On Mon, 24 Nov 2003 22:26:15 +0000, Lazarus Cooke
wrote:

In article , Peter Charles
wrote:

Would you call a Perry Poke a Spey cast or a Skagit cast?

I don't know what either a Perry Poke or a Skagit cast are
If you call
all casts that depend on a D-loop, a "Spey" cast then it's pretty
difficult to draw a distinction.

I'd call casts that depend on a D-loop a roll cast (some people here
also call it a switch cast). For me fundamental to a Spey cast is a
change of direction.

OK, a D-Loop and a change of direction.



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.

No. Just with the distinction between a rod specially made for Spey
casting. Partly, I suppose, because I may well end up doing both Spey
and overhead casts on the same river on the same day. I don't really
want to carry two rods around for which way the wind happens to be, and
how awkward the bank is behind me.

Lazarus

Most of the spey rods I've casted can also overhead cast very well
however they can need different lines to do both jobs well.

I don't think that identifying a rod as a "spey" rod precludes it's
use as an overhead rod. However, a good spey casting rod usually will
have characteristics not found on "overhead only" rods. I have an
8'6" single hander that is a wonderful spey caster but not so some of
the other rods I own. To execute a big change of direction,
especially on the single, a stout upper section is needed. A lot of
the rods on the market have wimpy tips that would collapse on such a
cast. I think it's really a question of optimization of the design.

Peter

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