Jimi, The 'anchor' is an essential part of spey casting. It refers to setting a small portion (line/leader section near fly) for a brief moment of time on the top of water to create surface tension. This tension loads the rod which then enables you to do a forward stroke and launch your fly line.
Because spey fishing only requires surface tension to load your rod there are many ways to casts. Check out http://www.questoutdoors.net/skills/spey/ There's videos to show you some casts. They have fancy names such as double spey, single spey, snap-T, circle, switch, snake, perry poke, to name a few! Keep in mind all spey casts can be done with a single hand rod as well. Just a lot trickier since you don't have all the leverage with a shorter rod. Hope that helps, Preston --- Desert Eagle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have to learn this first, I still am not sure > about the "Anchor", and need > to learn by trial and error as usual. I would be > interested in hearing about > the other cast you mention. > Jimi > > On the spey note.... > > The key advantages of the spey rod are LONG casts > (80+ > feet no problem) and no back-cast space required. > Because of the long rod you can pick up the whole > line, thus avoiding stripping. You spend more time > fishing. > > It definitely takes time to master the set-up, > D-loop > and anchor, however once you get the timing it's > effortless. Their are a bunch of casts you can do > as > well based on wind and which side of the river > you're > on. Less fatiguing than a single hander. > > Cheers, > Preston > Toronto > > > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.6.9 - Release > Date: 1/6/05 > >
