AMERICAN CASTING ASSOCIATION

Press Release

Casters and spectators are invited to cast or watch. This Cabela’s store has graciously offered to provide a grandstand to accommodate spectators. The events will include accuracy and distance events with plug and fly tackle, to include all participants’ interests. The morning’s programs will be repeated in the afternoons so more people can participate and watch.

This event would not be possible without the help of Diane Bazzano, Event Coordinator- Cabela’s East Hartford and Cary Greene, Fishing Department Manager.

The ACA would also like to thank the CFFA Association) for providing manpower and assistance for this event. CFFA president Bruce Rich says he’s excited for his members to experience this event.

Contact: John Field

President, American Casting Association

info@americancastingassoc.org 

9:00– 11:00a Demonstrations: Accuracy & Distance - Fly and Plug Casting

11:00a– 1:00p Accuracy Fly and Plug Competitions

1:00p– 3:00p Demonstrations: Accuracy & Distance - Fly and Plug Casting

3:00– 5:00p Accuracy Fly and Plug Casting

Open practice casting

10:00a– 11:00a Demonstrations: Accuracy & Distance Fly and Plug

11:00a– 1:00p Accuracy Fly and Plug Competitions

Open practice casting

"After all, casting games are the fly fisher's driving range."

The schedule is one day longer than last year with a four person team event  and kids events coming on Sunday, August 15.

August 12 - Amateur Casting Clinic - come learn from the pros
August 13 - Amateur Division (Men's and Women's)
August 14 - Tournament and Professional Division (Men's and Women's - prizes awarded for men and women in each category)
August 15 - Team play (limited to the first 15 4-person teams that register)
August 15 - Kids Tournament - two divisions. 6-12 year olds and 13-17 year olds


Cut off date for entry is July 1, 2010 and entry is limited to the first 50 participants in the Saturday professional event.  To enter or receive more information about the 2010 competition, , send your request to Tory Myler at:
Orvis
Attn: Tory Myler
178 Conservation Way
Sunderland, VT 05250
Phone 802-362-8623
Email: mylert@orvis.com

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RESULTS

2010 WESTERN CASTING ASSOCIATION SOUTHWESTERN TOURNAMENT

Long Beach California

FEBRUARY 13, 14, 2010

western tournament casting association

NORTHWESTERN TOURNAMENT

SAN FRANCISCO, CA

OCTOBER 10 AND 11, 2009

Trout Fly:

Class A:

1. Glen Nagumo, 99.

2. Chris Korich, 98.

3. Henry Mittel, 96.

Class B:

1. Randy Mandt, 95.

2. Charles Judy, 91, 91.

3. Nicole Kozicki, 91, 86.

 Class C:

1. Gregg Rodriguez, 88, 89.

2. Kate Blubaugh, 88, 81.

Bass Bug

Class A:

1. Chris Korich, 99.

2. Henry Mittel, 97.

3. Glen Nagumo, 93, 94.

4. Bill Van Natter, 93, 91

Class B:

1. Luke Sing, 93.

2. Austin Emerling, 90 (1)

3. Bob Middo, 90 (0)

Class C:

1. Elaine gong, 90.

2. Kate Blubaugh, 88.

3. Gregg  Rodriguez, 84.

1/4 Oz. Plug Accuracy

Class A:

1. Chris Korich, 98.

2. Henry Mittel, 97.

3. Keith Pryor, 90 (1)

4. Tony Ramirez, 90 (0)

Class B:

1. Nicole Kozicki, 92.

2. Alice Gillibert, 91, 91.

3. Randy Mandt, 91, 89.

Class C:

1. Luke Sing, 88, 88, 87.

2. Tom Gong, 88, 88,83.

3. Elaine Gong, 87.

Open Plug Accuracy

Class A:

1. Henry Mittel, 98 .

2. Glen Nagumo, 95.

3. Chris Korich, 94.

Class B:

1. Mark Tsunawaki, 92.

2. Austin Emmerling, 90.

3. Alice Gillibert, 89, 89, 86.

4. Randy Mandt, 89, 89, 82.

5. Nicole Koxicki, 89, (0)

Class C:

1. Kate Blubaugh, 87.

2. George Monroe, 86.

3. Sandy Lee, 85.

Angler's Fly Distance

Class A:

1. Hnry Mittel, 170.

2. Larry Allen, 144.

3. Tom Gong, 142.

Class B:

 1. Mark Tsunawaki, 145.

2. Randy Mandt, 129.

3. Austin Emmerling, 120.

Class C:

1. Sandy Lee, 110.

2. Kate Blubaugh, 101.

3. Elaine Gong, 99.

1/4 Oz. Distance

Class A:

1. Henry Mittel, 208.

2. Bob Middo, 197.

3. Chris Korich, 196.

Class B:

