fly casting

{{Infobox sport

| name = Fly casting

| image = Fly Casting Workshop at the Golden Gate Park casting pools (3431879413).jpg

| imagesize = 220px

| caption = Casting at Golden Gate Angling & Casting Club, San Francisco, California

| union = International Casting Sport Federation

| first = England and United States, late 19th century

| firstlabel = First contested

| country/region = Worldwide

| registered =

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| contact = No

| team =

| mgender = No

| category = Throwing sport

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| olympic = No

| paralympic =

| IWGA = 1981, 1985, 1993{{snds}}2005

}}

File:Casting Fly (Sports).jpg.]]

Fly casting is a competitive variation of fly fishing found in sport fishing and fishing tournaments. This type of sports fishing originated in the Fourteenth Century.{{citation needed|date=October 2018}} The modern version of the sport is supervised by the International Casting Sport Federation{{cite web|url=http://www.icsf-castingsport.com/|title=Casting|website=International Casting Sport Federation}} (ICSF), which was founded in 1955 and as of April 2014 has member associations in 31 countries.{{cite web|title=Members – Contacts List|url=http://www.exfi.eu/castingsport-icsf/index.php/organisation/members|publisher=International Casting Sport Federation|access-date=17 April 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140419015116/http://www.exfi.eu/castingsport-icsf/index.php/organisation/members|archive-date=19 April 2014|df=dmy-all}}

The ICSF sponsors tournaments and recognizes world records for accuracy and distance. This sport uses plastic weights or hookless flies, and can be held on water or on athletic fields. There are competitive divisions for almost all types of fly, fixed spool, and revolving spool tackle, and for various classes of competitors. It was included in the World Games (see photo) until 2005,{{cite web|title=CASTING SPORT|url=http://www.theworldgames.org/the-sports/sports/precision-sports/casting-sport|publisher=International World Games Association|access-date=17 April 2014|archive-date=15 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140815100704/http://www.theworldgames.org/the-sports/sports/precision-sports/casting-sport|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web |title=IWGA - Casting Sport |url=http://www.theworldgames.org/the-sports/sports/precision-sports/casting-sport |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140815100704/http://www.theworldgames.org/the-sports/sports/precision-sports/casting-sport |archive-date=15 August 2014 |access-date=27 October 2023}} and has been considered for the Olympics.{{cn|date=April 2014}}

The American Casting Association held its 100th Annual Casting Championships in 2008 at the Golden Gate Angling & Casting Club.{{cn|date=April 2014}} There are several disciplines in fly casting such as trout accuracy, trout distance, sea trout distance, salmon distance, spey distance etc. A research tool called Fly Casting Analyzer may be used in fly casting.

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{{cite book |last=Robinson |first=Gilmer G. |title=Fly Casting |publisher=A. S. Barnes & Co |location=New York |year=1942 }}
{{cite book |last=Smedley |first=Harold H. "Dike" |title=Accuracy Fly Casting |year=1949 |publisher=Ziff-Davis Publishing |location=Chicago-New York }}, illustrated fly casting guide by Winner of National, Great Lakes, Midwest, Michigan, and New York Fly Casting Championships.
{{cite book |last=Wulff |first=Joan |title=Joan Wulff's Fly-Casting Techniques |year=1987 |publisher=Nick Lyons Books |location=New York |isbn=0-941130-38-X }}
{{cite book |last=Krieger |first=Mel |author2=Nelson Ishiyama |author3=Albert Jules McClane |author4=Ben Blackwell |title=The Essence of Fly Casting |url=https://archive.org/details/essenceofflycast0000krie |url-access=registration |isbn=978-0-944169-02-5

|year=1988 |publisher=Club Pacific }}

{{cite book |last=Jaworowski |first=Ed |title=Troubleshooting the Cast |publisher=Stackpole Books |location=Mechanicsburg, PA |isbn=978-0-8117-2942-0 |year=1999 }}
{{cite book |last=Jaworowski |first=Ed |title=The Cast: Theories and Applications for More Effective Techniques |publisher=Stackpole Books |location=Mechanicsburg, PA |isbn= 978-0-8117-3257-4 |year=2006 }}
{{cite book |last=Kreh |first=Lefty |title=Lefty Kreh's Longer Fly Casting, New and Revised: The Compact, Practical Handbook That Will Add Ten Feet--Or More--To Your Cast |publisher=Lyons Press |location=New York |isbn=978-1-59921-087-2 |year=2007}}
{{cite book |last=Kreh |first=Lefty |title=Casting With Lefty Kreh |publisher=Stackpole Books |location=Mechanicsburg, PA |year=2008 |isbn=978-0-8117-0369-7 }}
{{cite book |last=Kyte |first=Al |title=The Orvis Guide to Better Fly Casting: A Problem-Solving Approach |isbn=978-1-59228-870-0 |year=2008 |publisher=Lyons Press |location=New York }}

fly casting

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