Perry Poke

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Do any forum members use this cast regularly?

I watched a youtube video on it and it seems a very neat sort of cast all round.

tweedbunnet

[salmonshrimp]

Aug 12, 2010 7:01:51 GMT @tweedbunnet said:

Do any forum members use this cast regularly?

I watched a youtube video on it and it seems a very neat sort of cast all round.

tweedbunnet

I tried it with a Skagit line last week and it works well, I think it's used mainly with heavy short heads and heavy flies.

[ballingall512]

I use it when using shooting heads.

works well with the afs especially when using shorter rods.

It's a good alternative to a single spey or snap t when your casting off your weaker side, as it sets a good anchor and builds a good loop with real ease.

A good cast for getting heavy sink tips up in the water before delivery

[ballingall512]

Aug 12, 2010 17:06:26 GMT Mon The Flee said:

Good for checking your flea

Should that not go.


good for checking your flee......... ahem.... Scanny ;D ;D

[scanny]

It was a salar so just for practice anyway

[heron]

the Poke came about in PNW starting as a recovery for a bad single.
One of the Skagit Jedi further refined it, and there's other developments that make it even easier and smoother. Now there's a downstream poke with a wrap, lots of fun and a very powerful cast.
Ed Ward, (Riveraddict) weighs in on this thread in Speypages:
www.speypages.com/speyclave/showthread.php?t=38599

Although I'm mainly a touch-and-go caster, I keep my sustained anchor casting fresh and practiced for tight quarters and windy days. Or when I'm fishing skagit style in winter here.

I even have one absolutely impractical variation on the poke where I let the line lie behind me on the water and basically Belgian it out. only works with shortheads and course, has no use whatever. ;D