Hi all,
First, I never made it to the canal spey day but thanks for the
directions. I had an invite to go up to the Salmon River for steelies so I
took it. Anyway, I'm hoping you fellas can help out with some
questions I have trying to rig my long rod for overhead casting. I read
with interest Simon G's "Understanding Spey Lines" on the RIO website,
where he states that less weight is needed for an overhead cast than
for a spey cast on the same rod because more line is aerialized during
an overhead cast. Makes sense. My question is, how much less weight?
I have a Scott 14 foot 9 weight rod. In setting up an overhead rig for
this rod, what do I need to shoot for in a shooting head weight, for
instance? Given the differences in the standard single hand rod line
weight system to the spey line weight system, what weight standard
shooting head will properly load a spey rod? 11 wt? 12 wt? Do I need
a re-loading grain scale to figure this all out without a lot of trial an
error and cutting and splicing? Thanks for any helpful info.
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