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Salmon Casting.

The SNAKE ROLL.

A very efficient and very easy cast to use with a floating line (or a sunk line that has been raised to the surface), in a downstream wind, more efficient than the double Spey because a larger D-loop can be formed behind the rod, space permitting. Another advantage being that it is a lot quicker than the double spey.
As with the double Spey, the line is fished out onto the dangle. The rod tip is touching the water and pointing down the line, stand square onto the intended target. There must be no slack in the fly line. If there is, pull in a yard or two; this is always a good ploy, as a fish might have followed the fly across the stream. When you pull the line in and the fly makes an upstream movement, it is then that the fish will take. Or just do a roll cast.
The first movement is to lift into the bank that you are on, drawing the curve of a lower case ‘e’ on the left bank or a number ‘9’ on the right bank, accelerating as you do so. Continue up and around with the rod tip going out towards the stream. (Try to keep yourself central to the spiral). As ¾ of the revolution is complete, tuck the rod tip back under toward the home bank, still accelerating, then up into the roll cast position at 45-degrees behind and with the rod almost vertical.
The fly line will come spiralling back and the end of the fly line will touch down on the water and the D-loop will be formed. At this point the forward delivery is performed.
The bigger the spiral of the rod tip, the bigger the loop of fly line that will spiral back to you and the closer it will be. Bigger angle changes need bigger spirals.

The lift left hand up half way through rotation keeping the rod at around 45- degrees.

Right hand up 3/4 through rotation.

Finished rotation, D-loop forming ready for delivery of roll cast.