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I've been playing around with the Highland Switch, which I usually do from the left bank with my right hand up and with an upstream wind (A wind from any other direction is dangerous as the line lands much closer to the right of the caster than usual).
This time I'm standing in the river out from the right bank. Right hand uppermost and downstream wind. Line "on the dangle." I lift the rod up and bring it down smartly on the river side of the rod and at an angle. The right hand goes no further upstream than out from my head. The stroke down to the water is made at a diagonal and cuts under the line. The line comes quickly upstream and lands very close in front of me - long line probably not recommended here! It is then very important to allow the current to take the line down to a position where one can then come up into the "key position" for a normal Roll Cast. What is this cast called?
Regards
Steven
This time I'm standing in the river out from the right bank. Right hand uppermost and downstream wind. Line "on the dangle." I lift the rod up and bring it down smartly on the river side of the rod and at an angle. The right hand goes no further upstream than out from my head. The stroke down to the water is made at a diagonal and cuts under the line. The line comes quickly upstream and lands very close in front of me - long line probably not recommended here! It is then very important to allow the current to take the line down to a position where one can then come up into the "key position" for a normal Roll Cast. What is this cast called?
Regards
Steven