Single Hand Spey Casting: Learn the Snake Roll

Being able to Spey cast allows us to continue to fish in some very awkward situations. Even in places with some room, Spey casting avoids hanging flies up in trees and in bank side bushes. In this series we will look at the Roll Cast, Single Spey, Snake Roll, Double Spey and the Circle Spey. I have simplified the instruction and stripped these casts down to their basics. For anyone wishing to learn Spey casting for the first time, it's actually easier to Spey cast with one hand instead of two. We associate Spey casting with two-handed rods, but Spey casts can actually be performed with any fly rod. In this example I'm using a G. Loomis NRX+ 8'6" 4 wt. lined with an AFFTA standard 4 wt. trout line. Specialized lines are not needed for Spey casting. The lines we have on our rods right now, will do the job.