Jimi, To confuse you more the line rating system for spey lines and rods is different than single-hand rods! The spey industry is trying to standardize things however.
Basically spey ratings are lower than single-hand ratings. Spey lines are all based on the 'grain' weighting of lines. The grain weight is based on I believe 80ft of line out (I might be wrong), vs. 30ft for single-hand lines. As an example my 6/7 13'4" spey rod handles a 6/7/8 line that has a grain weight of about 450. That versus my 9'6" 7wt single-hand rod that has a standard 7wt line that I believe has a grain weight of about 265. I'm a spey newbie but from my introduction to the sport it's definitely an area where speyers really fiddle with...sometimes even building custom lines to satisfy their requirements. If you're starting with a single-hand rod I suggest trying to find a long belly line that is designed to roll easily. Wulff Triangle Tapers, SA XXD, and 'steelhead/spey' named lines are a good start. Again make sure they're single hand lines if you're going with a single hand rod. Confused yet? Good luck. Preston --- Desert Eagle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The Windcutter Spey 7/8/9 sounds like what Iain > recomended. Like you said, > it is far different from what I am used to, or what > is available around > here. Still lots to learn though. > Jimi > > 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 > > > > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.6.10 - > Release Date: 1/10/05 > > > > > > -- > 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 > >
