I simply enjoy casting one
Distance - I consistently need to cast over 100 feet
An injury keeps me from casting overhead with a single hand rod
I wanted to learn how.
What's a DH rod ???
DH Casting - A Poll
Over the past few season, I've started to see more and more double handed rods on the rivers of Eastern Canada. I was just wondering why you use two handed rods?
Me, ... it's a question of the "act of casting". I like, ... it's fun. Also, ... for a couple really specific places on my home waters, it is the only method for delivering the fly without the use of a canoe or drift boat.
Christopher Chin
No answer in there for me.
No need for it where I fish. Longest cast is maybe 70 ft. Most casts are about 10-30 ft.Got that covered with a 'regular' rod.
Good fishing technique trumps all.....wish I had it.
Small Stream Delight
Chris -
This should be fun ?!
I did have a 14' for 8/9 double handed spey rod for a while last year. It was so much fun to cast, even as a beginner, that I would consider getting another DH rod just for that reason. Also, learning the basics of spey casting taught me a lot about casting that I had not picked up on over my years of fly fishing and self taught single hand rod casting.
The thing is, I'm a very practical person, and a long rod like that is not at all practical for the creeks / streams / rivers I fish.
Rigged with a DT3F fishing a size 16 dry fly, it did the job on one neat little stream.
John
P.S. There is a small steelhead dangling from my left hand.
The fish are always right.
what is DH? secret decoder ring broken.
Many, many uses...not doubt at all BUT the I think many are thinking about Spey and Switch Casting these days because that is what is being heavily marketed.
Noticed a while back that these rods have gone "main stream" in regards to availability in regards to accessible and popular brands....
Sorry, I have no actual experience so I shouldn't have commented.
I have never used one, never actually seen one on a river. Now, having said that, I am intrigued by them and would certainly concider one some day. They just look like they would be fun.
It is nice for distance, and is very handy where you have no room to backcast. Mostly it is just easier on your casting arm.
Gary
It is just plain fun! I use a spey on the Tongariro and when the river is crowded I can outcast all of the single handers and pluck fish even from the far bank. If you need heavy tips and heavy flies at distance then the spey is the only way to go.
I agree with John, my single hand casting has also improved from learning to spey cast.
I am thinking of getting a switch rod for the salt water fishing as well.
All the best.
Mike.
I can see where it would be handy, but... I have never found myself in that place *S*.
Now, two-handed FISH, that is another story...
There are a variety of reasons I use a 2 handed rod. The ability to throw large flies and sink tips with relative ease is the number one reason which you didn't have on your poll. Second would be the ability to cast with very little to no back cast room which again was not on your poll. Third would be distance. I don't like the idea of using a 2 handed rod for just distance. I see too many people on the river concentrating on distance and forgetting to fish the water. It doesn't matter that you can throw 120 feet of line if the fish are holding 30 feet out. Lastly would be I enjoy it.
Some of the reasons for using a 2 hander are going to be based on what type of fishing a person does. I based my answers on winter steelhead fishing.
Last edited by Kerry Stratton; 11-04-2009 at 08:17 PM.
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