1. Randy Mandt, 177.

2. Mark Tsunawaki, 162.

3. Bill Van Natter, 147.

Class C:

1. Elaine Gong 128.

Dry Fly

Class A:

1. Chris Korich, 99, 100, 100.

2. Henry Mittel, 99, 100, 96.

3. Glen Nagumo, 98, 96.

4. Larry Allen, 98, 95.

Class B:

1. Luke Sing, 96.

2. Alice Gillibert, 93.

3. Elaine Gong, 92, 93.

4. Austin Emmerling, 92, 86.

Class C:

1. Gregg Rodriguez, 90.

Wet Fly:

Class A:

1. Henry Mittel, 97.

2. Chris Korich, 96.

3. Larry Allen, 93, 95.

4. Glen Nagumo, 93, 93.

Class B:

1. Peg Van Natter, 96.

2. Austin Emmerling , 94.

3. Elaine Gong, 93.

3/8 Oz. Plug Accuracy

Class A:

1. Chris Korich, 96.

2. Henry Mittel, 95.

3. Tony Ramirez, 91.

Class B:

1. Bill Van  Natter, 90.

2. Mark Tsunawaki, 88, 93. 3. Elaine gong, 88, 84, 87.

4. John Schueler, 88, 84, 85.

Class C:

1. Luke Sing, 87.

2. George Monroe, 83.

3. Lorie Mandt, 82.

5/8 Oz Accuracy

Class A:

1. Chris Korich, 99.

2. Larry Allen, 94.

3. Henry Mittel, 91, 97.

4. Glen Nagumo, 91, 92.

Class B:

1. John Schueller, 93.

2. Randy Mandt, 92.

3. Mark Tsunawaki, 91, 96.

4 Elaine Gong, 91, 87.

Class C:

1. Luke Sing, 90.

 2. George Monroe, 84.

AMERICAN CASTING ASSOCIATION NATIONALS

MISSISSAUGA, ONTARIO

AUGUST 4-8   2009

5/8 Oz. 2 Hand Revolving Spool Distance:

Men:

1. Henry Mittel, 400 ft. new national record.

2. Steve Rajeff, 387

3. David Roberts, 308

Senior Men:

1. Bill Clements, 336

2. Norm Wallachy, 301

3. Bill Burke, 289

Women:

1. Beth Statt, 134.

 Junior:

1. William Beck, 191. new national record

5/8 Oz.  2-Hand Spinning Distance

Men:

1. Henry MIttel, 405.

2. Steve Rajeff, 404.

3. David Roberts, 393.

Senior Men:

1. Kevin Carriero, 390.

2. Bill Burke, 379.

3. Bill Clements, 375.

Women:

1. Beth Statt, 241.

Senior Women:

1. Peg Van Natter, 226. new national record

Junior:

1. William Beck 223 new national record

2-Hand Fly Distance

Men:

1. Henry Mittel, 293. new national record

2. Steve Rajeff, 240.

3. David Roberts, 226

Senior Men:

1. Bill Clements, 230.

2. Norm Wallachy, 217.

3. Dick Fujita, 174

Women:

1. Beth Statt, 126.

1/4 Oz. 1- Spinning Distance

Men:

1. Harvey Beck, 282.

2. Steve Rajeff, 281

3. Patrick Mc Fadden, 242.

Senior Men:

1. Bill Burke, 255.

2. Norm Wallachy, 245.

3. Dick Fujita,  243.

Women:

1. Nicole Kozicki, 174

2. Brenda Newhouse, 169.

3. Beth Statt, 152.

Senior Women:

1. Alice Gillibert, 184.

1-Hand Fly Distance

Men:

1. Steve Rajeff, 243. new national record

2. Henry Mittel, 203.

3. Andy Statt, 186.

Senior Men:

1. Chuck Phillips, 171.

2. Norm Wallachy, 162.

3. Bill Clements, 157.

Women:

1. Beth Statt, 110.

Angler's Fly Distance

Men:

1. Steve Rajeff, 183.

2. Henry Mittel, 181.

3. Walter Hoover, 179.

Senior Men:

1. Norm Wallachy, 171.

2. Chuck Phillips, 162.

3. Bill Burke, 134.

Women:

1. Brenda Newhouse, 140.

2. Nicole Kozicki, 137.

3. Beth Statt, 121.

Senior Women:

1. Alice Gillibert, 113.

Dry Fly Accuracy

Men:

1. Steve Rajeff, 98.

2. Andy Statt, 97.

3. David Roberts, 96.

Senior Men:

1. Bill Wattie, 97.

2. Bill Burke, 95, 95..

3. Jay Klenk, 95, 93.

Senior Women:

