Roll Casting - double-handed rod
The basic roll cast is a cast used to roll out slack line prior to making another cast, or more usually to lift a sunk / intermediate line or a sink tip to the surface in preparation for making another cast. It is also sometimes used to make a presentation cast in very confined places with limited back room.
A roll cast is a cast made with no back cast, the line is simply dragged back into position slowly. There is no big change of direction possible with a roll cast and the final delivery must be made inside the line lying on the water.
Two roll casts on the downstream side, each one changing direction about 20 degrees or slightly more can be used to make a fishing cast.
While it is possible to make a change of direction presentation cast for salmon angling while roll casting on the downstream side using two consecutive roll casts with small changes of direction, normally however a roll cast is not used for a change of direction cast, though it may be used in this way and especially in a confined space.
The roll cast utilises the water resistance from a dead or practically stopped line as the resistance for the angler to load the rod against. The rod is raised in front of the angler to about a 45 degree angle, the rod tip is then swung around slowly and steadily in a saucer shape out over the river slightly and upstream. The line is dragged back slowly and the rod is raised behind until a shallow D loop forms under the rod tip before making the forward cast. If attention is paid at this stage to making a climbing curve it will be extremely beneficial for all future casting. It should always be ensured that the rod tip should rise in a climbing curve to the key position during the D loop formation and never drop down behind at any point.
The final delivery must be made on the inside of the line lying on the water. The cast may be executed on either side of the angler. If there is a wind the loop is usually formed on the downwind side of the angler for safety.
What is significant about the roll cast is the rod tip tracking motion is that it presents an opportunity to use a rising curve very similar to that used for jump roll and Spey casting. It forms the basis of the arm and hand movements and rod tracking involved in D loop forming moves.
The basic roll cast is a cast used to roll out slack line prior to making another cast, or more usually to lift a sunk / intermediate line or a sink tip to the surface in preparation for making another cast. It is also sometimes used to make a presentation cast in very confined places with limited back room.
A roll cast is a cast made with no back cast, the line is simply dragged back into position slowly. There is no big change of direction possible with a roll cast and the final delivery must be made inside the line lying on the water.
Two roll casts on the downstream side, each one changing direction about 20 degrees or slightly more can be used to make a fishing cast.
While it is possible to make a change of direction presentation cast for salmon angling while roll casting on the downstream side using two consecutive roll casts with small changes of direction, normally however a roll cast is not used for a change of direction cast, though it may be used in this way and especially in a confined space.
The roll cast utilises the water resistance from a dead or practically stopped line as the resistance for the angler to load the rod against. The rod is raised in front of the angler to about a 45 degree angle, the rod tip is then swung around slowly and steadily in a saucer shape out over the river slightly and upstream. The line is dragged back slowly and the rod is raised behind until a shallow D loop forms under the rod tip before making the forward cast. If attention is paid at this stage to making a climbing curve it will be extremely beneficial for all future casting. It should always be ensured that the rod tip should rise in a climbing curve to the key position during the D loop formation and never drop down behind at any point.
The final delivery must be made on the inside of the line lying on the water. The cast may be executed on either side of the angler. If there is a wind the loop is usually formed on the downwind side of the angler for safety.
What is significant about the roll cast is the rod tip tracking motion is that it presents an opportunity to use a rising curve very similar to that used for jump roll and Spey casting. It forms the basis of the arm and hand movements and rod tracking involved in D loop forming moves.