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FLY CASTING TOURNAMENT AND CONTEST NEWS 4

2002 AUSTRALIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS

and results

The 2002 Australian Championships are posted on a very nice site with photos, game details and much information about casting games in Australia and the people who play them. Please give them a look.  You'll be glad you did.

2002 NATIONALS RETURN TO CHICAGO'S HISTORIC LINCOLN PARK CASTING PIER

The resurgent CHICAGO ANGLING AND CASTING CLUB is planning a monumental revival of  world class casting games action in Chicago this July 29 -August 3, 2002 with casters from several countries and continents participating.

The casting pier is smack dab in the middle of  a neighborhood   of  cultural institutions and fancy hotels etc. blessed by  the cool breezes of  Lake Michigan.  See the Club site for details.

NEW AUSTRALIAN SALTWATER CASTING GAME

We are including this verbatim copy of  the rules for a couple of  new saltwater type casting games . The rules are here in their full glory   including  plugs for the promoters because this shows a continuing trend toward the introduction of  casting games as a part of  the fly fishing experience and also because one of the games in particular is a nice little combination accuracy and distance game with a  details that we have not  seen before. Your old web slave is not going to introduce commercials but people who take the trouble to include casting games in their ventures deserve to be linked with their games.

I have asked for the winners and scores from last year and hope to get that information for this year as well.

Quintrex International Saltwater Flyfishing Expo

 THE RULES

The Australian Saltwater Flycasting Titles is a tournament that is establishing a basis for flycasting competition based on saltwater flyfishing. In 2001 an initial competition was conducted after which it was decided to run an event that offered flycasters another opportunity to pit their casting skills against others.

 The event is not designed to compete with other competitions such as run by the Australian Flycasting Federation but provide an additional opportunity to build skills and friendships within the flyfishing fraternity. The titles are run in conjunction with the Quintrex International Saltwater Flyfishing Expo over the weekend 20/21 April 2002 which will be located with the new Sunshine Coast Boating and Fishing Expo on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast.

 The following guidelines and rules will apply:

         o        Any rod 10wt or under no longer than 10 ft (10/11 are allowed but not straight 11 wt)

o        Shooting Head no longer than 50 ft or full length line not shorter than 30 metres

o        Running line to be no thinner than .050mm or recognizable braided line eg Cortland 3M Airflo etc (no low diameter trick lines)

o        Stripping baskets are allowed

o        Only the pre-tied leader and simulated fly supplied by the organizers is allowed (this is not to be shortened or lengthened)

 

 o         Any rod 10wt or under no longer than 10 ft (10/11 are allowed but not straight 11 wt)

o        Line should be maximum 10 wt full length floating line (may be lengthened with recognized running line as specified in the distance casting event). Floating line no less than 90 ft uncut

o        Stripping baskets are allowed

o        Only the pre-tied leader and simulated fly supplied by the organizers is allowed (this is not to be shortened or lengthened)

o        Saltwater Distance – straight distance event, rules as follows:

 

o        Casters must remain behind the casting line at all times, any foot over the line disqualifies the cast with no alternate cast permitted (ie only 6 casts allowed)

o        No height assistance ie platforms allowed

o        Six casts are allowed over 5 minutes. The score is the combination of two longest casts (ie 120.4 metres = 120.4 points)

o        Saltwater Flycasting – two distance casts and six accuracy casts in five minutes as follows:

o        Casters must remain within the casting circle at all times, any foot over the line disqualifies the cast with no alternate cast permitted (ie only 14 casts allowed)

o        No height assistance ie platforms allowed

o        Two distance casts and then 12 accuracy casts are to be made to 6 circular rings with two casts only per ring. Bulls eyes score 10 while within the circle but outside the bulls eye 5 points. There are to be no practice casts. False casting is allowed but when the fly is laid on the ground it will count as a cast. Any additional cast at a circle disqualifies any score on that circle.

o        The score is the based on one point per metre of the longest cast made of the two distance casts

o        12 casts are to be made at the accuracy circles starting at number one and rotating clockwise only

  o         Open Men

o        Open Women

o        Junior (15yrs and under)

The Concept

The key will be application of casting skill.

 The Equipment Supplied

• The Rod - Aurora Conquest 2w
• The Line -Talon 2w W/F- F
• The Leader -Talon Tapered 9 foot
• The Reel - Aurora Conquest

Mobile: 0419667163 Email: flyfishing@ozemail.com.au

www.australianfishing.net

INTERNATIONAL

SPORTSMAN'S

EXPOSITION

CASTING SCORES

March 17, 2002 Salt Lake City finals

This is an e mail from Graham Anderson of Calgary, Alberta, Canada ,describing  some of the events at the ISE finals in Calgary. He went to Salt Lake to see the casting and to compete. He cast 108'10" to Lance Egan's 109' in the qualifying contest so - no drift boat for Graham.

"Bill,
Just got home from SLC. I guess you will see in a day or two, but in
case you're interested Jim Gunderson won the SLC ISE finals again this year with 111' 3"?? and Lance Egan won second, Ian Walker was third. I guess all sports are a matter of inches but Tim Rajeff had a 115' 7" cast but his flyline was out of  bounds   by a couple inches. There was a clear out of bounds mark and Tim was definitely out, but hard to lose drift boat by that much. I don't think Tim knows, so he may not want to hear. Tim knocked out a 116 and a 114 just before it started in the warmups.