1. Alice Gillibert, 91.

Women:

1. Nicole Kozicki, 94.

2. Brenda Newhouse, 91.

3. Beth Statt, 88.

TROUT FLY ACCURACY

Men:

1. Steve Rajeff, 99.

2. Walter Hoover, 95, 94.

3. David Roberts, 95, 91.

Senior Men:

1. Jay Klenk, 96.

2. Kevin Carriero, 95.

3. Bill Burke, 94, 97.

4. Bill Clements, 94, 93.

Senior Women:

1. Alice Gillibert, 90.

Women:

1. Brenda Newhouse, 90.

2. Nicole Kozicki, 89.

3. Beth Statt, 84.

1/4 Oz. Plug Accuracy

Men:

1. Steve Rajeff, 98.

2. Harvey Beck, 96.

3. Andy Statt, 93.

Senior Men:

1. Bill Clements, 92.

2. Bill Wattie, 89.

3. Bill Burke, 87.

4. Bobby Spear 87.

Senior Women,

1. Alice Gillibert, 82.

Women:

1. Brenda Newhouse, 93.

2. Nicole Kozicki, 89, 84, 90.

3. LuAnn Johnson, 89, 84, 79.

Intermediate:

1. Matthew Fujita, 80.

2. Jessi Johnson, 75.

3 Leah Banks, 72.

Junior:

1. William Beck, 73.

2. Caitlin Kozicki, 71.

3. Lauren Kozicki, 60.

3/8 Plug Accuracy

Men,

1. Steve Rajeff, 99, 99.

2. Harvey Beck, 99, 93.

3. David Roberts, 94.

Senior Men:

1. Bill Clements, 96.

2. Kevin Carriero, 95.

3. Chuck Phillips, 92, 93.

4. Bob Spear, 92, 69.

Senior Women:

1. Alice Gillibert, 79.

Women:

1. Brenda Newhouse, 92.

2. LuAnn Johnson, 86.

3. Beth Statt, 84, 86.

4. Alla Herzan, 84, 80.

Intermediate:

1. Leah Banks, 84.

2. Matthew Fujita, 78.

3. Jessi Johnson, 62.

Junior:

1. William Beck, 69, 71.

2. Caitlin Kozicki, 69, 69.

3. Lauren Kozicki, 66.

5/8 Oz Plug Accuracy

Men:

1. Steve Rajeff, 98.

2. Harvey Beck, a94.

3. Larry Moffett Jr. 91.

Senior Men:

1. Chuck Phillips, 9a4.

2. Larry Moffett, 92.

3. Bob Spear, 91.

Senior Women:

1. Alice Gillibert, 88.

2. Thelma DeWilde, 82.

Women:

1. Nicole Kozicki,  95.

2. Brenda Newhouse,94.

3. LuAnn Johnson, 93.

Intermediate:

1. Matthew Fujita, 80.

2. Leah Banks, 79.

3. Jessi Johnson, 64.

Junior:

1. Caitlin Kozicki, 78, 78.

2. Ryan Wardly, 78, 70.

3. William Beck 77.

Bass Bug Accuracy

Men:

1. Steve, Rajeff, 99.

2. Walter Hoover, 94.

3. Andy Statt, 91, 89.

4. David Roberts, 91, 88.

Senior Men:

1. Chuck Phillips, 90, 88.

2. Norm Wallachy, 90, 87.

3. Kevin Carriero, 89, 92.

4. Bill Clements, 89, 90.

Senior Women:

1. Alice Gillibert, 88.

2. Peg Van Natter, 79.,

Women:

1. Brenda Newhouse, 82.

2. Nicole Kozicki, 81.

3. Beth Statt, 79.

FIVE WEIGHT GAME

The American Casting Association Five Weight Game is being played around the country these days. Here are a few scores and some comments.

Two concentric rings 30 and 54 inches in diameter describes  the five targets used and there are eight scoring casts to them. Absent penalties, the caster gets 100 points minimum for each target with 300 points for getting into the 54 incher and 500 points for the 30 incher. The minimum accuracy score is 800 - 100 points per target and the maximum is 4000, 500 points per target.  The distance score is ten times the total of the two longest distance casts.

Target distances range from twenty feet to eighty feet though I have never seen an eighty footer in a game.  Generally  - seventy feet  down to sixty feet for the long one. The second target requires a curve cast to avoid draping the line on the first target which is touching the second target on a direct line to the center of the casting box. Some casters settle for 300 by casting straight to the edge of the 54 inch ring while keeping one foot inside the 4 foot casting box and streeeeetching out.  The curve is more fun. I have never even wanted to cast a curve to a fish but it is fun to play with the curve. It is all about touch and feeling the line.

