Fly casting explained

Fly casting
Union:	International Casting Sport Federation
First:	England and United States, late 19th century
Firstlabel:	First contested
Country/Region:	Worldwide
Contact:	No
Mgender:	No
Category:	Throwing sport
Olympic:	No
Iwga:	1981, 1985, 19932005

Fly casting is a competitive variation of fly fishing found in sport fishing and fishing tournaments. This type of sports fishing originated in the Fourteenth Century. The modern version of the sport is supervised by the International Casting Sport Federation^[1] (ICSF), which was founded in 1955 and as of April 2014 has member associations in 31 countries.^[2]

The ICSF sponsors tournaments and recognizes world records for accuracy and distance. This sport uses plastic weights or hookless flies, and can be held on water or on athletic fields. There are competitive divisions for almost all types of fly, fixed spool, and revolving spool tackle, and for various classes of competitors. It was included in the World Games (see photo) until 2005,^{[3] [4]} and has been considered for the Olympics.

The American Casting Association held its 100th Annual Casting Championships in 2008 at the Golden Gate Angling & Casting Club. There are several disciplines in fly casting such as trout accuracy, trout distance, sea trout distance, salmon distance, spey distance etc. A research tool called Fly Casting Analyzer may be used in fly casting.

Bibliography

• Book: Robinson, Gilmer G. . Fly Casting . A. S. Barnes & Co . New York . 1942 .
• Book: Smedley, Harold H. "Dike" . Accuracy Fly Casting . 1949 . Ziff-Davis Publishing . Chicago-New York ., illustrated fly casting guide by Winner of National, Great Lakes, Midwest, Michigan, and New York Fly Casting Championships.
• Book: Wulff, Joan . Joan Wulff's Fly-Casting Techniques . 1987 . Nick Lyons Books . New York . 0-941130-38-X .
• Book: Krieger, Mel . Nelson Ishiyama . Albert Jules McClane . Ben Blackwell . The Essence of Fly Casting . registration . 978-0-944169-02-5. 1988 . Club Pacific .
• Book: Jaworowski, Ed . Troubleshooting the Cast . Stackpole Books . Mechanicsburg, PA . 978-0-8117-2942-0 . 1999 .
• Book: Jaworowski, Ed . The Cast: Theories and Applications for More Effective Techniques . Stackpole Books . Mechanicsburg, PA . 978-0-8117-3257-4 . 2006 .
• Book: Kreh, Lefty . Lefty Kreh's Longer Fly Casting, New and Revised: The Compact, Practical Handbook That Will Add Ten Feet--Or More--To Your Cast . Lyons Press . New York . 978-1-59921-087-2 . 2007.
• Book: Kreh, Lefty . Casting With Lefty Kreh . Stackpole Books . Mechanicsburg, PA . 2008 . 978-0-8117-0369-7 .
• Book: Kyte, Al . The Orvis Guide to Better Fly Casting: A Problem-Solving Approach . 978-1-59228-870-0 . 2008 . Lyons Press . New York .

See also

• Casting (fishing)
• Fishing tournament
• Fly Casting Analyzer
• Joan Wulff

Notes and References

1. Web site: Casting. International Casting Sport Federation.
2. Web site: Members – Contacts List. International Casting Sport Federation. 17 April 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140419015116/http://www.exfi.eu/castingsport-icsf/index.php/organisation/members. 19 April 2014. dmy-all.
3. Web site: CASTING SPORT. International World Games Association. 17 April 2014. 15 August 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140815100704/http://www.theworldgames.org/the-sports/sports/precision-sports/casting-sport. dead.
4. Web site: IWGA - Casting Sport . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140815100704/http://www.theworldgames.org/the-sports/sports/precision-sports/casting-sport . 15 August 2014 . 27 October 2023.