Originally conceived on the Skagit River in Washington State, along with the Skagit line which was designed for delivering and presenting heavy flies to those elusive deep lying fish (originally Steelhead's) which sometimes proved difficult to catch. These lines are basically short heavy heads which are generally made up of a section of floating line incorporating anything from T-8 to T-17 (very fast sinking line) at the tip to complete it's length and can be used to good effect when fishing for Salmon in larger deeper rivers both at home and abroad, as well as being particularly useful in extreme temperatures at both ends of the scale. The T scale refers to grains per foot e.g. T-8 means 8 grains per foot and T-17 means 17 grains per foot and so on. There are almost fifteen and a half grains in a gram (15.4323). The length, and therefore weight of T number line that you add to the end of your set up is entirely up to you, "within reason", and will often be dependant upon the fishing situation you find yourself faced with at that time.

The Skagit cast itself is not set in stone, and most people think that it is always a Circle "C" type cast, but although this particular technique lends itself to this application, so does any cast where a continuous motion is incorporated throughout, such as the Double Spey for instance.

The most important considerations when executing casts with these Skagit lines are:

Do not to allow the line to stop at any point during the set up of the cast. keep continuous tension on the line throughout the cast. Do not rush the cast keep it smooth and progressive as always.

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