Double Spey casting two handed (page
1 of 2)
The Double Spey cast is for downstream winds. Spey
casting includes two types of spey cast, the single for anything
other than strong downstream winds and the double for when the single
gets dangerous. Any double handed rod will spey cast but a progressive
actioned rod is best. Fly fishing is made possible in many "impossible"
places thanks to the Spey casts. For further information about Spey
casting contact fishing instructor Alastair
(Ally) Gowans. He lives in highland Perthshire, Scotland and
is perhaps the UK's best known exponent of Spey casting and salmon
fly fishing. |
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| The line is fished out and straight |
Before starting any cast it is important to ensure
that the line is straight or tight to the rod. If you are using
a sinking line, sinking tip or a heavy fly it is recommended that
you first roll the line onto the surface to ensure that you know
that the line will lift cleanly at the first attempt. |
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| The line is swept upstream |
During the upstream movement the rod may be held at
any elevation - as long as it works! It is important that the fly
is brought upstream and remains in the water about a rod's length
downstream of the angler and stays there to form the anchor for
the D loop in due course. The upstream sweep must provide enough
line to make the D loop. |
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| Moving the rod downstream and downwind |
During the downstream swing it is essential that the
line remains under tension, shown by the riffle as it cuts the water
surface. To ensure that this happens the rod must go back downstream
over its upstream track (do not cut the corner by elevating the
rod) and around below the angler before swinging the loop of line
beneath the rod tip to form the D loop. |
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