Casting (sport)

Casting is a discipline of the fishing rod sport. It designates the far throw or the goal throwing also at the fishing line and/or. the fishing rod fastened seals (flies) or weights.

for the first time match-moderately as tournament the sport 1864 in the USA one delivered. 1923 took place in Berlin for the first time in Germany a tournament.

The Castingsport is represented also with the World Games.

The typical match disciplines are

• fly a goal: Throw on a Wasserbassin with 60 cm diameter
• fly far, a hand
• weight precision: Throw on cloth disk (arene mountain disk) with 75 cm inside diameter, 7.5 gram weight
• weight a goal: Throw on bent disk (Skish) with 76 cm diameter, 7.5 gram weight
• weight far, a hand: 7.5 gram weight
• fly far, two-hand
• weight far, two-hand: 18 gram weight
• Multi a goal: Throw on bent disk with 76 cm diameter, 18 gram weight
• Multi far, two-hand: 18 gram weight

Web on the left of

• http://www.vdsf.de/media/casting.html