Troubleshooting Skagit: Cast with Confidence!

3:05 Actual Skagit Casting Instruction and Trouble shooting begins: The Peel and Sweep
0:00 Easy Casting Large Profile Fly
0:40 The Skagit Shooting Head System: Skagit Lines and Tips and Leader
1:20 Stretching the Running line, Shooting head, OPST Sink Tip and Leader
1:25 Running line
1:43 How much running line I prefer to shoot for enjoyable fishing
2:05 Loop knot for attaching fly: (Rapala knot, Lefty Kreh Knot)
2:32 Stretching the Skagit Line System
2:52 For most of our fishing the shooting head goes outside the tip top guide
3: 05 Peeling the line: The White Rat or the High Sweep both Start with immediate Tension
4:23 Hand and elbow position for maximizing the rod doing the work.
4:55 IMPORTANT: When I say peel immediately, what I mean is the actually peeling of the line to form the white rat should begin immediately when the sweep begins. But only AFTER the Fly SOAKS for a second.
5:35 Excellent Hand position and Rod Angle During the Key position
5:53 The High Slow Sweep
6:10 Ed Ward and the best Spey Casters on the internet: Tellis Katsogiannos, Travis Johnson, Gerard Downey
8:26 Continuous Motion Skagit Casting
9:04 Blowing Anchors
9:46 Loop Shape: Should loops be tight?
10:05 Elbow position
10:23 Cheap Running line Management
10:50 Smoothness equals power!
11:10 Regaining your Mojo when your cast goes to Crap! Through Tempo, rhythm smoothness and not forcing the Cast!
11:30 Charlie Slows Down the Sweep, Tames the White Rat, and hits the Sweet Spot on the button: Charlies Skagit Epiphany.
12:26 Ultimate Sweep and Peel recipe
12:38 The Rod we used: Beulah Classic 12' 7" 7/7 Why its a great Scandi Rod, A Decent Skagit Rod and what I prefer for Skagit Casting and some Classic Skagit rods!
Lesson in Review: Charlies biggest takeaways and what WE learned!

[@philipvankampen3394]

10:58 As a noob it's good to see I'm not the only one that 'loses my groove.' Thanks always for an honest account!

[@LineSpeedJediTimRawlins]

we all lose our grove brother! dont let nobody tell you different! thanks buddy! I'm glad you acknowledge that I give a (reasonably) realistic and honest account!

[@robertwest7197]

I have to compliment Charlie, he is a great young man and is very likeable (kudos Charlie). I can see through him you’ve done an awesome job Tim. I won’t be surprised to see great things coming from him down the road.

[@LineSpeedJediTimRawlins]

Wow, thank you! I'll pass this along! Thanks Robert!

[@fishduckdog]

Doing something right as a father! You can make your young kids fish, but even better when they are older and want to go fishing with you!

[@fishduckdog]

Heck of a caster! Must have a great teacher.

[@jerrypruitt5072]

These videos are absolutely awesome! I love the flow and messing around, mistakes, etc! Just absolutely perfect instruction

[@LineSpeedJediTimRawlins]

Thank you Jerry, I just now noticed this comment and it makes me so happy that you enjoy the instruction and quirkiness of the channel! Thanks so much buddy! I really appreciate it!

[@user-dq5gg8zb8z]

Always I can learn a lot from your video👍

[@LineSpeedJediTimRawlins]

Thanks friend! That makes my day!

[@MrGreegor69]

Think in a year or 2 it’s going to be Charlie we are watching doing these demo videos. 😉😉 You’ve taught him well Tim. 👊🏻👊🏻

[@LineSpeedJediTimRawlins]

I think you are correct! I will pass this on to him. He will be inspired. Thanks buddy. Very much appreciated!

[@MrGreegor69]

@@LineSpeedJediTimRawlins won’t be long till your asking him for tips. 😉😂

[@bjornchristiansson2827]

Hi Tim 😁 You nailed it ! As friend of Goran Andersson and from Scandinavia Sweden 🇸🇪 the underhand do the job ! And its very efficient and you get a more flat line travel and speed so many benefits use this. Best regards the swed 🇸🇪

[@LineSpeedJediTimRawlins]

Thanks 🙏 man!

[@fishduckdog]

Thanks again for the great instructions and demonstration! Theses videos with your son are awesome! I've learned more when you are instructing a great student. I love casting River Right & practiced all summer then my 1st outing this November my buddy takes me to this great spot and it's River Left....... practice practice. Old Dog learning new tricks!

[@LineSpeedJediTimRawlins]

Awesome! Thank you! I'll try to do more videos with Charlie! He is enjoying the journey and I'm so happy about that! Good lesson for all of us in your story! Be prepared for the unexpected! Something to Remember! Thanks Charles!

