Spey Casting
• Learn the switch cast, single spey, double spey, snake roll, snap T, and devon switch, and now the skagit cast • The efficient way for anglers to catch fish—including trout, striped bass, salmon, and steelhead—on big, moving waters No other cast is more graceful, or more fun to learn, than the spey cast. Champion spey caster Simon Gawesworth teaches the casts, some of which he developed himself, all of which he has mastered as an angler and instructor. Revised and updated to include the latest trends, this new edition has a completely new chapter on skagit casting, a remarkably easy way to lift the largest flies and lines with the fastest sinking tips from the water—this cast is ideal for tight backcasting situations.
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Spey Casting
• Learn the switch cast, single spey, double spey, snake roll, snap T, and devon switch, and now the skagit cast • The efficient way for anglers to catch fish—including trout, striped bass, salmon, and steelhead—on big, moving waters No other cast is more graceful, or more fun to learn, than the spey cast. Champion spey caster Simon Gawesworth teaches the casts, some of which he developed himself, all of which he has mastered as an angler and instructor. Revised and updated to include the latest trends, this new edition has a completely new chapter on skagit casting, a remarkably easy way to lift the largest flies and lines with the fastest sinking tips from the water—this cast is ideal for tight backcasting situations.
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Spey Casting

Spey Casting

by Simon Gawesworth
Spey Casting

Spey Casting

by Simon Gawesworth

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Overview

• Learn the switch cast, single spey, double spey, snake roll, snap T, and devon switch, and now the skagit cast • The efficient way for anglers to catch fish—including trout, striped bass, salmon, and steelhead—on big, moving waters No other cast is more graceful, or more fun to learn, than the spey cast. Champion spey caster Simon Gawesworth teaches the casts, some of which he developed himself, all of which he has mastered as an angler and instructor. Revised and updated to include the latest trends, this new edition has a completely new chapter on skagit casting, a remarkably easy way to lift the largest flies and lines with the fastest sinking tips from the water—this cast is ideal for tight backcasting situations.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780811714402
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Publication date: 07/01/2014
Edition description: Second Edition
Pages: 308
Sales rank: 966,453
Product dimensions: 8.40(w) x 10.90(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Simon Gawesworth has fished in world championships and has taught spey casting throughout the world. He writes for several fly-fishing magazines and produced the video International Spey Casting. He lives in Ammon, Idaho.

Table of Contents

Forewordvii
Introductionix
1.What Is Spey Casting?1
2.Getting Used to the Rod3
3.Grip and Stance5
4.The Overhead Cast11
5.The Basic Principles23
6.The Roll Cast35
7.The Switch Cast51
8.Crude, Traditional, and Modern Spey Casting67
9.The Single Spey77
10.The Double Spey93
11.The Snake Roll121
12.The Circle Spey and Snap T143
13.The Devon Switch165
14.Advanced Spey Casting173
15.The Single-Handed Spey Casts195
16.Underhand Casting219
17.Left Hand or Right Hand225
18.Shooting Line227
19.Weird Casts235
20.Mending251
21.Fishing with a Two-Handed Rod255
22.Safety259
23.Rods261
24.Reels267
25.Lines269
26.Leaders277
Glossary279
Acknowledgments283
Index285
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