grassonfly
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anybody have any experience with this
9' rod? What line do you plan to use on it? Another thing that helps is knowing that speed is not a great thing with the spey cast.If you notice in my video, the front part of the head is "Anchored" on the water. This dragging the anchor is what loads the rod. Trying to go to fast will result in blowing your anchor and at best you will be pulling your fly out of the brush behind you. At worst your fishing buddy will be pulling the fly out of you. It took me a while to learn to slow down when I first started. If you really need to get distance, you still go slow, but move the rod forward without rotation, rotate late and haul late. By moving forward without rotation you sort of 'preload' the rod. I should probably do a more instructional type video. This was not the purpose for this one.i plan to use my fiberglass 6 weight for this
With spey casting you won't have any trouble getting past 60' either. You have 9' of leader, 8' of rod and 45.5 feet of head. Just rolling the head out puts you in the ball park 62'. Shoot any line at all and you are past the 60' mark by a ways.i have no trouble putting out 60 feet
Yes they are and snake rolls look really cool to.Single-handed spey casts are the bomb ........ A snake roll lets you change direction and do the cast in one move without crossing the rod and line and tangling them.
The bone fish line should be fine.should i get a dt line for this?