By watching everyone it seems they all were around 10' shorter than their best practice casts. Jim Gunderson was about the most consistant in the practices. Good caster and has a long Lefty style stroke and long haul. I am convinced the key to this whole thing is the amount of line you can carry under control. I think physics put a limitation on the shoot to carry ratio for flylines, to which there
are  no exceptions. Rods were quite soft this year compared to the stiff ones last year. By the end last year everyone was using the Loomis Trilogy.
Eric says most will be surprised this year if they release the name of
the rods used. All I can say is one was medium and one was softer. A lot ended up using the softer one, myself included which was a surprise. Had a different bending profile, so hard to explain.
Lance Egan had to win SLC to go onto the finals, and he won by two
inches over the second place guy. (Check that guy out).
Wendy Gunn won the ladies at around 87' if I can remember. Lori
Ann Murphy didn't win any shows this year so she didn't qualify or she would have been a contender. Wendy  had to beat an 83' cast to win.
Met Ian Walker and hung around most of the weekend. Very nice guy and smooth, smooth caster. Pleasure to watch.

Graham Anderson"

Later Graham remarked about the winning cast:

"I'd like to tell  something about Jim's  winning cast. He made a couple false casts and decided to start over. With the line laying behind him on the carpet, he nonchalantly tossed the line ahead to get started. Tossed one backcast (must have been with a shoot) and casually looking, turned the forward cast loose out to 111'3" to win a driftboat. Any non-caster seeing this would never believe people have to practice for months and years to be able to do this. Looked like something you could teach anyone to do in 5 minutes. You will be surprised at how easy it looked when you see the tape. "

2002

The ISE shows in Los Angeles, Sacramento, Denver, San Mateo, Pleasanton, Phoenix and Salt Lake City will yield prizes of a drift boat for the man and woman winners of the five weight fly rod distance casting contest at the Salt Lake City finals.

The rules have been refined so that this year all the contestants will use the same two outfits.

Some of the events are out doors and some indoors so the scores are not strictly comparable. The wind and random air currents can  be a plus or minus.

Here are the scores to date.

Los Angeles:  Men: Ian Walker, 119'; Women, Barbara Pentoney, 65', Youth, Kevin Lentz, 43'2".

Sacramento: Men: Floyd Dean, 98' ;

Denver: Men: Brian O'Keefe, 112'11";  Women: Joey Waltemoth, 51'.Youth: 1. Christopher Yoshimura, 13, 58'3"; 2nd. Edward Wyka, 9, 33'8"; 3rd. Cody Swingle, 8, 25'9".

San Mateo: Men: Tim Rajeff, 108'; Jerry Siem, 106'; Robert Meizeweinkle, 105'; Women: Wendy Gunn, 82'; Rachel Connery, 72'; Rhea Topping, 68'. Youth: George (Andreevitch?)13, 73', 3rd. Dusty (A ndreevitch?) 9, 58'.

Pleasanton: Men: Josh Frazier, 80' 4"; John Rickard, 72'6"; Fred Contaui, 70'1".  Youth: Paul Martin, 11, 57'8", Will Fleenor, 13, 51'5".

The finals are at Salt Lake City, March 17.

"THE FLY FISHING SHOW"

Sage casting contests

"

TheFLY FISHING SHOW, an eastern fly fishing show juggernaut, is featuring a Sage  accuracy/distance contest at all their seven shows, five in the east. The distance is a doozy. The cast has to go between two uprights, four feet apart at 65 feet. I guess that is the accuracy part. George and Dusty, the two youngsters mentioned in the San Mateo ISE show results above, showed up at The Fly Fishing Show in San Rafael, CA and fouled things up for the adults. George, aged 13, cast 73 feet in the finals to tie an adult who happened to be an FFF certified instructor and Dusty, 9, came in third. George lost the cast off to the adult. First prize was a Sage rod, second prize a Sage reel and third prize a fly line so I guess the kids are hooked on casting games.

Coming up

94th American Casting Association National Tournament

Lincoln Park Casting Ponds, Chicago, Ill.

July 29 - August 3, 2002.

Courtesy of the Chicago Angling and Casting Club.

Click here for further information

RESULTS

SOUTHWESTERN TOURNAMENT

Long Beach Casting Club

Long Beach, CA, February 23,24, 2002

Trout Fly: Class A: Bruce Bowles,   99: 2. Floyd Dean, 96, 97; 3. Rene Gillibert, 96, 96, 97; 4. Jamie Murphy, 96, 96, 95;

Class B: 1. Bill Van Natter,  90; 2. Peg Van Natter, 89, 89; 3. CharlesJudy, 89, 86.

Class C: 1. Kate Blubaugh, 83.

Bass Bug: Class A: Ian Walker, 97; 2. Henry Mittel, 96; 3. Jamie Murphy, 94, 97; 4. Rene Gillibert, 94, 96.

Class B: 1. Bill Van Natter, 94; 2. Elaine Gong, 93; 3. Peg Van Natter, 90, 91; 4. Charles Judy, 90, 89.

Class C: 1. Kate Blubaugh, 87.

3/8 Oz. Plug: Class A: Rene Gillibert, 98; 2. Henry Mittel, 97; 3. Cajun Bill Clements, 92, 92; 4. Ian Walker, 92, 90.

Class B: 1. Tom Gong, 92; 2. Bill Van Natter, 89; 3. Bob Sheppard 88, 87; 4. Mark Lipe, 88, 87; 5. Charles Judy, 88, 85.

