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Hey guys,
Since taking up spey fishing a year and a half ago, most of my fishing has been from the left bank. I feel really good about the snap T and single spey. I can bang out casts to 100' without a problem.
Well, I found a new spot to fish and its on the right bank. I knew I should have been working on my snake roll more!!! I have been using the snake roll to get my line out and have had some minor problems.. I can't seem to get much of a punch with my cast. Ok, the forward loops starts to go out nice and then sort of dies. It seems to lack power. Every once in a while, I will hit it right and the line just fires out, but a lot of times it goes out around 70' and dies. I can't get a good leader turnover like I can with the snap T cast. The leader will turn over, but kinda dies at the same time. I am shooting line with windcutter and using the type 6 head. What I think is happening is that I am starting the forward stroke before the D loop is at its max, causing this problem. I have also noticed that if I get *ANY* kind of upstream wind, I am screwed. The wind almost blows my D loop on me and a couple times I have been wearing my D loop.
How do you overcome the upstream wind?
Any suggestions on what to do with the lack of power or when my cast dies.
Thanks,
-Doug
Since taking up spey fishing a year and a half ago, most of my fishing has been from the left bank. I feel really good about the snap T and single spey. I can bang out casts to 100' without a problem.
Well, I found a new spot to fish and its on the right bank. I knew I should have been working on my snake roll more!!! I have been using the snake roll to get my line out and have had some minor problems.. I can't seem to get much of a punch with my cast. Ok, the forward loops starts to go out nice and then sort of dies. It seems to lack power. Every once in a while, I will hit it right and the line just fires out, but a lot of times it goes out around 70' and dies. I can't get a good leader turnover like I can with the snap T cast. The leader will turn over, but kinda dies at the same time. I am shooting line with windcutter and using the type 6 head. What I think is happening is that I am starting the forward stroke before the D loop is at its max, causing this problem. I have also noticed that if I get *ANY* kind of upstream wind, I am screwed. The wind almost blows my D loop on me and a couple times I have been wearing my D loop.
How do you overcome the upstream wind?
Any suggestions on what to do with the lack of power or when my cast dies.
Thanks,
-Doug