The practice came to me through time and a desire for more distance. Never really made a conscious effort to develop the technique.
I use both the water and a haul to begin the back cast. Puts a lot of speed and momentum into the line. I then feed the hauled line out as the back cast is unrolling, and then haul again as the forward cast is initiated. When about 1/2 of the forward cast has extended, the balance of the line is released to shoot.
It's most effective if one hauls when his line is near as straight as possible. Not effective at all if there any angle between ones forward and backward directions. I.e. both the back and forward casts should be on the same line.
Mostly employed when steelheading with a single hander on big water. Not much of a delicate presentation for dry fly trouting etc.
Last edited by 1minute; 11/24/15.