Class C: 1. Jamie Murphy, 92; 2. Trevor Walker, 90; 3. Chris Walker, 87.

Open Plug: Class A: 1. Henry Mittel, 97; 2. Austin Emmerling, 96; 3. Rene Gillibert, 95.

Class B: 1. Peg Van Natter, 93; 2. Bill Van Natter, 91; 3. Kim Dunbar, 90.

Class C: 1. Alex Siemers, 91; 2. Mark Tsunawaki, 88, 89; 3. Kate Blubaugh, 88, 85.

Dry Fly: Class A: 1. Rene Gillibert, 100; 2 Matt Rickerd, 99, 100; 3. Bruce Bowles, 99, 95.

Class B: 1. Billy Jones, 95, 98; 2. Peg Van Natter, 95, 90; 3. Cajun Bill Clements 93;

Class C: 1. Kate Blubaugh, 92; 2. Mark Tsunawaki, 89; 3. Chris Walker, 87.

5/8 Plug: Class A: 1. Henry Mittel, 98; 2. Rene Gillibert, 97; 3. Tony Yap,  94.

Class B: 1. Bob Sheppard, 93, 91; ; 2. Kim Dunbar, 93, 87; 3. Mark Lipe, 92.

Class C: 1. Randy Allen, 89; 2. Mark Tsunawaki, 88,86; 3. Dave Contreras, 88, 85.

1/4 Oz. Plug: Class A: 1. Henry Mittel, 95; 2. Rene Gillibert, 94; 3. Cajun Bill Clements, 92, 91; 4. Nicole Kozicki, 92, 89.

Class B: 1. Bill Van Natter, 90; 2. Mark Lipe, 88, 88, 87; 3. Austin Emmerling, 88, 88, 86.

Class C: 1. Jamie Murphy, 91; 2. Tom Gong, 90; 3. Trevor Walker, 89.

Wet Fly: Class A: 1. Bruce Bowles, 98, 95; 2. Floyd Dean, 98, 93; 3. Matt Rickerd, 97; Rene Gillibert, 97..

Class B: 1 Cajun Bill Clements, 95; 2. Charles Judy, 94; 3. Alex Siemers, 93.

Class C: 1. Trevor Walker, 94; 2. Kate Blubaugh, 91: 3. Chris Walker, 82.

Steelhead Distance : (ten weight shooting head)Class A: 1. Rene Gillibert, 159; 2. Henry Mittel 154; 3. Ian Walker, 152.

Class B: 1. John Schueller, 130; 2. Cajun Bill Clements, 128; 3. Peg Van Natter, 120.

Class C: 1. Kate Blubaugh, 109.

1/4 Oz. Plug distance: (overhead cast) Class A: 1. Henry Mittel, 174, 173; 2. Ian Walker, 174, 165; 3. Rene Gillibert, 169.

Class B: 1. Tony Yap, 141; 2. Austin Emmerling, 140; 3. Peg Van Natter, 135.

Class C: 1. Bob Sato, 115; 2. Kate Blubaugh, 108; 3. Elaine Gong, 107.

Results of distance and accuracy events at the Washington Council, FFF Fly Casting Exposition, September 29, 2001 at Trophy Lakes Golf and Casting Club, Port Orchard, Washington.

For starters, there was a fishing contest in the Golf Club's stocked ponds with each contestant given a half hour to catch as many inches of fish as possible. The winners were: First, with 89 inches of trout, Richard Embry; Second, with 87.75 inches, Deene Almvig.

This was a fund raising extravaganza and the  feature of the casting contest was pledges of so much a foot for the longest of the three distance casts of each competitor. All the casting was outdoors with nine foot six weight rods and weight forward floating lines. The winner of the Professional division pledge contest was Jimmy LeMert with pledges of $1,235.00. Second was Richard Embry with pledges of $815.00.

Trout Fly Accuracy: This game was played with five thirty inch targets at 20 or so to 50 feet with the first round unlimited false casting and the second round unlimited false casting to the first, nearest, target and then only one false cast for the next four targets with five points awarded for each of the ten targets hit. Ties were broken by the shortest elapsed time.

Professional Division:

1. Jimmer LeMert, 25/1:08

2. Jeremy Kendall, 25/ 1:22

Men's Skilled Division:

1. Richard Embry, 35/1:05

2. Mike Hardouin 30/ 1:26

Women's Skilled Division:

1. Stacy Stratton 10/1:46

2. Jeannette Eeckhoud, 10/2:05

Distance:

Men's Professional:

1. Blake Reimer, 117.75.

2. Jimmy LeMert, 109.50

Men's Skilled:

1. Steve Green, 113.17

2. Randy Vanhoff, 102.17.

Women's Skilled:

1. Terry Sanchez, 81.17

2. Pat Bolton, 79.25

RESULTS

CINCINATTI OPEN

Cincinatti Casting Club

September 8,9, 2001

ACCURACY EVENTS

Dry Fly:

Class A: 1. Zack Willson, 97; 2. Dick Fujita, 96; 3. Dave Roberts, 95.

Class B: 1. Pam Peters, 92, Doug Statt, 92; 3. Meredith Chism, 88.

Trout Fly:

Class A: 1. Dave Roberts, 96; 2. Billy Peters, 95; 3. Andy Statt, Zack Willson,Bill Burke, 93.