 Loveland Colorado FFF National Conclave

July 28 - August 1, 2009

Men's Professional:

                                         Accuracy            Distance          Combined

1. Jeff Wagner,                     2600                  1990               4590

2. Chase Jablonski                2500                   2030              4530

3. Tom Ziegler                       2700                   1710             4410

Men's Amateur

1. Paul Rodemaker               2800                      1750           4410

2. Tylar Dimond                    2200                      1990           4190

3. Connor Murphy                1600                       1640          3240

Women's Amateur     

1. Laura Simbirski                  1400                       1410          2810

Women's Professional   

1. Kat Wagner                       2400                        1560         3960

Washington Council

Ellensburg Washington

May 1-2, 2009

These are fund raising events with a $25.00 fee to play and a certificate award. 

Danish Game:

1.  Jamie Emerson, 2,900

2. Peg Van Natter, 2,600

3. Aaron Culley,    2,500

Five Weight Game:

Men - Non Professional

                                                      Accuracy             Distance         Combined

1.  Vern Jeremica                   1800               2020           3820

2.  Paul Kim                          2100               1630           3730

3.  Craig Koeppler                  1800               1580           3380

Men - Professional

1.  Ed Sozinho                        2800              2020           4820

2.  Brian O'Keefe                    2500              2220           4720

3.  Joe Rotter                          3000              1600           4600

Women

1. Peg Van Natter                   1700               1270           2970

Some comments:  The  ACA rules require a weight forward floating line with a belly between  35 and 42 feet and specific weight limits as well as a minimum length of 88 feet. . The Washington FFF supplies and requires competitors to use  the SA XXD which has 63 feet of belly and 105 feet of length.  The longer and heavier belly is an  advantage for distance and may approach  the efficiency of  an 85 foot double taper which will cast a straighter and more composed loop than any weight forward line. Many competent casters feel that an eighty-five foot double taper is a better distance weapon than a weight forward because it allows a  better and more sweetly controlled line profile and gets into really small running line at 85 feet rather than the 105 floating line feet  of traditional weight forwards. There is a recent casting book, published in 2009, whose prominant author maintains that an effective double haul cannot accomplished with a double taper line- only with a weight forward .  I would beg to differ with him. The double taper is an advantage in shooting the sixty to eighty foot bonus target with unlimited false casts. It does pay to lubricate the line, more so with the double taper than the weight forward. A freshly dressed double taper is a sweet casting thing and doesn't pick up algae etc. as much as a dirty or rough line.  I noticed that several of  the big boys at Ellensburg were false casting the distance to the bonus target which was a little over sixty feet out. There is always a trade off between false casting a longer line and getting better results with a shorter more composed  false cast and a shoot to the target. A double taper makes this an easier choice.

Another distinction of  the Washington rules, which are  described as being 40 % different from the ACA rules, is the Washington requirement that the line be stripped off the reel only while the contestant is "casting". The better part of valor would seem to be to strip it all out while casting twenty feet backwards and then arranging  the line in a suitable way for the longer casts without stepping out of the casting box. There is a 100 point penalty for stepping out of the casting box.

The tick penalties are more understandable by Washington rules - 100 points - rather than 10% of an unknown  future score. The prudent caster will false cast quite a bit higher over grass than water due to the greater uncertainty of  detecting ticks on grass compared to the clearly visible tick on water. Since there can be a tick penalty when the fly has been lost it is important for the caster to be sure of the presence of the fly and stop false casting when there is any inkling that the fly may have been lost. 

The five weight game is an entertaining practice of multiple aspects of fly fishing. It goes quickly and packs a variety of casting skills into one package. If there were to be a single game the five weight game would be right up there competing with the trout fly game as a test of all around skill.  It is easy to play on the lawn and easy to practice at home.

ORVIS TROUT UNLIMITED BEND FLY CASTING GOLF GAMES RESULTS

NEW GAME IN TOWN

The Bay area was Johnny On the Spot with representatives at the  NEW GAME IN TOWN  - Fly Casting Golf. Orvis has, in cooperation with the City of Bend, Oregon, inspired (with a substantial cash and inspiration infusion)  the creation of  a permanent outdoor 18 hole fly casting golf game on the banks of the Deschutes River in Bend and, by a great coincidence, roughly one bass bug long target from  the back door of the Bend Orvis shop.   Orvis devoted big bucks to the creation of this gem of a fly casting experience. There is a gallery for some of the holes which lie between the river and restaurant row  but most of  the holes are very private, either  across the river or away from the shopping area. The one big problem is concentration. If you look over the side of the second bridge you cross to complete the course you will frequently see significant sized trout hanging in the shadows away from the birds and other predators.

