Single Hand Casting - Wind, Lift, the Sweep and Tap - Why 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.

There are three steps/stages to the cast.

Step one is to face the new direction with shoulders square on to the target, then lifting the rod vertically parallel/slightly into 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. Step two, 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 accellerating 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. Step three the rod is then stroked and tapped forward. All the Spey-cast described can also be used on still waters.

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