Class B:  1. Pam Peters, 93; 2. Doug Statt, 90; 3. Roy Light, 87.

Bass Bug:

Class A: 1. Billy Peters, 97; 2. Zack Willson, 96; 3. Jay Klenk, Dave Roberts, 94.

Class B. 1. Pam Peters, 90; 2.  Roy Light, 88; 3. Craig Tioescher, Doug Statt, 86.

1/4 Oz plug:

Class A: 1. Dick Fujita, Zack Willson, 96; 3. Andy Statt, 94.

Class B: 1. Pam Peters, 89; 2. Tony Statt, Greg Delahay, 88.

3/8 Oz. Plug

Class A: 1. Andy Statt, 99; 2. Zack Willson, 95; 3. Larry Moffett, 94.

Class B: 1. Beth Statt, Doug Statt, 91; 3.  Pam Peters, 89.

5/8 Oz. Plug

Class A: 1. Zack Willson, Dick Fujita, 98; 3. Dave Roberts, 97.

Class B: 1. Meredith Chism, 94; 2. Doug Statt, Tony Statt, 92.

DISTANCE EVENTS

Angler's Fly Distance:

1. Andy Statt, 145 ft. 2. Allyn Ehrhardt, 143; 3. Zack Willson, 140.

Single Hand Fly Distance:

1. Andy Statt, 159; 2. Allyn Ehrhardt, 150; 3. Dick Fujita, 147.

Two  Handed  Fly Distance;

1. Jay Klenk, 261; 2. Andy Statt, 230; 3. Allyn Ehrhardt, 216.

1/4 Oz. Spinning

1. Dick Fujita, 257; 2. Andy Statt, 247; 3. Bill Burke, 233.

5/8 Oz. Two Handed Spinning:

1. Dick Fujita, 358; 2, Allyn Ehrhardt, 298,  3. Bill Burke, 346.

5/8 Oz. Single Hand Revolving Spool.

1. Dick Fujita, 393; 2. Bill Burke, 380; 3. Allyn Ehrhardt, 313.

RESULTS FOR  NORTHWESTERN TOURNAMENT,GOLDEN GATE PARK, SAN FRANCISCO

October 5, 6, 2001

Trout Fly:

Class A: 1. Luke Brugnara, Golden Gate Angling and Casting Club,   99, 96; 2. Ian Walker, Long Beach Casting Club, 98, 95; 3. Rouel Herrico, GGACC, 98, 94.

Class B: 1. Richard Ferrell, GGACC, 92, 92; 2. Billy Jones, Oakland Casting Club, 95, 85; Charles Judy, Seattle Casting  Club, 91, 80: 

(As an experiment, the first three finishers in some events advanced to a finals round with the finals round scores deciding first, second and third places. This was the format of the August, 2001 World Games competitions in Akita, Japan.)

Class C:  1. Luke Sing, San Jose Casting Club, 88; 2. Matt Huey, GGACC, 86; 3. Debra Lo, GGACC, 85.

Bass Bug:

Class A: 1. Luke Brugnara, GGACC, 98, 98; 2. Steve Rajeff, GGACC, 98, 95; 3. Floyd Dean, GGACC, 98, 94.

Class B: 1. Bill Van Natter, SCC, 94; 2. Charles Judy, SCC, 92; 3. Bob Murakami, OCC, 91.

Class C: 1. Luke Sing, SJCC, 88, 89/91; 2. Kate Blubaugh, SJCC, 88, 89, 85; 3. Dennis Amato, guest, 85.

1/4 Oz. Plug

Class A: 1. Henry Weidner, OCC, 97, 99; 2. Steve Rajeff, GGACC, 99, 98, 100; 3. Luke Brugnara,GGACC, 100, 98, 90.

Class B: 1. Dave Drennan, GGACC, 86, 86, 89; 2. Billy Jones, 86, 86, 86; 3. Austin Emmerling, GGACC, 87, 85, 90; 4. Elaine Gong, OCC, 86, 85, 84; 5. John Sonininen, OCC, 87, ret.

Class C: Luke Sing, SJC, 91; 2. Kate Blubaugh,SJC,  87; 3. George Karsant, GGACC, 82.

Open Plug:

Class A: 1. Steve Rajeff, GGACC, 98; 2. Henry Weidner, OCC, 97, 99; 3. Luke Brugnara, GGACC, 97, 94.

Class B: 1. Dave Drennan, GGACC, 96; 2. Peg Van Natter, SCC, 90; 3. Billy Jones, OCC, 89; Bill Van Natter, SCC, 89.

Class C: 1. George Karsant, GGACC, 85; 2. Luke Sing, SJC, 85; 3. Kate Blubaugh, SJC, 84.

Steelhead Distance (Angler's Fly Distance)

Class A: 1. Steve Rajeff, GGACC, 169, 155; 2. Luke Brugnara, GGACC, 159, 148, 143; 3. Tim Rajeff, GGACC, 155, 148, 139.

Class B: 1. Dave Drennan, GGACC, 138, 140; 2. Katherine Hart, GGACC, 129, 129; 3. Bill Clements, OCC, 125, 125.

Class C: 1. Jay Clark, guest, 106; 2. Dennis Amato, guest, 97; 3. Kate Blubaugh, SJCC, 95.

Dry Fly:

Class A: 1. Steve Rajeff, GGACC, 100, 99; 2. Luke Brugnara, GGACC, 100, 98; 3. Floyd Dean, GGACC, 99.