There were three classes : Amateurs plus Men and Women’s Advanced. Amateurs were people not involved with the industry, prior competitive fly games or instructors or certified instructors. The games were played on September 18, 19 and 20, 2009. the entry fee was twenty five dollars per player, with an included  complementary buffet get together on Friday evening, the 18th, in the Orvis store at  course side. The event was sponsored by Orvis and the DesChutes chapter of  Trout Unlimited. The TU club was integral to the success of  the bash providing officials and assistance in the logistics and care of  the course. ( there were no sand traps to rake)

The course (which has eighteen stations of targets or casting tasks) is scored like 18 holes of golf with a par assigned to each station (hole) and a maximum of  8 added bogey strokes.  A tick  counts as a stroke. The first station (hole) starts beside the Orvis parking lot with some casts to targets sunk into the grass. The  next holes are across the street for  three fancy roll casting holes on a  couple of  ponds. It then rambles up river to a   vertical target to cast through. After that there are casts and curve casts under trees, single or double handed spey type casts in the river  a 150 foot distance hole with an eight inch target for the expert class and a succession of roll, target, distance and off hand casting challenges to the eighteenth hole which is a curve casting situation.   For the heavy hitters one distance hole is over 500 feet long with a tree on the fairway.   One of the fisher people was on hand to compete with his golf cart containing several rods. The caster can use as many rods as desired, up to ten feet in length  and many of the competitors used several rods for different situations.

There are  rules panels at each hole describing  three levels of  difficulty  with a par assigned. The maximum number of bogey strokes is eight over par. The pars run from 2 to ten  and generally are the same for all three levels but with  more difficult requirements for the more experienced  players.

The contest was eleven holes for the advanced   men’s segment and a  lesser number of holes for the other divisions. Casting on the river holes  was not a good idea on a weekend with boaters about so all the casts were on grass or ponds near the river.

Roll casting is a big part of this game and roll casting is a big part of  fishing when you consider the roll cast pickup and  the slick way a roll cast can get the fly out  under or in front of  vegetation or other obstacles.

Par for the eleven hole game was 49 and the first three in the men’s advanced division were Steve Rajeff, 58, Henry Mittel, 62, and  Tim Rajeff.  Floyd Dean was  fourth and Brian O’Keefe was fifth with sixth being decided by a roll casting cast off between  Chase Jablonski, of Spokane, Washington  and Matt Paluch of Moses Lake, Washington. Matt hit the fifty foot target on his second roll cast. ( the rules permitted the caster to overhead cast out to the vicinity of the target) However Matt  put some more chips on the table by  advising Chase that  if  Chase hit the target on his first cast  Matt would jump into the pond.  You guessed it.  Matt got wet. Every camera in the county was trained on him when he hit the  water so who knows  how many people around  the globe know about  Matt and Chase and  fly casting golf by now. Great theater and  Matt was as good as his word.  PICTURES

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Katherine Hart won  the  women’s advanced  with  Lee Ann Ross  second and Peg Van Natter third.

Orvis sprang for some significant prizes. A 12 foot kayak for the amateur winner, $3000  for advanced men’s first and  a $4200 fishing trip for advanced women’s first with significant cash and merchandise prizes for others as well.

Orvis and Trout Unlimited did not invent fly casting golf  but they have certainly thrust it into a serious  side of  the fly fishing life.  We look forward to visiting  Bend to play  the course in the morning and fish the rest of the day. This is the only permanent installation I know of  but the concept can be bundled into a series of holes that are easy to set up on any available and suitable body of water. The site of the Seattle Casting Club in Seattle was turned into a pitch and putt golf  course so it is time for casting to strike back. There are nine hole golf courses and twenty seven hole golf courses. Other casting golf games are projected around the country so it will be interesting to see if this catches on.  There are numerous fishing contests that have a first round of casting competition with  places in the fishing contest as prizes. This Bend golf game is fun and is so varied that everyone can find some part of  it to excel in. One of the holes gave four strokes to hit  a seventy and an eighty foot target. Now that is a challenge.. The rules allowed any number of single hand rods up to ten feet in length with the leader no less than 7 ½ feet, allowing  24 inches of mono butt section before an Orvis 7 ½ foot leader supplied by  Orvis.  No  shooting heads or marked lines allowed but  multicolored factory lines are legal. Lines must be integrated, floating and in their original length.

