What is the point of spey casting?

The Spey cast is a roll cast that includes a change of direction. It allows the angler to make long casts without a lot of room for a back cast. The casting technique may be used with very long double-handed rods as well as more traditional single-handed fly rods.

How far can you cast a spey rod?

The longer spey rod — generally 12 to 16 feet in length — allows the angler to cast the fly as far as 100 feet. Highly proficient spey casters can toss a fly nearly 200 feet. (The world-record spey cast is 295 feet, by Steve Rajeff.)

How far can you cast with a spey rod?

What is a spey fly rod?

Spey casting is a casting technique used in fly fishing. Spey casting can be accomplished with either a normal length fly rod, or a rod referred to as a double-handed fly rod, often called a Spey rod. Spey casting is used for fishing large rivers for salmon and large trout such as steelhead and sea trout.

Can you use a spey rod on a lake?

Switch and spey rods are great tools for the lake. Two handed rods lined with the proper fly line and a two handed overhand cast will give you a different approach than fishing with your standard single hand rod. Spey rods are typically 12- 15 feet.

How much Spey line should be out of the rod before beginning to cast?

For those new to spey casting, a great tip is to try a few different lengths of overhang and find a length that you are comfortable with. I find that most of the time an ideal length of overhang is about 12 inches (or 30 centimeters for us Europeans).

When to use a spey cast on a fly rod?

The Spey cast is a roll cast that includes a change of direction. It allows the angler to make long casts without a lot of room for a back cast. The casting technique may be used with very long double-handed rods as well as more traditional single-handed fly rods.

What do you need to know about Spey casting?

All Spey casts begin with a lift that breaks the surface tension of the fly line from the water and moves the end of the line to a “set” that places the anchor in the correct desired direction. A good lift allows for the anchor to be placed with control. (Tip: Focus on “Point P”. This is the point at which the line touches the water.

Can you make a fly cast with a back cast?

The advantage of making a fly cast with minimal back cast is as welcome on a tiny brook trout stream as it is on a large Western steelhead river.

What does upstream wind mean in Spey casting?

Upstream wind = upstream shoulder cast and anchor — Downstream wind = downstream shoulder and anchor. Last, make sure the “train tracks” are aimed at the target.)

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