Class B: 1. Bill Van Natter, SCC, 98; 2. Richard Farrell, GGACC, 96; 3. Tom Gong, OCC, 94.

Class C. 1. Jay Clark, guest, 95; 2. Luke Sing, SJCC, 92, 92; 3. Dennis Amato, guest, 92, 91.

Wet Fly;

Class A: 1. Steve Rajeff, GGACC, 100, 100; 2. Chris Korich, GGACC, 100, 97; 3. Luke Brugnara, GGACC, 99, 99, 4. Tim Rajeff, GGACC, 99, 98; 5. Ian Walker, LBCC, 99, 95.

Class B: 1. Katherine Hart, GGACC, 97, 95; 2. Rauel Herico, GGACC, 97, 90; 3. Bill Clements, OCC, 96, 95; 4. Dave Drennan, GGACC, 96, 94; 5, Elaine Gong, OCC, 96, 92; 6. Guy Manning, LBCC, 96, 91.

Class C.1. Kate Blubagh, SJCC, 93; 2. Luke Sing, SJCC, 91; 3. Jay Clark, guest, 90.

3/8 Oz. Plug

Class A: 1. Henry Weidner, OCC, 99, 98; 2. Bobby Spear, GGACC, 99, 94; 3. Steve Rajeff, GGACC, 98.

Class B: 1. Peg Van Natter, SCC, 91; 2. Tom Gong, OCC, 89; 3. Bill Van Natter, SCC, 88.

Class C: 1. George Karsant, GGACC, 90, 90; 2. Tripp Diedrichs, GGACC, 90, 82; 3. Bpob Murakami, OCC, 85, 91; 4. Luke Sing, SJCC, 85, 86.

5/8 Oz. Plug:

Class A: 1. Chris Korich, GGACC, 100; 2. Steve Rajeff, GGACC, 97, 99; 3. Floyd Dean, GGACC, 97, 92.

Class B: 1. Elaine Gong, OCC, 90, 88; 2. Dave Drennant, GGACC, 90, 83; 3. Peg Van Natter, SCC, 88, 88; 4. Tripp Diedrichs, GGACC, 88, 84.

1/4 Oz. Plug, Distance:

Class A: Henry Weidner, OCC, 187; 2. Chris Korich, GGACC, 185, 183; 3. Keith Pryor, OCC 185, 169;  4. Luke Brugnara, GGACC, 185, 50.

Class B: 1. Tom Gong, OCC, 162; 2. Elaine Gong, OCC, 153; 3. Peg Van Natter, SCC,  147.

Class C: 1. George Karsant, GGACC, 152; 2. Kate Blubaugh, SJCC, 73.  

RESULTS FOR

6TH WORLD GAMES

AKITA JAPAN

August 22-24, 2001

Fly Accuracy (The international skish fly game requiring ten shots at five 60 cm. targets from 8 to 13 meters away with unlimited false casting between targets and ten shots at the same targets with no false casting. Five points for each target hit. Ties are broken by the elapsed time. The targets are plastic pans filled with water)

Men, Fly accuracy:  1. Henrik Osterberg, Sweden, 100, 1 minute 39 seconds. 2. Henrick Harjanne, Sweden, 95, 1:10; 3. Jan Luxa, Czeck Republic, 90, 2:18.

Women: 1. Jana Meisel, Germany, 100, 2:13; 2. Alena Zinner, Austria, 95, 3:22; 3. Zuzana Kocirova, Czeck Republic, 90, 3:08.

Fly Distance, Single handed (A shooting head event with a 3 meter rod and a 15 meter, 34 gram shooting head)

1. Jacek Kuza, Poland, 61.29 meters: 2. Jan Luxa, Czeck Republic, 60.40; 3. Henrik Osterberg, Sweden, 59.97.

Women (13.5 meter, 34 gram head) 1. Katherin Ernst, Germany, 51.92; 2. Tian Gerlach, Germany, 47.19; 3. Alena Zinner, Austria, 46.94.

Multiplier Accuracy: (A revolving spool level wind reel. Twenty shots at five .76 meter targets at between twelve and twenty meters with an 18 gram plastic plug. The targets are plywood disks slightly inclined.)

Men: 1. Michael Harter, Germany, 95, 5:16;  2. Steve Rajeff, U.S.A., 95, 5:29;  3. Henrick Osterberg, Sweden, 90, 4.57.

( the reason the times are so much longer than the fly event is because the casters must reel in the line between every shot.  These two accuracy games are designed to be played indoors as well as outdoors. )

RESULTS FOR

AMERICAN CASTING ASSOCIATION 93RD. ANNUAL NATIONAL TOURNAMENT

August 6-11, 2001, Lexington KY.

