Asked AI What is fly casting? Fly casting is a technique used in fly fishing to cast an artificial fly using a fly rod, reel, and specialized weighted line. Unlike traditional fishing, where the weight of the lure or sinker carries the line out, in fly casting, the weight of the fly line propels the...

somehow comp fishing and comp casting are on the opposite ends of the scale
ff with no fly line @ your feet vs. carrying 90ft. long belly on a tarpon rod

Classic casting sport: International Tournament Rules for Casting sport ICW Edition: 2019 Event 1 "Any standard tournament fly, dry fly size 10, without hook. Hackle diameters 16-20mm, to be tied in approved dry-fly/Palmer style and good visible colour, like neon green, yellow, orange, etc. Be...

Safety is another good argument for using fluff. Especially if you have hit yourself with a tournament fly. I believe Allan Lahi proposed fluff for the distance events, but it was rejected by the ICSF.

Hi Phil, I think we covered this topic a few times, e.g. search for "Zoran czech nymphing" and you'll find some entertaining threads. Fly fishing without a fly line is somewhat controversial. I remember an argument between GF and one czech nymph guy. A 2,5mm tungsten bead nymph is easy to ...

Acetone works great too.

I thought it's called Hitler-nymphing.

Hi Vince, that's a cast within the vertical plane. I'd teach this first with a side cast and open stance, of course I'd prefer that people are able to observe their own backcast independent from the coach. Once they have learned this, the plane is moved up to the vertical. BTW the plane is not const...

Hi John, see for instance [1], page 66, table 3, figures for competition casts (trout distance/sea trout distance). Peak speed rod ~7m/s (translation), ~15rad/s (rotation), haul ~10m/s You would need to multiply the rad/s for rotation with the effective lever length, I'd guestimate something around ...

Hi Mark, I think this was rather a poor argument from Paul, of course you need to learn loop control first. That's the same for commercial instruction and casting sport. Unfortunately often teached with the clock face, I'd favor an open stance, side cast first, so that you can observe the backcast y...