METHODS OF CASTING A SALMON FLY 331 



action is made through the upper hand, and that the 

 dominant force in the forward and downward actions of 

 the rod are made through the lower hand. 



THE SPEY THROW 



Those of my readers who have studied the instructions on 

 the method of making the Loop, the Switch and the Spey 

 casts with the single handed trout rod will find but little 

 difficulty in applying those instructions in order to make the 

 Spey throw with the double handed rod. It was generally 

 supposed that in order to make this cast in the best possible 

 manner one should have the advantage of at least three 

 factors : A rapid river, a long and heavy rod, a heavy line. 

 Such factors, while they may aid this method of casting, 

 and are generally characteristic of the salmon rods and lines 

 used at the Spey side, cannot be claimed as being absolutely 

 necessary for the Spey throw. 



I have been coaching clients in this throw and its 

 variations for over seven years, and I have had some 

 of the finest fishermen in the world as my clients, also I 

 notice in a recent article written by Mr. Marston that one 

 of these clients has been able to extend his salmon line 

 for a distance of over fifty yards, with a modification of 

 the Spey throw, and Mr. Marston adds that this gentleman 

 invariably fishes his dry fly in a similar method of casting. 



I may then claim that my methods are practicable and 

 that it must be evident that in the Spey throw, and in some 

 of its variations, the fly and line can be projected as lightly 

 as it can be thrown in the overhead method. Further than 

 this, when once my method of casting a fly backward and 

 forward in the overhead manner is acquired, any of my 

 pupils can attain perfection in the Loop cast, the Switch 

 cast or the Spey throw with the dry fly rod in from one or 

 two additional one-hour lessons. 



