Morning Jimi,

Those video clips are very small (10-20 seconds) in
wmv (windows media player) and flash format.  So, even
if copied to cd or DVD they won't be playable I don't
think..

It sounds like you're pretty serious about trying it
out.  Therefore I suggest you purchase the John and
Amy Hazel 'Introduction to Spey casting' instructional
DVD.  Search spey in ebay and you should see one or
two for sale.  Brand new for $24US.  It's an excellent
instructional video for over an hour.  Explains every
cast and goes over detailed mechanics.

As far as finishing and staring a cast, yes when the
drift is finished you simply lift the rod up and
initiate a cast.  With the long rod you can pick up
the whole line usually.  That's a huge advantage of
spey casting as you don't have to strip.  Having said
that some people do shoot line when the rivers are
large (>60ft) and they're using short belly lines. 
Short meaning the head is 45-50 feet (lines are a
whole discussion topic).  They then strip in to the
beginning of the head and cast again.  Long belly
lines (heads are 80 ft) don't require this but are
harder to cast.

Preston
--- Desert Eagle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Morning Preston,
>     Excellent info here, just one small problem, my
> system does not have the
> capability to open and view the videos. I get an
> "Insufficient" memory
> error. Is there anyone that can copy/ download these
> videos to a cd so that
> they can be played on a dvd player? or can that be
> done. I would like to see
> the videos, but my graphics, screen size and
> hardware make it difficult. Can
> they be copied and viewed on a TV?
> Jimi
> 
> 
> 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
> 
> 
> 
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