Walter & Group.....
From David Lambert:-
Gordy:
re: Spey Casts and casters
Simon Gawesworth has a 30-minute podcast on ItinerantAngler.com.
Thought this might be of interest to the group. You can listen to it
'live' or download it free to you computer as an mp3 file for your ipod
or player.
http://www.itinerantangler.com/podcasts/podcast16.mp3
As Always,
David
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Simon Gawesworth: Standing In a River Waving a (Really Long) Stick
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From Simon Gawesworth in answer to our questions on Spey practice :-
Gordy-
Grass practice is better than no practice, but only just. It is better and possible with a slower action rod and a heavy skagit type line.
With a grass leader things are better and practice is much more worthwhile. I use a level leader of about 10 ft in length, using a hard nylon for stiffness and bite (RIO's Saltwater Hard is what I like). Keep it about a 0.025" to 0.027"
Practice on water is far better and on a lake is okay. Switch and roll casts are very easy as are spey casts if you start the line close and parallel to the bank you have waded out from, then spey your line towards the center. Flip the line back parallel to the bank before starting the next spey cast
Nothing beats spey practice on a flowing river..
Cheers
Simon
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Simon's answer to Ron Thomas' question on the relation to the length of Spey rods to lines:-
Hi Gordy
Sure, I have no problem in answering this question.
I would say that generally, the shorter rods load better with shorter head length lines. There are always exceptions and the caster's ability is very much part of that exception. I regularly fish the GrandSpey 7/8 on my T&T 1307 and that has a 75 ft head length. The important thing is that there is enough room behind the caster to throw back most of that head length as a D-loop and that the caster has the ability to handle the whole head length, not part of it.
I hope that answers the question to some degree or other....
Cheers
Simon