{"id":210,"date":"2017-12-07T10:10:36","date_gmt":"2017-12-07T10:10:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/flycast\/?p=210"},"modified":"2018-10-24T12:32:48","modified_gmt":"2018-10-24T11:32:48","slug":"the-snap-cast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/flycast\/the-snap-cast\/","title":{"rendered":"The Snap Cast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/244311636?rel=0\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Key Points:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>To make the Snap Cast we get the line moving and then sharply cut under the line with the rod tip. The remaining line accelerates.<\/li>\n<li>To learn the Snap Cast, I recommend starting by drawing a large half circle with the rod tip, speeding up as the rod tip cuts underneath. Ultimately make this circle narrower and the cut faster.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Uses:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Snap Cast can be used as a fancy method of catching the fly or fly line. While I often use it in the practise field I don&#8217;t recommend it when fishing because chances are that you&#8217;ll hook yourself!<\/li>\n<li>It can be used to quickly remove line from a Drift or from the path of a powerboat.<\/li>\n<li>It has apparently caught a few fish that have risen behind the angler. These anglers are the same guys who also win the Lottery.<\/li>\n<li>It has uses on the delivery cast to create both 180 degree curves as well as 90 degree hooks.<\/li>\n<li>As a Spey line-repositioning move it has many uses, all of which we will cover later in the series.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_123\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-123\" style=\"width: 851px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/index.php\/ps\/reviews\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-123\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/flycast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/ht10.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"851\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/flycast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/ht10.jpg 851w, https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/flycast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/ht10-300x111.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/flycast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/ht10-768x284.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 851px) 100vw, 851px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-123\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">It&#8217;s an exploration. Bring a fly rod. Designed for you by Paul Arden.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>One of the best sections on Sexyloops is from my great Spanish friend, Carlos Azpilicueta. Carlos is without a doubt both one of the world&#8217;s finest presentation casters as well as one of our finest instructors. As well as the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/carlos\/snapcurvecast.shtml\">Snap Curve Cast<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0you will find Casting Games, Articles and a section on Presentation Casts. We will also be covering Presentation Casts, in full, later in this series.<\/p>\n<p>Carlos&#8217; complete section can be found here:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/carlos\/index.shtml\">http:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/carlos\/index.shtml<\/a><\/p>\n<p>(There is also a Spanish version for our Spanish and South American friends!)<\/p>\n<p>Got a question? Try asking here on the Board:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sexyloops.co.uk\/theboard\/viewforum.php?f=59\">http:\/\/www.sexyloops.co.uk\/theboard\/viewforum.php?f=59<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Alternatively drop me an email: <a href=\"mailto:paul@sexyloops.com\">paul@sexyloops.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cheers, Paul<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Key Points: To make the Snap Cast we get the line moving and then sharply cut under the line with the rod tip. The remaining line accelerates. To learn the Snap Cast, I recommend starting by drawing a large half circle with the rod tip, speeding up as the rod tip cuts underneath. Ultimately make &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/flycast\/the-snap-cast\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Snap Cast<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/flycast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/flycast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/flycast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/flycast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/flycast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=210"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/flycast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":426,"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/flycast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210\/revisions\/426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/flycast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/flycast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/flycast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}