line is always under tension) before sweeping the rod-tip in a shallow dip opposite the shoulder, (so the line lands in the correct place), then cocking the wrist, relaxing the elbow back up into the roll-cast position, the loop will form behind, ready for the tap forward. The line will come spiraling back toward you, and as the last couple of feet of line land on the water it will all be in line with the target, then make the cast. A few changes can be made to adjust the size of the spiral by the amount of rod-tip movement and speed we use when tucking the rod-tip under, smaller or tighter tucks will give a smaller spiral for smaller angle changes, and larger spirals for bigger changes of angle. The path of the rod-tip is to follow a number 9 on the right bank, off the right shoulder, or a lower case “e,”on the left bank off the left shoulder.

	Off the right side, rod angled at 45-degrees one complete revolution.
	Half a revolution more and into the roll cast delivery when the leader has anchored.