Sep 5, 2019 - Explore Nick Heffelfinger's board "Modern Spey Casting" on Pinterest. To do away with errant flies hitting you during the cast, your anchor and subsequent D-loop should always be placed on the downwind side. This article was co-authored by our trained team of editors and researchers who validated it for accuracy and comprehensiveness. Many fly fishers believe that Spey casting is a tool only for salmon and steelhead anglers, and for using with long, two-handed rods, but Simon shows how important it is for trout anglers to have a knowledge of the Spey cast in their armory. Using the double spey to create a D loop took some time to get a feel for, well, a lot of … It’s also worth noting that this same cast works with a single-hand rod, too. It can be done at a very slow pace. By using our site, you agree to our. Your goal should be to only have 2 inches (5.1 cm) of line at the waterline. I'm not a big steelhead guy—I'll go once in a while, usually for the company and not so much the fishing, which is generally pretty slow. Double-handed, Switch, and Single-Hand Spey setups have made … {"smallUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/images\/thumb\/5\/52\/Spey-Cast-Step-1.jpg\/v4-460px-Spey-Cast-Step-1.jpg","bigUrl":"\/images\/thumb\/5\/52\/Spey-Cast-Step-1.jpg\/aid9318209-v4-728px-Spey-Cast-Step-1.jpg","smallWidth":460,"smallHeight":345,"bigWidth":728,"bigHeight":546,"licensing":"

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\n<\/p><\/div>"}, http://flyfishingresearch.net/images/Spey_Casting_V30.3_English_Edition.pdf, http://www.flyfishingtraditions.com/spey-and-switch-rod-casting-primer-getting-started/, consider supporting our work with a contribution to wikiHow. While spey casting may seem like a difficult type of casting to perfect, it is a relatively simple … As with the Circle Spey, the key to the Double Spey is repositioning your line so you can make a good roll-cast presentation. Its a technique that all spey fisherman use and comes into play when fishing banks, structure, or areas where you simply cannot make a back cast. The Spey Cast, a casting technique originating in Scotland in the 1800s which is named after the river Spey. Fast forward to modern day Skagit casting, I rarely ever cast any tips longer than 12' and mostly stick to 10' tips. Spey casting is a growing discipline among fly fishers, even though the method has been employed for centuries. Enter Spey casting, long rods designed to be cast with two hands offering the best solution to your problem at hand. Le lancer spey est devenu beaucoup plus populaire depuis quelques années et on trouve des cannes à deux mains dans tous les présentoirs des boutiques de pêche. In addition, Simon explains how this knowledge can help a caster make more efficient casts with obstructions behind, make angle changes with ease, and introduces the evolution a caster should go through form the humble roll cast, to the powerful single handed Spey casts.RIO's \"How To\" videos are a series of short films that explain all you need to know to learn a particular way to fish, or cast. When I first started spey casting, I eagerly filled my tip wallet with homemade 12', 15', and 18' tips in various sink rates. In this episode of RIO's "How To" series, RIO brand manager Simon Gawesworth explains how to make a Double Spey cast. 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