Speycasting

The Spey cast is a unique form of fly cast which was developed on the River Spey system. The essential element of the cast is in the formation of a D loop of fly line which generates and maintains tension on the rod tip from its friction through contact with the water. The fly should not leave the water or come behind the angler. A single or double Spey is performed according to the bank one is fishing.

Movie Downloads

Please left click on the movie to play it if you have a quick connection, or right click and save the file to your computer (with Internet Explorer this is Save Target As ... ).

There are four versions each of three different movie clips. These are large and small versions for Quicktime and Windows Media Player. The small version will take several minutes to download if you have a 56 KB connection. Large files should download in a couple of minutes if you have a broadband connection.

	Single Spey	Quicktime MOV file (1,384 KB)
	Double Spey	Quicktime MOV file (1,119 KB)
	Spey Catch	Quicktime MOV file (1,352 KB)
	Single Spey	Quicktime MP4 file (8,417 KB)
	Double Spey	Quicktime MP4 file (6,823 KB)
	Spey Catch	Quicktime MP4 file (8,222 KB)
	Single Spey	Windows Media Player WMV file (1,344 KB)
	Double Spey	Windows Media Player WMV file (1,081 KB)
	Spey Catch	Windows Media Player WMV file (1,310 KB)
	Single Spey	Windows Media Player WMV file (9,086 KB)
	Double Spey	Windows Media Player WMV file (6,563 KB)
	Spey Catch	Windows Media Player WMV file (7,891 KB)

The Spey Cast
There are a number of advantages to the Spey cast:

• The cast can be used where trees or a high bank prevent an overhead cast.
• The cast is safer to the angler, especially in gusty conditions.
• The angler will experience fewer tangles (wind knots are very unusual).
• Consistently longer casts can be generated by Speycasting.

A number of excellent books have been written on the Speycasting instruction, but we believe this cast can only be learnt by practical demonstration and with rod in hand. This is a dynamic cast which does not lend itself to line drawings!

We enjoy teaching the cast to beginners - we can have a novice performing the cast with 20 minutes tuition. We are also often asked to help anglers with considerable previous experience who need minor adjustments to their execution i.e. fly turnover, distance casting, using a sunkline/sinktip etc. The Spey cast will allow you to catch Salmon from lies that many anglers would not attempt to cover.

Contact Ian at ian@speycaster.net for any additional information