Mini fly casting golf games can be set up with little expense and effort by local fishing and casting clubs at their meetings or picnics or outings . The games are a hoot because the situations can be varied and handicapped  so that the same people do not win all the time, just like golf. A few years back the American Museum of Fly Fishing had casting golf games at some of it’s banquet-auctions with high end fly rods for prizes. ( Playing the golf medal play game – play to win each hole and count the holes won or lost rather than total score for three,  five, nine or eighteen holes. That is the way the President’s Cup at Harding Park (in San Francisco) was played for one million dollars or some such figure during the 2009 Northwestern. A disastrous hole doesn't boot you out of the running.   And, they are clearly fishing situations – with bushes around etc.- which illustrate the usefulness of learning to hit a target with a controlled stroke. Collapsible targets for judging rings are easy and cheap to make. Inch and a half plastic tubing makes a beautiful target set that can be carried in bags that fit in even a  small car.  Six targets to a bag are about right. A member of the San Jose Club made many sets of gorgeous targets with a home made jig a few years back.

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The Orvis & Deschutes Trout Unlimited North American Fly Casting Tournament

The Deschutes Chapter of Trout Unlimited with Orvis Store in Bend are pleased to announce the First Ever North American Fly Casting Tournament at the Bend Orvis store and Casting Course.

This will be 3 days worth of events and programs including Amateur and Team Events on Friday, a Professional Men's Tournament on Saturday, and a Professional Women's Tournament on Sunday.

Friday's top finishers will get an automatic entry into the Pro Event and have the chance to take a share of the combined prize total of $8,000.

If you have more questions regarding the event please contact Gabe Parr at deschutestu@gmail.com.

For more information regarding sponsorships for this event you can also reach Gabe Parr at deschutestu@gmail.com.

We will be working hard over the next few weeks to finalize all of the preparations for the event and encourage everyone to wishes to take part to contact us as soon as possible.

There will be more postings for new updates as the event gets closer with more specifics.

Proceeds for this event will help not only the local Deschutes Chapter of Trout Unlimited, but will also benefit other local Conservation Groups and Clubs.

_________AUGUST 3 UPDATE!!!_________

Update for anyone who wants to volunteer! Here's what YOU get! A $50 gift certificate to Orvis, along with a Trout Unlimited Hat and T-Shirt! You can volunteer 1, 2, or all 3 days (that means you could get up to $150 in Gift certificates plus the gear!). There will be a volunteer orientation the week preceding the event and we need to have our volunteer list together within 2 weeks of today!!! Contact me directly!!!
Overview
The 2009 Orvis National Casting Competition at the Old Mill in Bend, Oregon will be held on the first-of-its-kind 18-hole fly casting course completed last year and located adjacent to the Orvis Bend retail store. The course was designed to test and improve fly casting skills in a variety of settings much like those you’d find in actual fishing conditions. The 2009 National Casting Competition will use selected holes on the course but each competition hole will be modified from its current format challenge for this competition.

Dates
The 2009 National Casting Competition dates are September 18-20, 2009.

• September 18 Men’s and Women’s Amateur Casting Division
• September 19 Men’s Advanced Casting Division
• September 20 Women’s Advanced Ladies Casting Division

Entrance Fee – Maximum Number of Competitors A $25 entrance fee is required for all entrants. Entrants are also required to fill out the required entry form. Entry forms can be sent via email to mylert@orvis.com or included with your check and sent to this address.

Orvis
c/o Tory Myler
178 Conservation Way
Sunderland, VT 05250

76 competitors are allowed per division and are entered on a first-come, first-served basis until all slots are filled. All entry forms and checks need to be received no later than August 24, 2009.

Prizes
Amateur Fly Casting Event
1st Place Prize – 12’ Pearl Native Ultimate 12’ Kayak ($969 value)

Advanced Fly Casting Event
1st Place Prize - $3000 Cash Prize
2nd Place Prize - $1000 Cash Prize
3rd Place Prize - 12’ Gold Native Ultimate Kayak ($969 value)
4th Place Prize - $500 Cash Prize
5th Place Prize - $250 Cash Prize
6th Place Prize - $100 Cash Prize

Ladies Fly Casting Event
1st Place Prize - $4,200 trip for one to the Zancudo Lodge - an Orvis Endorsed Lodge in Costa Rica - www.zancudolodge.com.
Prize includes 3 days and 3 nights stay at the lodge and includes 3 days of inshore or offshore fishing (your choice), all ground transfers, food and alcoholic beverages at the lodge, and hotel and flight from San Jose, CA to the lodge.

2nd Place Prize - $500 Cash Prize

Cooking and Casting for Conservation Orvis donates 5% of pre-tax profits annually toward conservation efforts throughout the U.S. As part of the Orvis conservations mission, part of the proceeds from the 2009 National Casting Competition and other donations from Orvis will go to the local Bend Trout Unlimited Chapter to aid in local conservation projects. In addition, the evening of September 18 the Bend Trout Unlimited Chapter will be hosting a dinner and auction to help kick off the casting competition event and raise additional funds for local conservation work.

For more information on the casting course, visit www.orvis.com/bend for a full course description.

