I had a lesson from Travis Johnson once ,he always wears a flat cap that looked like Fred Dibnah ( you have to come from UK to understand that ) he's a thoroughly likeble chap ,very good instructor and yes an artist .He had just won the world championship and I was in a place called Zig Zag Oregon and he was working for outlet Fly Fishig Shop Welches
This is about understanding physics and the mechanics of the rod and line behaviour. I think it is more engineering than art although in practice it appears very gracious and artful. Because it's all about loading the rod while having the fly line travelling in the right direction with the right momentum. It's also having a perfectly balanced rod and line setup from a mechanical engineering pov. The perception of art is just a by-product of the balanced engineering and applied physics.
@@tommythompson9090 Yes I agree, there is an art to it but he isn't using just any rod or any line etc, everything is optimised for this purpose, so some physics have been well thought through in order to make the art bit possible. To me it's more a technical skill than an art but I understand there ate others who don't care about the technicalities and just admire it as art.
Always the single spey when in competition.I rarely see this cast when fishing.Usually a snap T . I use the single spey off both shoulders the most.The wind, for me, blows upstream most often. It also has the most economy of movement. Sweep it around, forward drive.
@@brookmelee5983 with the rise in popularity of heavy and short Skagit heads, very few guys single spey anymore due to the risk of blowing anchors. A short compact stroke to match even the heaviest/shortest head is a quick fix to keep a single spey super effective.
@@mountainstomarshes8966 Not sure where you fish, but on the west coast there's spey fishing then there's everything else. Sustained anchor casting isn't spey fishing. Always amuses me when people think they have to fish sinktips for steelhead. I pick up fish on dry lines all winter behind them. Spey fishing is single spey and snake roll, that's it. Anything else is approaching nymphing.
