Best video I've seen on this

First things first, how much line am i pulling off to start the cast?

How much of the line do you start with?

This is good stuff. I just got my first switch rod and obviously need to practice. If you’re right handed and standing on river right, casting feels more natural with two hands. Do you switch your hands on the rod when casting from river left? When standing in faster current the stripped line seems like it drags on the water so you don’t get a very long cast, any advice on this. Thank you

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Thank you that was the best descriptive video I’ve seen so far. I’m new to skagit so this was very helpful.

This is simply the best video I have seen. I learned traditional spey casting twenty five years ago with long belly lines and with my new skagit line was still trying to do that but was losing my rod load by trying to make too big of a d loop and losing my anchor.

Where are you Scott?

Terrific teacher. This is a one of the best skagit casting videos on the internet.

I wish Scott would put out more videos. His skagit master vol.2 is exceptional

This is by far the most helpful video on KZbin in regard to Skagit basics. Thank you.

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Ostrich is hugely overlooked.... I think mainly because you can get hold of it cheaply, so not as useful to the fly tying shops.

Nice , easy to understand . Just go practice. Thanks for the video

Respectfully disagree. The lift to the D loop merely positions the D loop and sink tip. The lift is just that - a lift. No need for "tear".

Good stuff, Scott. The anchor point and sweep angle are very important (of course), but I like your “Tear, turn and go” bit. So many single hand casters are accustomed to stopping the rod behind them when roll casting. Understanding that the Skagit cast is dynamic and tension is never lost is key. Love this!👍🏼👊🏼👏🏼

YOU & I ARE IN COMPLETE AGREEMENT ON THE PHILOSOPHY OF SPEY CASTING - it's SUPPOSED to make fishing EASIER !... I ENJOYED how you assert "these two casts are NOTHING alike"... then a minute later claim "they both share a D-LOOP which is CRITICAL" ;-) ALL TEASING ASIDE, I'm SHOCKED that THIS particular video has only 300,000 views, because it's the ONLY one I've EVER come across in 10+ YEARS which PERFECTLY & SUCCINTLY explains the DIFFERENCES between a "traditional" spey cast and a "skagit" spey cast - NICELY DONE ! Even when I attended Ed Ward's midwest "spey claves" in Newaygo MI in 2015 (or there abouts), he tried to describe his skagit casts using the term "sustained anchor" - but I could SEE in the eyes of all 40+ guys attending the clave that they DIDN'T "get" the distinction. YOUR explanation is PERFECT - the difference is in HOW THE ROD IS LOADED: - TRADITIONAL spey casts rely loading coming from a PAUSE that forms a MASSIVE D-LOOP, hence a LONGER head, and LESS "shooting"; THERE ARE USES FOR THIS CAST !!! - SKAGT spey casts rely upon loading coming from "SUSTAINED PULLING ON THE LINE" with NO PAUSE, a far more COMPACT D-LOOP, and NOTHING BUT "shooting". If I were Ed Ward 10 years ago, I would have used the term "SUSTAINED ANCHOR-INDUCED LINE TENSION" instead of merely "sustained ANCHOR". But I learned a TON from Ed's claves, and am grateful for the time he spent traveling across HALF the CONTINENT to teach us all... GREAT VIDEO! -Mark Vogt | VOGTLAND OUTDOORS

Finally, a coherent explanation of the difference between the two styles. Focusing on the gear to illustrate the mechanics is a great approach.

I’m here in the future……….2022. Can we discuss it further? Awesome content! Come back to KZbin!

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Thanks Scott! I appreciate the demo.

Great video. Thanks for the instruction.

Very well said, I look forward to seeing more tutorials.

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I am going to BC Harrison River salmon fishing, what setuo for skagit style fishing would yo recommend i e rod length aftm and lines heads tips etc. I am a total beginner at this style of fishing. by the way I find your video great

Didn’t know about this style. How does the leader pass on top of fly. Really interested in this idea. Didn’t totally understand the rigging. Could u explain a little more. And where do I pick up your components. Thanks

