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Salmon Casting.

SPEY CAST.

A basic or jump roll cast with a change of direction. Why Spey-cast? Sometimes we may find ourselves on a river with trees, a high bank or other obstacles behind us. To do an overhead cast would be suicidal, add to that a heavy tube fly and a gusting wind we’ve got some serious safety problems.

There are two basic Spey casts; the Single and the Double. Each has been developed for different wind conditions on the river. The only thing to go past your body will be a loop of fly-line and this will be downwind of you; the fly will always land on the water in front and away from you.

Any Spey cast is made up of a sequence of events or stages, get one wrong and the rest will not follow. The most important one is the first, the lift to 45-degrees, this will give you the same pressure on the rod tip every time when you do the next movement.

If you can master the first part of the cast, the lift, and the end of the cast, the roll cast, the movements in between for the change of direction will be very easy.

Always wear some form of eye protection while fly casting.