On Mon, 24 Nov 2003 09:52:20 +0000, Lazarus Cooke
wrote:

In article , Peter Charles
wrote:

On Sun, 23 Nov 2003 17:10:08 +0000, Lazarus Cooke
wrote:



Recently, though, (viz., in the past ten years or so), I've seen rods
marketed in two fifteen foot versions, one normal, one so-called "spey"
rods. The distinction seems daft to me.

Lazarus


Ahhh, well look at my first post about the three schools and the
distinction is no longer daft. It's pretty hard to use shooting heads
proficiently on a rod that was designed to lift and cast a long line.
It can be done but it isn't half as much fun compared to using the
right rod for the job.

Sure. A shooting head is a shooting head. Which you can use with an
overhead cast or a spey cast. And a spey cast is a spey cast. Which
you can use with a shooting head (although I'd never do so) or a DT or
whatever. What's one to do with the other?

L

Would you call a Perry Poke a Spey cast or a Skagit cast? If you call
all casts that depend on a D-loop, a "Spey" cast then it's pretty
difficult to draw a distinction. You say you've never casted a
shooting head, perhaps that's why you're having problems with the
notion of different styles of rods and lines.

Basically, long-line casting technique with DTs or long belly WF lines
depends on a big D-Loop. A moderate, through action rod casts them
very well. Now strap on a shooting head or a short belly WF line and
try it. It'll cast, but not with the same proficiency. Try it again
with what Sage calls their Euro rods (fast, tip-to-middle action) and
watch them fly.

Peter

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