Jimi, Short belly is relative. Even a spey short belly is way longer than a weight forward head.
As an example go to Rio fly lines website and check out the specs of their lines. You'll see their spey lines have unique heads designed for spey casting. Rio's short belly is called the Windcutter. Mid-belly is called the MidSpey and long belly called the Grandspey. http://www.rioproducts.com/pages/flylines_prodpage.asp?product=20005 Be sure to click on a particular line and scroll done to see the line diagram and specs. Compare these spey lines to Rio's normal weight forward lines! Hope that helps, Preston --- Desert Eagle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Short Belly? Is that kind of like a weight forward? > No way of getting a real > Spey line here in SE NM. > Jimi > > 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 > > > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.6.10 - > Release Date: 1/10/05 > >