5/8 Oz. plug, single hand (spider web)

Men:

1. Steve Rajeff, Battle Ground, WA, 449 ft.,  2. Chris Korich, Oakland, CA, 430   3. B.L. Farley, Akron, OH, 422

Senior Men

1. Zack Willson, Delaware, OH, 422 ; 2. Gord Deval, Scarborough, Ontario, 373;  3. Dick Fujita, Cleveland, OH, 365

5/8 Oz. Plug, Distance, double handed

Men

1. Henry Weidner, Fremont, CA, 364; 2. Steve Rajeff, 363; 3. Kevin Carriero, Lancaster, NY, 361

Senior Men

1. Dick Fujita, 334;  2. Bill Burke, Paris, KY, 323;  3. Zack Willson, 317

Fly Distance, Double Handed

Men

1. Steve Rajeff, 238;  2. Chris Korich, 224;  3. Henry Weidner, 210

Senior Men

1. Zack Willson, 197;  2. Ed Lanser, Lake Ozark, MO, 196;   3. Gord Deval, 187

1/4 Oz Plug, Singlehanded

Men

1. B.L. Farley, 252;  2. Henry Weidner, 249;  3. Steve Rajeff, 247

Senior Men,

1. Dick Fujita, 249;  2. Zack Willson, 240;  3. Gus Beushausen, St. Catherines, Ontario, 220

Women

1. Pam Peters, Oregon, OH, 202 (new record);  2. Alice Gillibert, Oakland, CA, 159;  3. Peg Van Natter, Bothell, WA, 149

Fly, Distance, Singlehanded

Men

1. Steve Rajeff, 211;  2. Henry Weidner, 192;  3. Rene Gillibert, Oakland, CA, 188

Senior Men

1. Jim Chapralis, Chicago, IL, 163, 159;2. Zack Willson, 163, 157;   3. Ed Lanser, 159

Angler's Fly Distance

Men

1. Steve Rajeff, 171;  2. Keith Pryor, Oakland, CA, 164;   3. Ian Walker, Long Beach, CA, 163

Senior Men

1. Tom Gong, Oakland, CA, 164 (new record);  2. Zack Willson, 148;  3. Gord Deval, 139

Women

1. Alice Gillibert 126;  2. Pam Peters, 112;  3. Peg Van Natter, 111.

Dry  Fly Accuracy

Men

1. Chris Korich, 100 (ties national record);  2. Steve Rajeff, 99;  3. John Seroczynski, Valparaiso, IN, 98, 99.    Rene Gillibert, 98, 98

Senior Men

1. Zack Willson, 99;  2. Bill Peters, Oregon OH, 96;  3. Tony Yap, San Jose, CA, 95

Women

1. Nicole Kozicki, Moraga, CA, 99 (Ties National Record); 

2. Elaine Gong, Oakland, CA, 95;  3. Pam Peters, 92

Intermediate

1. George Karsant III, San Francisco, CA, 82

1/4 Oz Accuracy Plug

Men

1. Steve Rajeff, 98; 2. John Seroczynski, 96;  3. Rene Gillibert, 95

Senior Men

1. Zack Willson, 87, 90;  2. Gord Deval, 87, 80;  3. Bill Peters, 87, 79

Women

1. Nicole Kozicki, 86;  2. Pam Peters, 85;  3. Elaine Gong, 78

Intermediate

1. George Karsant III, 70

Junior A

1. Glenn Carl, Three Rivers, WI, 49;  2. Josh Carl, Three Rivers, WI, 45;  3. Jamie Allen, Lexington KY, 27

Junior B

1. Rickie Hall, Lexington, KY, 58

Trout Fly Accuracy

Men

1. Steve Rajeff, 100 (Ties National Record);  2. Chris Korich, 99;  3. B.L. Farley, 98

Senior Men

1. Bobby Spear, Las Vegas, NE, 95;  2. Bill Burke, 94;  3. Bill Peters, 93

Women

1. Peg Van Natter, 93;  2. Pam Peters, 91, 97;  3. Elaine Gong, 91, 90

Intermediate

1. George  Karsant III, 93

Bass Bug Accuracy

Men

1. Chris Korich, 98;  2. Steve Rajeff, 96;  3. John Seroczynski, 95

Senior Men

1. Zack Willson, 93, 89;  2. Bill Peters, 93, 87;  3. Bobby Spear, 90

Women

1. Alice Gillibert, 89;  2. Pam Peters, 86;  3. Peg Van Natter, 84

Intermediate

1. George Karsant III, 84

3/8 Oz Accuracy Plug

Men

1. Steve Rajeff, 97;  2. John Seroczynski, 96;  3. Rene Gillibert, 95, 95;   4. David Roberts, Lexington KY, 95, 94

Senior Men

1. Bobby Spear, 97;  2. Zack Willson, 94;  3. Bill Burke, 90

Women

1. Allice Gillibert, 84, 100;  2. Beth Statt, 84, 99;  3. Nicole Kozicki, 83

Intermediate

1. George Karsant III, 76;  2. Becky Statt, Cincinatti, OH, 38

Junior A

1. Josh Carl, 55;  2. Glenn Carl, 46;  3. Jamie Allen, 11

Junior B

1. Rickie Hall, 56

5/8 Oz. Accuracy Plug

Men

1. Steve Rajeff, 99;  2. Henry Weidner, 98, 95;  3. Tony Statt, Cincinatti, OH, 98, 90

Senior Men

1. Tom Gong, 97;   2. Zack Willson, 96;  3. Bill Burke, 93

Women

1. Nicole Kozicki, 96;  2. Beth Stattt, 90, 87;  3. Elaine Gong, 90, 79

Intermediate,

1. George Karsant III, 71;  2. Becky Statt, 52

Junior A

1. Glenn Carl, 56;  2. Josh Carl, 55;  3. Jamie Allen, 49

Junior B

1. Rickie Hall, 57

RESULTS OF

CHICAGO ANGLING AND CASTING CLUB'S

July 14 and 15, 2001 Illinois State fly and plug casting championships at the Lincoln Park casting piers in Chicago are posted on the Club's web site, linked above. READ THEM.

