spey cast
v. phr.— «To achieve long casts consistently over a long day of casting, many steelhead fly-anglers in the Northwest have taken up two-handed rods and a technique called spey casting. Traditional single-handed fly casting requires the angler to make a back cast before accelerating the line forward, but spey casters use the tension of the water to load the rod and make an exaggerated roll cast.» —“Spey Rod Is Long-Range Weapon in Anglers’ Arsenal” by Chris Santella in Portland, Oregon New York Times Apr. 21, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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