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Out in the park, I'm having challenges making overhead casts with my new Echo 8 wt. 10'10" switch rod, set up for beach salmon fishing. I'm using a new Snowbee 450 grain Switch Line (which has a 31' head and integrated running line), with a 10' Airflo clear intermediate polyleader, and a 3' tippet of 10 lb. Maxima, and a tuft of wool. (In actual fishing, I use fairly sparse streamers, generally about size 6, mostly unweighted, but some with bead heads, and a few with small barbell eyes.)
I've found the forward cast works best with about 3' of running line outside the rod's tip, and I'm shooting about 40-45', for a total distance of 85-90'.
I'm having two problems: the line tip and polyleader tend to dump in a heap, and I'm not getting as much distance as I need for this fishery.
I occasionally make some casts single handed, with double hauls, to figure out what's going on when two-handing. These casts turn over much better, and more easily attain the same distance. But I definitely won't be doing this more than very, very occasionally, due to the strain on my joints. I have to cast this stick with two hands.
I think my single hand casting stroke was slower than my double handed, so going back to two hands, I tried slowing things down. That helped a bit, but it just didn't feel right. One thing that helped was stopping the rod lower down on the forward delivery. That got the line tip and leader to turn over better.
Thanks for reading. Any suggestions are more than welcome. I want that fly to land straight out, ready for an instant grab! And I want to reach those fish!
I've found the forward cast works best with about 3' of running line outside the rod's tip, and I'm shooting about 40-45', for a total distance of 85-90'.
I'm having two problems: the line tip and polyleader tend to dump in a heap, and I'm not getting as much distance as I need for this fishery.
I occasionally make some casts single handed, with double hauls, to figure out what's going on when two-handing. These casts turn over much better, and more easily attain the same distance. But I definitely won't be doing this more than very, very occasionally, due to the strain on my joints. I have to cast this stick with two hands.
I think my single hand casting stroke was slower than my double handed, so going back to two hands, I tried slowing things down. That helped a bit, but it just didn't feel right. One thing that helped was stopping the rod lower down on the forward delivery. That got the line tip and leader to turn over better.
Thanks for reading. Any suggestions are more than welcome. I want that fly to land straight out, ready for an instant grab! And I want to reach those fish!