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Been working on the single spey on the non-dominate side lately.
Motions that seems to be automatic on the dominate side don't always come easy on the non-dominate side - The non-dominate side is "slow to learn" and needs to be told everything.
So I've been noticing that the bottom hand on the single spey needs to somehow find itself away from the body when at the firing position of the forward cast; this of course is so the bottom hand can pull the rod down and towards the body to start the forward cast.
A few times when practicing the single on the non-dominate side this caster has found myself with the rod rising close to the firing position and the bottom hand still not pushed out and away very far from the body. Pushing the bottom hand out too much or too quickly when nearing the firing position can drop the rod tip and loose line tension; I can think of two times during the single spey cast when the bottom hand can be pushed away from body:
1) Right at the start of the lift that happens at the dangle - start the lift here by lifting with the top hand and pushing the bottom hand down. This results in the rod being swept around while being held at an angle - not horizontal level. Seems to result in a workable forward casting situation.
2) After the lift and during the motion that sweeps the rod around. Provided the rod is close to level horizontal during some of this sweeping motion the bottom hand can be pushed out without loosing line tension.
How do you do it? Are there pros and cons you can think with different methods? Was wondering when are the opportune and correct times to push that bottom hand outwards?
Motions that seems to be automatic on the dominate side don't always come easy on the non-dominate side - The non-dominate side is "slow to learn" and needs to be told everything.
So I've been noticing that the bottom hand on the single spey needs to somehow find itself away from the body when at the firing position of the forward cast; this of course is so the bottom hand can pull the rod down and towards the body to start the forward cast.
A few times when practicing the single on the non-dominate side this caster has found myself with the rod rising close to the firing position and the bottom hand still not pushed out and away very far from the body. Pushing the bottom hand out too much or too quickly when nearing the firing position can drop the rod tip and loose line tension; I can think of two times during the single spey cast when the bottom hand can be pushed away from body:
1) Right at the start of the lift that happens at the dangle - start the lift here by lifting with the top hand and pushing the bottom hand down. This results in the rod being swept around while being held at an angle - not horizontal level. Seems to result in a workable forward casting situation.
2) After the lift and during the motion that sweeps the rod around. Provided the rod is close to level horizontal during some of this sweeping motion the bottom hand can be pushed out without loosing line tension.
How do you do it? Are there pros and cons you can think with different methods? Was wondering when are the opportune and correct times to push that bottom hand outwards?