ol Al...
Good description. These are, indeed, COMBINATION CASTS. Some are combinations of one cast and one or more mends. For those, I've been using the term, CAST/MENDS.
I look at the so-called, "reach cast" as a cast/mend. I think it's a very simple but descriptive term, which states just what you are doing.
Gordy
From: "Allen Crise" <flysoup@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reply-To: "Allen Crise" <flysoup@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: hillshead@xxxxxxx
Subject: "combination cast"
Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2005 23:23:21 -0500
Howdy Gordy,
I call the cast that require more that one move a combination cast. That is maybe a left hook and an aerial up stream mend. So that you are making to different mends in one cast.
I was fishing from a drift boat on the Yellowstone with Jerry Puckett and his pardner Harvey. With the movement of the boat at one speed the compound currents at several other speeds it was a game I got playing. I would set my fly to land in the tongue of one current then plan my slack so that it would not drag the fly.
I might make the left hook with the leader. Add the up stream mend on the faster water. Then dump my slack on the very fast water near the boat. This gave me almost a full minute of dead drift on each cast.
When fishing on the flats of the Texas Coast I have found that being able to control my slack and the way the fly lands makes all the difference in taking or not taking fish.
When casting across a 'gut' where the fast water is coming off the flats, I can pile cast my Clouser right at the far side. Like making a hook down to land the weighted fly right where I want it. Letting it sink as the line starts to settle to the water give a flip of the rod tip to place it up current. This lets the fly GET DOWN way before the line floats over it,
Giving me a very good deep presentation. I have taken many bottom feeding reds that way.
Being able to make several moves in one cast, can make the day, a great day.
I practice combinations cast everyday just to keep the line where I want it.
Allen Crise FFF Master Casting Instructor
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