GRANDE RONDE ANGLING AND CASTING SOCIETY STEELHEAD SEASON CASTING GAMES INAUGURATED ON THE NEW GRANDE RONDE RIVER CASTING POND FACILITY

JIM GREEN HAS ANNOUNCED THE COMPLETION OF THE GRAND RONDE ANGLING AND CASTING SOCIETY CASTING POND WHERE THE GRANDE RONDE JOINS THE SNAKE .(where Washington, Idaho and Oregon meet) SEE THE GRANDE RONDE SOCIETY PAGE FOR DETAILS OF THE SEASON LONG CASTING GAMES AT THE POND. 

Washington Council of FFF

FLY CASTING EXPOSITION

AND CASTING GAMES

September 29, 2001

Trophy Lakes Golf and Casting Club

Port Orchard, Washington

See web site linked above for details

2001  TASMANIAN  FLY CASTING CHAMPIONSHIPS   September 16, 2000

For  events and rules see the web site of

                   Corra Linn Casting Club

Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.

2001 SCHEDULE OF AMERICAN CASTING ASSOCIATION CLUB, REGIONAL   AND   NORTH AMERICAN  TOURNAMENTS

ACA 2001 SCHEDULE

THE INTERNATIONAL CASTING FEDERATION SCHEDULE OF 2001 IS POSTED ON THE INTERNATIONAL PAGE AND HERE

ICF Tournaments2001.xls (Remember, the ICF page is on Excel and there are some advertising roadblocks to bringing it up. You have to go through the routine twice to get it up.)

SOUTHWESTERN TOURNAMENT

LONG BEACH CASTING CLUB

LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA

FEBRUARY 17, 18, 2000

Trout Fly:

Class A: 1. Tony Yap, 96; 2. Ian Walker, 94; 3. Per Brandin, 93, 96; John Napoli, 93, 94.

Class B: 1. Mark Lipe, 95, 91; 2. Robert Murakami, 95, 87; 3. Bob Sato, 91.

Class C. George Karsant, 87; 2. Kate Blubaugh, 85; 3. Luke Sing, 83.

1/4 Oz. Accuracy:

Class A: 1. Tony Yap, 95; 2. Ian Walker, 90; 3. Allan Rohrer, 88.

Class B: 1. Mark Lipe, 91; 2. Bill Van Natter, 89; 3. Peg Van Natter, 86, 1; John Luis, 86,0.

Class C: 1. Trevor Walker, 90; 2. Mark Tsunawaki, 88,85; 3. George karsant, 88, 84.

Open Plug

Class A: 1. Per Brandin, 92, 94; 2. Austin Emmerling, 92, 91; 3. Ian Walker, 92, 88.

Class B: 1. John Luis, 89, 87; 2. Mark Lipe, 89, 85; 3. Billy Jones, 87, 88, 88; John Schueller, 87, 88, 86.

Class C. 1. George Karsant, 91; 2. Kate Blubaugh, 89; Charles Judy, 88.

Steelhead Distance:

Class A: 1. Ian Walker, 140; 2. Bob Sato, 136; 3. Tom Gong, 135.

Class B: 1. John Luis, 140; 2. Bill Clements, 132; 3. James Jones, 118.,

Class C: 1. Jamie Murphy, 112, 110; 2. George Karsant, 112, 16; 3. Elaine Gong, 101.

1/4 Oz Distance.

Class A: 1. Ian Walker, 170; 2. Per Brandin, 165; 3. Bill Clements, 162.

Class B: 1. Tom Gong, 151; 2. John Schueller, 143; 3. John Luis, 135.

Class C: 1. Paul Burgner, 157; 2. George Karsant, 147; 3. Mark Lipe, 132.

9 Wt. Distance: (Bass Bug rod)

Class A: 1. Kim Dunbar, 93; 2. Ian Walker, 90; 3. Per Brandin, 88.

Class B: 1. John Luis, 88; 2. Bill Clements, 86; 3. James Jones, 85, 85; Billy Jones, 85, 76.

Class C: 1. Jamie Murphy, 88; 2. Keith Pomella, 82; 3. George Karsant, 81.

Dry Fly:

Class A: 1. John Napoli, 99; 2. Per Brandin, 98; 3. Tony Yap, 97.

Class B: 1. John Schueller, 95, 92; 2. Mark Lipe, 95, 92, (ret) 3. Robert Murakami, 95, 90.

Class C: 1. Luke Sing, 92; 2. George karsant, 89; 3. Kate Blubaugh, 87.

Bass Bug:

Class A: 1. Per Brandin, 95; 2. Ian Walker, 93; 3. John Napoli, 91.

Class B: 1. Bill Van Natter, 95; 2. Robert Murakami, 93, 89; 3. Peg Van Natter, 93, 88.

Class C: 1. Frank Kropacek, 86, 93; 2. Kate Blubaugh, 86, 84; 3. George Karsant, 84.

Wet Fly:

Class A: 1. Jamie Murphy, 98; 2. Per Brandin, 97; 3. Ian Walker, 95, 99; John Napoli, 95, 93; Barbara Rohrer, 95, 92.

Class B: 1. Bill Van Natter, 97; 2. Charles Judy, 94; 3. Marke Lipe, 93, 97; Elaine Gong, 93, 91; Peg Van Natter, 93, 88.

