Joined: 11 Dec 2007 Posts: 8820 Location: Near the Edge
Posted: Sat Aug 29, 2009 4:24 pm Post subject: 540 foot Cast: Real or Fake?
A couple of weeks ago Steve Rajeff smashed the distance record for fly casting with a 243 foot cast in Toronto. Now obviously, throwing lures with some serious weight and a stiff spinning/baitcasting/surfcasting rod almost anybody could beat that distance, but the video above seems ludicrous. I have no idea what a country mile is, but if you do the maths this guy's cast is 540 feet. Something tells me this is nonsense.
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Joined: 06 Jul 2008 Posts: 144 Location: Eden Valley Cumbria
Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2010 12:56 am Post subject:
Can't see a problem myself, I often cast a para fly that far on a #4 WF. _________________ "Surely luck was with me today, Sir,
I left my heart in the stream,
My body is weary tonight, Sir,
But I have lived the stuff of my dreams."
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