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Joan Salvato Wulff (born 1926) is a fly fisher.In 1951, she won the national fly-casting distance title, an all-male competition, and was a National Casting Champion from 1943-1960.
Tournament casting is a sport in its own right, with the world record held by Danny Moeskops casting a distance of 286.63 meters (313.46 yards). [ 2 ] Extreme Surfcasting also known as skishing is a variant of surf fishing that involves donning a wetsuit and flippers and swimming into the ocean with surfcasting pole to catch fish.
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Drop-casting, on the other hand, is all about fast sinking, and the angler must bring the rod high before releasing the finger grip on the line and drop the cast into water with full force. The double-handed overhead cast , used more for distance, uses a kendo -like overhead swing to throw the line as far as possible.
The American Casting Association held its 100th Annual Casting Championships in 2008 at the Golden Gate Angling & Casting Club. [citation needed] There are several disciplines in fly casting such as trout accuracy, trout distance, sea trout distance, salmon distance, spey distance etc.
Spey casting is a casting technique used in fly fishing. Spey casting can be accomplished with either a normal length fly rod, or a rod referred to as a double-handed fly rod, often called a Spey rod. [1] Spey rods can also be used for standard overhead casting. Spey casting differentiates itself from other fly fishing techniques as it has no ...
In 2008, the Turbo Cast System was developed. This injection moulded component stands the reel slightly further off the rod to increase the line flow during casting which will improve distance. 2011 saw the importing of the first ever overseas made reel. Since 2000, Alvey have built their range of imported fishing rods to 16 Models in 2012.
Maxine McCormick (born 2004) is the youngest world champion in fly casting history. [1] ... and won SILVER in the Sea Trout Distance, with a cast of 47.5m or 161 ft! [7]