Class C: 1. Luke Sing, 90; 2. Kate Blubaugh, 88; 3. Chris Walker, 85.

3/8 Oz Plug

Class A: 1. Ian Walker, 94; 2. Henry Fujita, 92; 3. Bill Clements, 90, 94; Per Brandin, 90, 90; Austin Emmerling, 90, 86.

Class B: 1. Billy Jones, 92: 2. Bill Van Natter, 90, 89; 3. John Schueller, 90, 87.

Class C: 1. Luke Sing, 89; 2. Geroge karsant, 88; 3. Margaret Walker, 86.

5/8 Oz. Plug:

Class A: 1. Bill Clements, 98; 2. Tony Yap, 94, 96; 3. Per Brandin, 94, 93; Austin Emmerling, 94, 87.

Class B: 1. Elaine Gong, 90; 2. Billy Jones, 87, 92; 3. tom Gong, 87, 90; Mark Lipe, 87, 88; Bill Van Natter, 87, 85; Peg Van Natter, 87, 84.

Class C: 1. Paul Burgner, 91; 2. Randy Allen, 90; 3. Luke Sing, 87.

CINCINATTI CASTING CLUB OPEN

REGISTERED TOURNAMENT

SEPTEMBER 10, 2000

(THIS CAME IN BY PONY EXPRESS FROM THE WILDS OF OHIO)

WINNERS

DRY FLY: Class A: Jay Klenk, 99, 94, 98; Dick Fujita, 99, 94, 95. Class B: Mike Carl, 98.

Trout Fly; Class A: Zack Willson, 96, 96, 96; Jay Klenk, 96, 96, 94. Class B. Meredith Chism; 92.

Bass Bug: Andy Statt; 95, 95; Bill Peters, 95, 92.  Class B: Roy Light, 89.

1/4 OZ Accuracy: Men: Class A: Bill Peters, 97.  Class B; Roy Light, 89; Ladies: Class A: Diana Klenk, 86. Class B. Brook Unger,  93.   Intermediate: Tony Statt, 84. Junior, Becky Statt; 79. Sub. Junior; Zack Statt; 61.

3/8 OZ  Accuracy; Men: Class A: Andy Statt, 95, 97; Bill Burke, 95, 90. B. Doug Statt, 92. Ladies: Class A: Mollie Light, 93. Class B. Pam Peters, 89. Intermediate, Tony Statt, 98. Junior, Sarah Statt, 75. Sub Junior; Zack Statt, 60.

5/8 OZ Accuracy; Men: Class A: Zack Willson, 99. Class B. Doug Statt, 91. Meredith Statt, 91. Ladies: Class A: Mollie Light, 96. Class B. Pam Peters, 91. Intermediate, Tony Statt, 88. Junior; Glen Carl, 76. Sub Junior, Zack Statt, 60.

SEATTLE WA. ISE

CASTING GAMES WINNERS

Best in the West Five weight distance game, indoors, February 11, 2001.

Men: 1. Steve Rajeff, 103' 2"; 2. Derek Fergus, 102'; 3. Randy Swisher, 99' 6".

Women: 1. Cathy Beck, 83' 10"; 2. Marilyn Vitali, 74' 7"; 3. Peg Van Natter, 71' 7".

The winner of  the San Mateo men's was giving a casting demonstration on the pond earlier in the week and, just for fun, asked a spectator standing a few feet beyond the end of the pond to hold up his arms as goal posts whereupon he cast the leader between the arms - This should be worth more than three points for a field goal shouldn't it? The spectator was about ninety feet out. Just goes to show you what working on your back cast can do for your casting game.

SAN MATEO CA. ISE CASTING GAMES WINNERS

The February 3, 2001 finals of  the San Mateo CA. Best in the West five weight rod distance games were:

Men: 1. Brian O'Keefe, 113' 8"; 2. Glen Young, 106'; 3. Derek Fergus, 103' 7".

Women: 1. Wendy Gunn, 92'; 2. Lori Ann Murphy, 82'2"; 3/4, Jo Clark, 81', Cathy Beck 81'.

It should be noted that San Mateo is cast outdoors and wind can be a factor.

THE INTERNATIONAL CASTING FEDERATION SCHEDULE OF 2001 IS POSTED ON THE INTERNATIONAL PAGE AND HERE

ICF Tournaments2001.xls

PORTLAND ISE DISTANCE CONTEST WINNERS

The January 7 finals in the five weight distance casting game as the Portland. Oregon  ISE show found first place going to Tim Rajeff with 105'5", second to Blake Reimer, 103'5" and third to Brian O'Keefe with 101'7".

Katherine Hart was ladies winner at 74 feet.

INTERNATIONAL SPORTSMEN'S EXPOSITION SHOWS HAVE BIG CASTING PRIZES

The two thousand one editions of the  West Coast ISE sports shows feature bass flipping contests in California with $5,000.00 in merchandise prizes for the winners in the California State Championships to be held at the Pleasanton CA show February 15 - 18. Winners in the regional competitions in California ISE shows will win the right to compete in the finals.

The fly rod distance competitions in all but the Phoenix  ISE show will allow the winner to participate in the "Best in the West" championships finals at the March 15-18 Salt Lake show with a first prize of  a $7,500.00 drift boat as well as  $1,000.00 in merchandise certificates for the women's winner. There will be second and third place merchandise prizes for men and women.   For the dates and places click on ISE .

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