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Guys,
One of Simon Gawesworth’s three rules of efficient Spey casting is that the D loop or back cast, should be 180 degrees to the direction of the forward cast. And I have found that to be true in practice.
Well I have been studying Henrick Mortensen’s DVD on The Perfect Cast to understand the nature of the Underhand cast and how it compares to the more traditional Spey cast, and it seems to me that in essence he is saying that this ‘rule’ doesn’t apply to the Underhand cast.
Indeed I recall a recent post of mine on this site where one of the members (can’t find the post right now; was it Oscar or Steven Mear) corrected me by saying that the rear cast is upstream rather than behind one, and it is only now that I see the real significance of what they are saying.
HM seems to be saying in one clip of the DVD, that so long as the leader is put down above the intended direction of the forward cast (and presumably the body is then turned to line up the arms etc) it is possible to cross the line (and break the rule!).
Is that one of the great advantages of the Underhand cast and is that why one can cast so effectively from the bank or in an overgrown river (or at least so I have heard)?
Regards
Don
One of Simon Gawesworth’s three rules of efficient Spey casting is that the D loop or back cast, should be 180 degrees to the direction of the forward cast. And I have found that to be true in practice.
Well I have been studying Henrick Mortensen’s DVD on The Perfect Cast to understand the nature of the Underhand cast and how it compares to the more traditional Spey cast, and it seems to me that in essence he is saying that this ‘rule’ doesn’t apply to the Underhand cast.
Indeed I recall a recent post of mine on this site where one of the members (can’t find the post right now; was it Oscar or Steven Mear) corrected me by saying that the rear cast is upstream rather than behind one, and it is only now that I see the real significance of what they are saying.
HM seems to be saying in one clip of the DVD, that so long as the leader is put down above the intended direction of the forward cast (and presumably the body is then turned to line up the arms etc) it is possible to cross the line (and break the rule!).
Is that one of the great advantages of the Underhand cast and is that why one can cast so effectively from the bank or in an overgrown river (or at least so I have heard)?
Regards
Don