September 18 00:00 a.m. to September 20 6:00 p.m. at The Orvis Store, 320 SW Powerhouse Drive, Bend, Oregon

Contact: Gabe Parr - Communications Chair
deschutestu@gmail.com
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Sponsored by Deschutes Chapter #552 of Trout Unlimited and The Orvis Store in Bend, OR

2009 ACA NATIONALS WILL BE POSTED SOON

WE ALSO WILL BE POSTING SCORES AND COMMENTS ON A NUMBER OF FIVE WEIGHT GAMES CONDUCTED AT FFF EVENTS AND A FIVE WEIGHT GAME  SPIN OFF CONDUCTED AT A LOCAL FLY CASTING EVENT IN MONROE, WASHINGTON

THE FIVE WEIGHT GAME SEEMS TO BE CATCHING ON WITH CASTERS AND THE FFF CROWD

RESULTS

2009 WESTERN CASTING ASSOCIATION SOUTHWESTERN TOURNAMENT

Long Beach California

February 14, 15, 2009

Trout Fly:

Class A: 1. Henry Mittel, 99; 2. Keith Pryor, 96;3. Joe Lebeau, 95.

Class B: 1: Bill Heard, 92; 2. Rick Hilles, 88, 87, 88; 3. Jeff Katz, 88, 87, 86;

Class C: 1 Mark Flo 85.

Bass Bug:

Class A: 1. Henry Mittel, 98; 2. Larry Allen, 94, 91; 3. Keith Pryor, 94, 90; 4. Glen Nagumo, 94, 88;

Class B: Rick Lilles, 94; 2. Randy Mandt, 90, 91; 3. Tom Gong, 90, 89

Class C: 1. Jeff Katz, 84; 2. Mark Flo, 83.

1/4 Oz Plug Accuracy:

Class A: 1. Henry Mittel, 97; 2. Keith Pryor, 93; 3. John VanDerhoof, 87; 4. Bobby Spear 87 (retired);

Class B: 1. Mark Tsunawaki, 90, 93; 2. Nicole Kozicki, 90, 92; 3. Bob Middo, 88;

Class C: 1. Elaine Gong, 86, 88; 2. Mark Flo, 86, 81; 3. Lauren Kozicki, 83.;

Open Plug:

Class A: 1. Henry Mittel, 98; 2. Larry Allen, 93, 95; 3. Keith Prior, 93, 93; 4. Ian Walker, 93 (retired)

Class B:  1. Mark Tsunawaki, 92, 98; 2. Alice Gillibert, 92, 88; 3. Randy Mandt, 90, 91; 4. Mark Lipe 90, 89; 5. Tom Gong, 90, 87;

Class C: 1. Caitlin Kozicki, 83; 2. Lauren Kozicki, 82; 3. Mark Flo, 80;

Angler's Distance Fly

Class A: 1. Henry Mittel, 158; 2. Bob Middo, 151; 3. Tom Gong, 144, 140; 4. Larry Allen, 144, 138;

Class B: 1. Randy Mandt, 120; 2. Alice Gillibert, 110; 3. Peg Van Natter, 95;

Class C: 1. Mark Tsunawaki, 130; 2. Elaine Gong, 106.

1/4  Oz Distance Plug

Class A: 1. Henry Mittel, 211; 2. Keith Pryor, 189; 3. Ian Walker, 185

Class B: 1. Tom Gong, 181; 2. Alice Gillibert, 160; 3. Mark Tsunawaki, 158;

Class C: 1. Elaine gong, 128.

Dry Fly Accuracy

Class A: 1. Henry Mittel, 98, 99; 2. Ian Walker, 98, 97; 3. Matt Rickerd, 98, 96.;

Class B: 1. Tom Gong, 96; 2. Elaine Gong, 95; 3. Jeff Sadler, 94, 92; 4. Bill Heard, 94, 91;

Class C: 1. Mark Flo, 88; 2. Will Travis, 83;

Wet Fly:

Class A: Henry Mittel, 100; 2. Matt Rickerd, 97, 98; 3. Larry Allen, 97, 96; 4. John Napoli, 97, 92;

Class B: 1. Carole Katz, 97, 95; 2. Mark Tsunawaki, 97, 92; 3. Peg Van Natter, 96;

Class C:  1. Bill Heard, 92, 98; 2. Jeff Katz, 92, 91; 3. Mark Flo, 91;

3:8 Plug:

Class A: 1. Henry Mittel, 96, 96; 2. Keith Pryor, 96, 92; 3. Bobby Spear, 94;

Class B: 1. Niclole Kozicki, 93; 2. Randy Mandt, 92, 87; 3. Bill Van Natter, 92, 83;

Class C: 1. Mark Flo, 84; 2. Caitlin Kozicki, 82, 85: 3. Lauren Kozicki, 82, 82;

5/8 Oz Plug

Class A: 1. Henry Mittel, 98; 2. Keith Pryor, 96; 3. Bobby Spear, 94;

Class B: 1. Mark Tsunawaki, 97; 2. Nicole Kozicki, 95; 3. Elaing Tong, 91;

Class C: 1. Frank Kropacek, 83; 2. Lauren Kozicki, 82; 3. Caitlin Kozicki, 81. 4

RESULTS

2008 WESTERN CASTING ASSOCIATION NORTHWESTERN TOURNAMENT

Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California,

 October 11, 12, 2008

Trout Fly:

Class A: 1. Chris Korich, 100; 2. Henry Mittel, 98; 3. Tony Yap, 95.

