Spey casting is a casting technique used in fishing. Spey casting can be done with a normal long fly rod, or a stick called a two-handed flying stick, often called Spey rod . Spey stems can also be used for standard overhead casting.
Spey casting is used for fishing large rivers for salmon and large trout such as steelhead and marine fish. Spey technique is also used in saltwater surf casting. All of these situations require anglers to drive flies further. The two-handed Spey technique allows a stronger cast and avoids obstacles on the beach by keeping most of the lines in front of the angler.
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Histori
Spey casting originated in the heart of Scotland in the mid-1800s. Its name comes from the Spey River in Scotland, which is the origin of the cast, probably at the Gordon Castle Estate and the Wester Elchies beat. Therefore, the Spey cast was developed so that one can successfully cast on a big river like Spey. When casting Spey was introduced, 22 feet were used. These stems are made of greenheart, heavy wood imported from French Guiana. Currently, the stem is only 12 to 15 feet in length, and can cast a line up to 80 feet.
There are two groups of Spey cast, "splashing and going" and "waterborne anchors". Splash and go cast contain backstroke in the air. The line then falls into the water, and the forward starts as soon as the end of the line touches the water. Water-borne anchor anchors are different, because they contain backcasts that remain in the water. In these types of casts, there is no requirement to reach the right time to move forward.
Although there are many variations of Spey's cast, the basic technique is broken down into a few simple actions. With the floating line flying directly downstream, the first angler lifts the line from the water with the tip of the rod. The angler then sweeps the back line just above the water, and allows only flies and leaders to "anchor" the players by touching the water one to two stems away. The back-cast is often referred to as the "D-loop", from the curved shape of the line between the anchor and the end of the rod. While swinging the "D-loop," it is important to make one continuous and deliberate movement with the tip of the nail rising at an angle of 45 degrees from the water. When the D-loop appears, the cast is completed by firing the line forward with a sharp two-handed "push-pull" movement on the rod handle while stopping abruptly with the end of the rod at the end of the cast.. This cast is easiest compared to the casts in fly fishing with one hand, though by using flies as anchors, Spey's cast allows greater loading of the rod and thus reaches a greater distance than a one-handed cast.
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Styles of Spey casting
The two most commonly used Spey casting styles are "Single Spey" and "Spey Ganda". Mastering Spey cast Single and Double Spey Cast will be important if fly caster can cast from one of the rivers in any kind of wind that may exist.
Single Spey Cast can be considered better by some, as it throws the line further, and can be used with upstream wind blowing. This Spey Single cast is part of the "Splash and Go" group (or touch & amp; Go/Kiss & Go) from the cast.
This is the most common step to reach the Spey Single performer (when standing on the left bank of the river ie when you see the downstream of the bank where you stand or the nearest on your left)
1. Feed as many lines as you want to dispose into the river, let it flow downstream (to your left). 2. Make sure you are facing downstream with the end of the rod pointing down or the trunk only from the surface of the water. 3. Hold the grip of the lower rod with your hand downstream (your left hand); the right hand is on the top grip. 4. Lift the stem at a steady pace so that almost every line in the river comes out of the water and is brought towards you, and rotate your body gently to face more across the river & amp; towards your target player. 5. When you lift the line with the movement above, this is followed by gently dropping the bottom of the stem down in a small arc as you lift it upstream, and seamlessly pulling the stem up and upstream at the same time. 6. The end of the flying line, the nylon and flies leader should head back upstream toward you, and you should aim the fly and some leaders to gently kiss the water around the long rod in the river and slightly upstream of your casting position; just before the fly smells the water, raise the end of the stem as if you are going to make a cast, and make a strong forward motion toward the direction you are facing across the river. 7. You should be able to reach and change the angle (angle between where the fly line ends downstream before the next cast, and where you want to transmit to [target]) about 45 degrees easily. 8. When you make an advanced casting stroke, the upper hand (right hand in this case) will push the rod and the front end towards the target, and the aerialised line loop (from the tip of the rod to the water) will then return. -created in a new direction of stroke casting. The fly line will then move over the river, stretching the energy loop (Loop D) as it goes, and the line, leader and fly must end up towards the other side of the river (target).
Double Spey cast can be considered easier to do than Single Spey, but only because this caster can be done more slowly and deliberately, and the correction is easier done during the cast element. This is an ongoing anchor cast where multiple flying lines stay in contact with water at all times until an advanced forward casting stroke is made. The Double Spey cast is useful in the downstream breeze.
This is the most common step to get Double Spey casts (for the casters on the right of the river - looking downstream, either bank where you are standing or closest to your right):
1. Start with the line and fly downstream (to your right). 2. Rotate the rod firmly to the upstream position, keep your rod flat & amp; low to the surface of the river and your right arm is extended. 3. Lines, leaders and flies will come towards you, and flies and leaders must end up about a trunk away from your position, downstream and out into some river. End the rod upstream of your position. 4. The end of the rod is then swung and turned horizontally and rapidly downstream, so that the upstream line of your position is gradually lifted or torn from the water downstream, but does not move the position of the fly and the 'berthing' leader; when you move the stem out and downstream, the line follows the tip of the rod, and you will continue this rotation of the rod and gradually lift the end of the rod as the tip of the rod passes over your right shoulder, and the line will follow to create a D downstream loop and behind your position; 5. Just like making loop D behind and downstream your position is about lifting the end of the docked line, the leader & amp; fly, start stroke casting forward to launch line, leader & amp; fly in the opposite direction (180 degrees around) the D loop, and toward your target cross the river.
This technique was developed at River Spey in Scotland.
See also
- Reach cast
- Freshwater fishing
References
Further reading
- Knox, A. E. (1872). Autumns on Spey . J. Van Voorst.
- Gawesworth, Simon (2004). Spey Casting . Stackpole Books. ISBNÃ, 0-8117-0104-2.
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