Grunder i spey kastning

Principles of the SpeyCast


Here are some of the basic principles of speycasting, understanding and following these principles will make for a good foundation upon which to learn.

• A Stance that places your body square to the target.

• Line Tension   in order to make Speycasting as effiecient as possible we want the line to be under tension at all times. In other words no slack line at any point. This is particularly true at the start of the cast. The line should be on the dangle and straight with the rod pointing down the line with the tip close to the waters surface ( strip back a foot of line prior to each cast before the initial lift to insure maximum tension) This insures that as soon as the rod starts to move/lift it will bend/flex/load this means that the rod is starting to work instantly and the end of the fly line starts moving.

e.g if the intial lift when forming a cast starts at the waters surface straight up to 10 o’clock and there is slack in the line, then the rod may not start to bend/flex/load untiil the rod passes 9 o’clock, hence the line will not have started moving till the same point and you will not have cleared enough line of the water’s surface and your anchor point will finish in the wrong place breaking at least one of the basic principles.

The point of this is that every stage of a spey cast depends on the previous stage, so any mistake incurred will have a knock on effect, making it impossible to cast efficiently and correctly. So, get the basics right !!!

• 180 degree principle – The D-Loop/back cast must be directly opposite the intended direction of the forward cast i.e 180 degrees.

• D-Loop  the D-loop is created by placing the working line behind the caster/rod. This forms a “D” shape incorporating the rod at the Key position the line and the Anchor. This is what allows us to load the rod when executing the forward cast.

• Anchor   this is the point where the end of the flyline and leader are in contact with the water creating tension and allowing the rod to be loaded. The Anchor  should always be pointiing at the target – direction in which we wish are forward cast to go. If the Anchor is pointing at the target then we know are D-Loop is also lined up  correctly. i.e The 180 Degree principle back cast directly opposite the intended forward cast.

           We also want the anchor to be straight with a minimum of line stick.