Hi all,
I'm in the process of making a shooting head for a SH 7wt 8'6" rod. This is my first venture into spey casting a SH rod. My question concerns the single haul part of the cast and the length of line out of the rod tip and consequent extra to allow for the haul. For example, if the head is say, 28', the overhang is normally 1' and allowing 3' extra for the single haul, that would make for 4' of running line beyond the the rod tip( ie 3' more than with a DH rod). So I assume that I would have 3' extra running line out during the sweep which would seem to me might create a problem during the cast. Again with a DH cast, I normally have about a foot of overhang plus the head beyond the tip top, so if I had the same for the SH rod and did a single haul, I would be pulling the head inside the tip.
Maybe I would be better off to make the head an integrated line.
Any thoughts/help would be appreciated................thanks
I'm in the process of making a shooting head for a SH 7wt 8'6" rod. This is my first venture into spey casting a SH rod. My question concerns the single haul part of the cast and the length of line out of the rod tip and consequent extra to allow for the haul. For example, if the head is say, 28', the overhang is normally 1' and allowing 3' extra for the single haul, that would make for 4' of running line beyond the the rod tip( ie 3' more than with a DH rod). So I assume that I would have 3' extra running line out during the sweep which would seem to me might create a problem during the cast. Again with a DH cast, I normally have about a foot of overhang plus the head beyond the tip top, so if I had the same for the SH rod and did a single haul, I would be pulling the head inside the tip.
Maybe I would be better off to make the head an integrated line.
Any thoughts/help would be appreciated................thanks