Flycasting World Championships - 24-26 August 2012

[sms]

You can't remember. You were drunk.

To be honest, no-one does. Everybody was drunk. :p

[Paul Arden]

I think I would remember if you offered me the shower floor. No one has ever done this.

[sms]

Ok, If make may way to Fagernes and you do too, I offer you the shower floor. Am I nice or am I nice? :p

[Paul Arden]

Thanks dude.

[sms]

You're welcome. :laugh:

[White Hunter]

Looks like a good do, hopefully see you there....

[John Waters]

Hi Lee,

I will try and get there for the Saturday. Look forward to catching up mate.

John

[White Hunter]

Too right John! The saving starts now it has to happen!!!

Cheers
Lee

[Paul Arden]

Lose a bit of weight and you can both sleep under my car.

[sms]

The dedicated web pages are up.
http://www.wcflycasting.com/

The rules are unchanged as they're dated March 2010.

Btw, if you come by car, remember that Norwegians tend to watch over the speed. There are quite a few speedcams there.

Paul, do you eat fishburgers now or will the guy behind the counter be confused again?

Cheers,
Sakke

[bass]

Hi,

NOT that I'm thinking of entering,but the rules for the Trout disciplines state that the line must be:

"Scientific anglers mastery expert distance competition WF5F (orange, 120 ft.)."

Where are these things sold?I've never seen them advertised in the UK.

Thanks,

B

[Paul Arden]

I think many would like to change the rules slightly, but it's not easy. Believe it or not one of the hardest bits is to incorporate other 5 weight lines and yet still allow the MED. At least with the 5 weight event we are all throwing the same line!

Cheers, Paul

[bass]

Hey Paul,

Looking forward to the new products you're working on - new line maybe?

Anyway...

So why not force everyone to use the same rod as well - and maybe reel too?

The only variable left would be technique.

But these aren't technique tests, they are accuracy & distance tests, so why not let any commercially available line of the correct AFTM be used?

Perhaps the Pro exams (FFF etc), which ARE technique exams should standardise on one outfit?

Anyway - where can I get a MED in the UK?

B

[sms]

The thing is that controlling lines is not easy - you can't chop them up to see if they fit the bill. And once the rules are ICSF approved, it is damn hard to change them. And not that many are long enough so that it wouldn't become a "shooting head" game, we do not want to see thin mono "backing" used as shooting line.

Let's see what happens in the future as we had a bit of discussion around a proposal of boundary conditions for lines for trout distance.

120ft orange MED should be available thru any shop carrying SA.

[Paul Arden]

But these aren't technique tests, they are accuracy & distance tests, so why not let any commercially available line of the correct AFTM be used?

The AFTM only applies to the first thirty feet. What about after that point? Could make it an eight weight! If you say that at no point can the line proportionally exceed the weight of a five weight you've just banned the MED because it steps up just behind the from taper. Then you need minimum lengths and minimum running line diameter and lastly the whole thing has to float. And then there has to be a way of checking the bloody thing!

The other option is that the WCWFT provides the lines. Hell they could even sell the lines and make a prize with the profits.

However what it came down to on this, is we really want to make this happen. Making the event happen is more important than changing the line. We can all live with the MED again and it makes for a more level playing field. Rods, I don't care and I don't think it's significant.

Cheers, Paul