[T.E.Shuler]

Reckon this is accidental or on purpose?

YouTube - Tongariro Roll Cast :...

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Yeah I know, I'm hooked on youtube!!!

[launchone]

Thats a pretty sick loop he ends up with...quite a bit of doing to get it to go though. Maybe Silvercreek will let us know the mechanics of it all

[ditchmonkey]

woah.....kind of looks like an aerialized snap t backwards! that loop is mad crazy tight!

[phg]

That's a Spey cast. The first "D" is to switch the line from downstream to upstream. The back and forth was to extend the line back upstream in order to load it for the across and up cast. Notice that the water is flowing from left to right at a pretty fast clip.

I would say that it's probably improvised, rather than and accident.

[Peddler]

The first part of that crazy cast semed to position the line just fine for the shoot. The other gyrations just seemed to be for the camera.
Look where his anchor lands after the first gyration then after all of the other fluff gyrations... same place so no gain except a good show!

[ditchmonkey]

paul......a snap t is a spey cast......

[Silvercreek]

Originally Posted by phg

That's a Spey cast. The first "D" is to switch the line from downstream to upstream. The back and forth was to extend the line back upstream in order to load it for the across and up cast. Notice that the water is flowing from left to right at a pretty fast clip.

I think you got it.

It looks to me like the first move repositions the line upstream, then a horizontal roll cast pick up to lift most of the line off of the water, then the final delivery cast. He does a single haul on the final cast to extend line.

I think the second move is so that less of the energy of the final cast is used to lift the line off of the water so that he can then use that energy to shoot more line into the final cast.

Here is another view of the same cast but with a different caster.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DAGp...st-t20255.html

[Loop Wing]

Jhicks tried to explain it. It is a spey cast. Once you understand the concepts of spey casting you can do pretty much anything with the rod as long as your anchor point is right. Everything else is just loading the rod. There are some awesome looking cast out there. snake roll cast is one of my favorites. that one opens everyones eyes. Also it cam up do you use spey casting and tech. in your single hand casting. YES. learning the technique will only make you better. I almost never do a normal roll cast anymore. Always have lots of rod movement.

Skagit came up also. some cast are a lot easier with different rod and line constructions.