Beginner Single Hand Spey Casting Sweet Loops

A few tips and tricks for beginning single hand spey casters or single hand Skagit casters using opst skagit commando head and floating micro tip. I also talk about Rio Trout Max Short, Rio Single hand spey line, Rio single hand trout line, Airflo skagit scout, airflo 40 plus. I catch a few bass and crappie stripping a woolie bugger in a public pond using several different spey casts and skagit casts with one hand and with two hands.
Using underhand techniques in some cases, skagit casts, and spey casts I do Snap T, perry poke, single spey, double spey, weak hand up, cache handed Roll cast, cache handed snake roll and single spey, an aerial snap T, (I think, lol) and a reverses spiral spey and some double spiral casts. We discuss casting light and heavy payloads of floating tips and light flies, delicate presentations of dry flies to finicky trout, techniques and Skagit heads for casting heavy sink tips and weighted streamers, hauling on the sweep, hauling on the forward cast, beginner tactics for learning one-handed spey casting and advanced tactics such as double haul spey casts and overhead casting Skagit lines.

[markhoffman]

Thanks for useful compilation of csting techniques. Good ambassador for the sport with the interested people stopping to watch.

[TomNavesink]

Thanks!great instruction at a nice slow pace. Much appreciated!

[SurfSkagit]

I can’t stop saying that this is a game changer style of presenting a fly, and you Tim show that in perfect harmony with the scenery you are casting in. Still don’t see much fly fishermen doing this either-way fresh or saltwater in my local spots, looks the interest from the newbies and old fly guys to jump in to this style is the confusion over the lines, grains tip sections, rod weight using the bottom hand on a TH/ switch fly rod...etc, you really doing a good thing here once again sir.
Congrats!
Thank you for the time!
Best
Mag

[KevinGarrigan]

great video LinespeedJedi, thanks for taking the time to explain the fundamentals

[douglasblackwood]

Sorry forgot to say love your videos, keep up the good work.

[matthewwalker]

Good video, just started practicing and not over powering your cast is a big beginning step, thanks.

[jameshalterman]

Sir, do you think that a new Spey caster with an 11ft. 7wt. "switch" rod should get a "Rio Chucker for switch rod" line?
What other lines would you recommend ??? Thanks for your video. I like the way you talk and explain things.

[octobergold]

I bought a commando head for my 6 weight for smallmouth fishing this summer and it’s totally changed the way I fish. It’s so much fun and incredibly versatile- works very well even for pin fishing. If I were to setup another rod I would try the integrated line because it is a bit of pain and clunky stripping the head into the guides and for overhead casting

[watersprite]

You using that purple gummy worm fly, again? Sure working on them thar bass.

The OPST lines certainly put a different spin on things, and even drew me off the mountain to give it a try, result, I took up the spey rod again after a very long layoff. Just wished my larger two hander was as easy to use. But then I am using a different line. Hmm.

[douglasblackwood]

Jedi just heard you mention OPST, I bought there new smooth integrated commando head 150 grain, use it with a 7. 5 floater for dry fly, or 7.5 intermediate for nymph or wet fly, I swear it is the best line I ever bought, cast it with 34567weight rods, it is unreal how easy and delightful it is in any situation, haven't used any other trout lines since I got it last September

[watersprite]

Whereas I am physically challenged by the 14 foot, double hander, the smaller 10 foot rod with the OPST line was not so trying on my body and was so much MORE fun to cast this past spring and summer. It really fit with me well, though my casting was still pretty raw, and I caught far more fish with it than the longer rod. Unlike the open cage reel on the longer rod, which required a conventional running line, the smaller rod was able to use OPST's mono line since I was able to mount it in a full cager. She was really sweet to cast, BUT I didn't like it's inability to mend well. Trying to use the weight and inertia of the light mono to lift the heavy head in mending was problematic. Overall, it was my favorite rod-line setup last year, and I am really looking forward to playing with it some more this spring when the river opens again.
In the meantime, the state stocked my favorite pond with 4x the number of fish that has been the norm for the past 20 years, and I am STOKED! Last year I had maybe three days when I wasn't all alone on the lake. But that's not spey fishing, and not a part of this channel's emphasis.

[craigwheaton]

What OPST micro tip length would be best for a 6wt 9’6 with a Airflo Skagit scout head 240gr?

[boohoo]

What size rod and grain weight head were you using?

[juancanon]

Hey Jedi I have a orvis superfine carbon 3wt 7’6” and I’m interested in getting a OPST micro line. Do you think that line would be suitable for such a short rod. I’ve seen the suggestion charts and also have emailed them about my set up. Will this really work with such a short rod?

[AdrianStruwig]

Love your videos man! I just got myself the OPST line for my single hand 6wt, so this video was perfectly timed 😄. One question I have is: How much overhang do you have from the rod tip to the back of the head when you cast?

[counterpoint]

Hey Jedi, rumor has it that you store your lunch in that beard you are sporting. Any truth to it? I once thought I saw a bird flying out of it's mass. 8-)