Great explanation, and I am just thát guy, in a brief moment of monetary freedom (I inherited some money), I bought myself a beautiful Loop LTS X2 14.6 feet #10 rod, simply because I knew that I will never be able to buy thát kind of a rod again, but I haven't been able to get a working rig from it. And quite probably it was just exactly because I bought a spey line with it, thát was simply a bit more than what I was capable of handling. -It sure didn't help that the line was an # 11, where the rod was 10, buuut, more than anything, the problem was probably that I had gotten myself a spey-line, not a shooting head. So I am finally going to do something about it, put the spinning rod away and getting thát shooting head, but I'm struggling a bit in terms of what weight to go for. I'm primarily fishing from the coast, ie. largeish/heavyish flies, often in windy conditions and in deepish but rather still water, so I have landed at the rather aggressive Vision "Skagit hammer" intermediate/sink 3 shooting head, but what weight will the rod need....??? -If You or someone else care to answer, but doesn't know the rod in question, it has a rather sharp/firm but also deep action.... Also, I'll probably also need a scandi-head for the occasional river-fishing (there are no rivers near me, and the rivers that we have here in Denmark are not very wide, and the fish are easily spooked, so a skagit head is probably not the best), and as far as I understand, skagit and scandi lines will have to be bought in different weights. -So if someone can, I would like to also have some input in terms of what weight a scandi head will have to be, for thát rod....? And a final thing, Vision mention both their "T-tip" and "Hybrid tip" as compatible with the "Skagit Hammer", but the T-tip weigh between 10-17 grain, and the hybrid between 140-170 grain, so they MUST cast rather differently, I'll think....? -I know, they say that with skagit, You doesn't count in the tip, buuut, surely the two tips must make the shooting head act differently....???

Fantastic video. Best explanation of skagit casting I’ve seen

Good Ostrich is SO expensive.

At around 12:10 where he says "high ten-o'clock position" doesn't he mean two o'clock?

Very articulate gentleman.

What reel are you using

the explanation about the old school method is perfect. I have a question; can this method also be used with zonker strips? and i wish you a happy new year

Thank you for this. You really have clarified and simplified skagit-style casting with this video. Great job.

Awesome teaching Scott. Thank-you.

Thank-you! Very helpful.

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Excellent. best i've seen

This is the most concise & clearly explained video that I have seen on the physics & the movements involved in Skagit casting. A very helpful insight & a pleasure to watch. Many thanks for sharing.

Very helpful. Thank you. You have removed a great deal of confusion.

nice vid what make is your vise

When a rod states 250-275 grain skagit line is that only talking about the shooting head grain weight? Or is it shooting head grain weight + tip grain weight need to equal between 250-275?

Had your Dad for P.E. Back in the day at Mid High!!! Still fishing the Rogue!

If I'm not mistaken the whole technique is based on loading the road, but very labour intensive over 6/8 hrs of a day I'm sure you will feel then technique on your arms and shoulders. the Scandi Technique, where by simply creating a D loop you load your rod and bang away's she goes. In my opinion the Skagit cast requires more effort and and isn't necessarily efficient. Its like spey casting looks amazing if you want to be artistic or flamboyant with your casting, where realistically if your clocking hours and want rewards your fly is more efficient in the water and the more minimalistic effort required the more enjoyable the experience??

The white mouse is what scares the fish away. Ancher the leader instead.

I adhere to a leverage before load theory. The tear (I prefer lift) is a simple movement intended to position the D loop and anchor. That's all. The energy for the cast is generated by the pull of the bottom hand from within the box. The longer I Spey, the less aggressive my lift and more convicted my pull becomes. Seems to work for me.

Thank you for the great video. I am looking forward to your next videos. I am a beginner Skagit caster, and the basic casting theories help me a lot. After having seen many Skagit casting videos, I think that all of the casting methods fall between the true Skagit cast and Spey cast. A few expert casters (who came up with Skagit casting) are using the real Skagit casting theory (using water tension to load the rod and turn that load to cast the line), and the rest is using somewhere between Skagit casting and Spey casting (using more of the "D" loop with the weight of short and heavy shooting head) .

You keep saying your high 10 o'clock load position! That is wrong! You mean 1 o'clock. 10 o'clock would be where you stop your forward cast. Can't take you seriously when you keep saying this in an instructional video. I stopped watching after about the 4th time. There are much better casting instruction out there! For beginners commenting on how good his video is, you should really look elsewhere.

Seems to be some controversy. What ever terminology is used, Scott is obviously skilled at controlling his line and making effortless casts. I am just going to mimic his movements and see if it works for me. Tight lines all!!