[@sakanatsuri]

I was watching Ed's video, and I think I figured out how he does Skagit cast. When he peel the line from water, his hand is almost facing up. Road (bend) the rod during peering, then he turns right hand when the small D-loop is produced so that the bent rod tip swings 180 degrees, and this bend rod propels the line forward nicely. There's no stop from peeling to forward cast stroke to maintain the bent rod. Ed turns right hand 180 degrees from peeling to forward cast. I tried this way and it works nicely. The bent rod tip during the peeling changes direction 180 degrees and rod tip swings forward to propel the line nicely. Well, this is my understanding about Skagit cast.

[@LineSpeedJediTimRawlins]

good observations, ed is epic!

[@mikecoughlin5419]

Finally went out casting below Bill's bridge with a friend last Sunday afternoon. Some of the muscle memory came back and it was fun to be spey casting again. Your videos are quite helpful.

[@LineSpeedJediTimRawlins]

Thanks Mike stay after it buddy

[@mikecoughlin5419]

@@LineSpeedJediTimRawlins do you still practice with a poly/versileader instead of a sinktip?

[@LineSpeedJediTimRawlins]

@@mikecoughlin5419 I don’t! I use 3’ level mono leader and fly for sink tips and straight mono leader for floating lines...7’ to 12’ give or take. I’m simplifying My fishing...at least for now. But I keep my floating poly handy in case I change my mind!

[@mikecoughlin5419]

@@LineSpeedJediTimRawlins I like that and will try it next time!

[@bigron8346]

It's too bad i live across the country from you cause i would love to fish with you!

[@LineSpeedJediTimRawlins]

Thanks big Ron! Keep an open mind! Who knows? Maybe Our paths will cross. Spey fishing can be a pretty small world sometimes!

[@mj45cal]

Tim what causes my top loop to go vertical on the forward cast?

[@LineSpeedJediTimRawlins]

It might be that your anchor is slipping or blowing… hard to say bet relax and smoothly accelerate through the forward cast

[@theschwiftyone9843]

I laughed so baked at this more than i should've. Have you done a single handled micro skagit. I been messing with 4 weight 9 ft sage been a game changer. Just like to know how i can generate power faster and less movement been getting caught on high banks.

[@LineSpeedJediTimRawlins]

The trick is to do a counter clockwise circle as opposed to the spiral Spey. Play with it! Not really a full counterclockwise circle. Fixing to do a new Vimeo on demand series about it! Comming soon!

[@theschwiftyone9843]

@@LineSpeedJediTimRawlins yay. I will mess with it Saturday when i take the 4 weight 9ft to average trout or litttle smallie footballs on the Conegenuit creek in central Pennsylvania. Do you ever do trout spey as opposed to full spey? I been curious on what full spey tod to get to match my local river and one for trout. What is the full spey = to a 9ft 5 weight all purpose large river rod?

[@scottcrosby7909]

Good stuff here Tim,.. Thanks,.. Doing OK on FLIES?????

[@LineSpeedJediTimRawlins]

Thanks Scott! I love your flies! I get them out and examine them once in a while and totally admire and enjoy their beauty along with all the special touches you add to them. I'm good for now but I would love to brainstorm with you on a few specialty LinespeedJedi creations! Charlie loves that blue fly of yours that he caught that nice summer run on! I lended it to a friend so he could emulate it (he loves that fly as do Charlie and me!) and when Charlie and I were fishing a good run Charlie said, "Ok Dad, where's my fly?" I was saddened to report to him, that it was out on loan and he must choose a different fly. We have had amazing results with blue fies, emboldened with blue flash, so if your fertile mind should produce something sensational along those lines, I would pay you handsomely for it!

[@ronaldomustafasalesmustafa8424]

Show👏👏👏

[@LineSpeedJediTimRawlins]

Super! thanks!

[@GottaWannaDance]

Thanx for the tips. Just curious, I watch as many videos about this and similar style as I can and I believe I learn a lot, but I never see anyone catch fish in these streams and rivers. Are they just not in the river at this time?

[@LineSpeedJediTimRawlins]

That is a good question, and I feel for you. I fish the waters of the PNW for Steelhead and the numbers of fish returning to spawn are not that great. The lower Deschutes where I fish for Steelhead as well as other PNW rivers are experiencing pretty low returns although may be not quite as bad as the last few previous years. The rivers I fish like the Deschutes and Clearwater still have Summer Steelhead in them but I have been skunked many times in the last few years and even lately. Steelhead are the fish of 1000 casts so I am never surprised when I am skunded or dont get as much as a single pull. It's sad, but definitely a sign of the times and maybe why I enjoy casting so much. The only thing I can tell you is to keep fishing, keep casting, keep swinging and don't give up. Time on the water with your fly in the river consistently is really your only hope. Don't chase fishing reports, just keep swinging in water that has produced fish and the past and don't give up. Thanks for commenting and keep trying buddy!

[@navylive4dastrikehugomelch401]

Hooyah this is NAVYLIVE4DASTRIKE love my MAXCATCH.

[@LineSpeedJediTimRawlins]

Happy to hear it, and thanks for your service!