LONG CASTING
OF SEA WEIGHTS
(February 10th – 14th: incl one training day
This interesting World Games event involves no water at all! Instead
anglers compete by casting on an open field (the driving range for
fishermen), which has to be 400m x 400m to avoid the danger of causing
injury or damage to property!
37 Men and two Ladies from nine countries competed in this event, which
took place on a field near Pretoria. They were accommodated at Sierra
Burgers Park Hotel in the city.
Organiser Bossie van Rensburg gave us the rundown. Casting takes
place within a 30-degree sector and involves a lot of skill and special
techniques. Anglers cast from a base (they may not step over the base
board), using any rod with a centre pin reel or a coffee grinder. There are
four weight classes – 100g for .25mm line, 125g for .28mm line, 150g
for .31mm line and 175g for .35mm line. The Shock Leader is .65mm
on the lighter two weights and .75mm on the two heavier weights. The
Ladies only cast the 100g and 125g weights.
The supplied weights are accurately weighed and a Distomat laser
measuring instrument is used to measure the distance cast, with an
accuracy of three decimals of a cm! The court is set up with the wind at
the casters’ backs and if the wind changes, the court can be moved, after
a round of casting is completed.
slide