I close my eyes and try to invision me casting like the angler in the vidio.All I see is a rat’s net and me sitting along side the creek for the next 20 min.
Hey thats how I feel too drhays, but maybe someday. Hell I get enough tangles just with the basic casts. Yes its all for nothing if ya cant catch fish. After all it dosent matter how ya get it out there, As long as you get it out there one way or nother. If you guys have never checked it out, theres alot of really cool fishing video's on youtube.
Yeah, it looks slick but how practical is it really if you know how to do a decent roll cast? I noticed a lot of surface disturbance on a lot of those casts when he was picking up the line. I'll pass and stick with my lob casts and roll casts.
The casting video is showing Spey casting technique with the fly rod. Spey casting was the old Scottish technique revived here in the northwest for Salmon and Steelhead. I use it on Putah Creek. It is the perfect place for it because it does not require any backcast, so you are less likely to lose your flies in the trees. Jeff Putnam teaches the single hand Spey casting technique. You can find out more through Kiene's Fly shop website and look under instruction. Jeff teaches out at the Watt Avenue bridge and his rates are reasonable if you take the class. It is worth every bit, plus it might get you fired up for the two handed stuff as well. It will turn you into a casting madman. Also I do use this technique with two flies, splitshot, indicator, and it does rollcast like a dream. If you don't believe it, let me know and I will show you, when I come out next. It is not as hard as you think, but don't tell anyone. I would say you can impress chicks, but here in Davis, they hate fishing so forget it.
I've watched a video where this guy in Britain does a cast called a jump cast. You throw a loop into the line to get the line off of the water before you start your roll cast. It definitely improves distance.
I actually just watched the video again and it appears that the multiple loops would be useful when trying to bring a sinking line to the surface. Sometimes you have to rollcast a few times before the line resurfaces. These loops might be the answer. Good luck mastering it, though.
-- Edited by JT at 01:26, 2007-03-28
-- Edited by JT at 01:26, 2007-03-28
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Yukon Mike is right, the guy is casting single spey. It can be really effective on Putah because it doesn't require a backcast for the majority of it. Last trip out I casted conventionally for half and speyed half, and concluded that spey allows for a more accurate and allows for a longer presentation than does conventional tactics. The loops he is putting into is line is called anchoring your line and it is an important part of spey casting. Don't knock it until you've tried it though. A lot of stuff looks laughable but can be really cool and down right deadly at times.