Class B: 1. Nicole Kozicki, 92; 2. Matt Pencer, 91; 3. Charles Judy,89, 90; 4. Luke Sing, 89,  89:

Class C: 1. Gunard Mahl, 88; 2. Bert Rences, 81; 3. John Pencer, 80.

Bass Bug:

Class A: 1. Chris Korich, 99; 2. Bill Van Natter, 94; 3. Herny Mittel, 93, 98 ; 4. Keith Pryor, 93, 94.

Class B: 1. Matt Pencer, 94; 2. Carol Katz 91, 89; 3. Nicole Kozicky, 91, 88; 4. Armando Bernasconi, 91, 87; 4. Mark Tsunwaki, 91, 87.

Class C: 1. John Penser, 87; 2. Bert Rences, 86; 3. Keith Nelson, 85.

1/4 Oz. Accuracy plug

Class A: 1. Chris Korich, 97; 2. Henry Mittel, 96; 3. Keith Pryor, 93.

Class B: 1. Nicole Koxicki, 90; 2. Bill Van Natter, 87, 88, 89, 1

3.  Henry Fujita, 87, 88, 89, 0

Class C:

1. Mark Tsunwaki, 85; 2. Caitlin Kozicki, 83; 3. Lauren Kozicki, 81.

Open Plug:

Class A: 1. Henry Mittel, 96, 98; 2. Keith Pryor, 96, 95; 3. Glen Nagumo, 94, 1; 4. Chris Korich, 94, 0.

Class B: 1. Bill Van Natter, 90; 2. Nicole Kozicki, 88, 88; 3. Peg Van Natter, 88, 87.

Class C: 1. Gunard Mahl, 83; 2. Lauren Kozicki, 82, 87; 3. Caitlin Kozicki, 82, 82.

Angler's Fly Distance:

Class A: 1. Henry Mittel, 154; 2. Keith Pryor, 144; 3. Bruce Bowles, 141.

Class B: 1. Mark Tsunwaki, 120; 2. Luke Sing, 105; 3. Peg Van Natter, 95.

Class C: 1. Luis Montes, 106; 2. Donna O'Sullivan, 104; 3. Keith Nelson, 103.

1/4 Oz. Distance.

Class A:  1. Keith Pryor, 193; 2. Chris Korich, 192; 3. Henry Mittel, 186.

Class B: 1. Mark Tsunwaki, 156; 2. Bill Van Natter, 136, 3. Peg Van Natter, 134.

Dry Fly:

Class A: 1. Chris Korich, 100; 2. Henry Mittel, 96, 98, 100; 3. Glen Nagumo, 96, 98, 96.

Class B: 1. Matt Pencer, 94; 2. Peg Van Natter, 91, 89; 3. Armando Bernasconi, 91, 88.

Class C: 1. John Pencer, 90; 2. Gunard Mahl, 86.

Wet Fly:

Class A: 1. Chris Korich, 99; 2. Henry Mittel, 98; 3. Tony Yap, 94, 96; 4. Bruce Bowles, 94, 94.

Class B: 1. Matt Pencer, 95; 2. Carol Katz, 94, 94; 3.  Peg Van Natter, 94, 92.

Class C: 1. Luis Montes, 93; 2. John Pencer, 91; 3. Donna O'Sullivan, 88.

3/8 Oz. Accuracy

Class A: 1. Chris Korich, 97; 2. Henry Mittel 95; 3. Rene Gillibert, 93.

Class B: 1. Luke Sing, 94; 2. Mark Tsunawaki, 92; 3. Mark Lipe, 88, 89; 4. Henry Fujita, 88, 84.

C: 1. Gunard Mahl, 87.

5/8 Oz. Accuracy

Class A: 1. Henry Mittel, 94, 97, 98, 97; 2. Chris Korich, 94, 97, 98, 0; 3. Keith Pryor, 92.

Class B: 1. Mark Lipe, 91; 2. Armando Bernasconi, 90; 3. Bill Van Natter, 89.

Class C. 1. Gunard Mahl, 85.