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INTERNATIONAL CASTING TOURNAMENT
RULES
For the associated
organisations The Féderation Casting Sports of the CIPS (FCS)
and
the International Casting Federation (ICF).
Edition
1997
I: TOURNAMENTS
The associated organisations FCS of the CIPS and
ICF, organise World- and Continental Championships
as well as
international competitions for Men, Ladies and Juniors according to
the International Casting
Tournament Rules.
A junior is a
caster up to and included the calendar year in which he or
she
passes 18 years of age.
II:
EVENTS as from 1st January
1994
Men's division
Event 1 Fly Accuracy
Event 2 Fly
Distance Single Handed
Event 3 Spinning Accuracy Arenberg
Target
Event 4 Spinning Accuracy
Event 5 Spinning Distance
Single Handed
Event 6 Fly Distance Double Handed
Event 7
Spinning Distance Double Handed
Event 8 Multiplier
Accuracy
Event 9 Multiplier Distance Double Handed
Ladies
division
Event 1 Fly Accuracy
Event 2 Fly Distance Single
Handed
Event 3 Spinning Accuracy Arenberg Target
Event 4
Spinning Accuracy
Event 5 Spinning Distance Single
Handed
Event 8 Multiplier Accuracy
Event 9 Multiplier
Distance Double Handed
Boys division
Event 1 Fly
Accuracy
Event 2 Fly Distance Single Handed
Event 3 Spinning
Accuracy Arenberg Target
Event 4 Spinning Accuracy
Event 5
Spinning Distance Single Handed
Girls division
Event 1 Fly
Accuracy
Event 2 Fly Distance Single Handed
Event 3 Spinning
Accuracy Arenberg Target
Event 4 Spinning Accuracy
Event 5
Spinning Distance Single Handed
III: Rules
Event 1 Fly
Accuracy
Rod: Ordinary fishing
rod maximum length 3.00 metres. Standard flyrod rings or
guides.
Reel: Standard fly fishing reel, or self-made real
corresponding to standard.
Reel fastened to rod, line fastened to
the reel. Reel to carry all backing,
the whole fly line including
the leader.
Line: Standard fly fishing line or similar line,
minimum length 13.5 metres. Backing
unrestricted. (XVI 2g,
XVII)
Metal and similar inlays prohibited.
Leader:
Minimum length 1.80 metres. (XVI 2b)
Fly: Standard tournament
fly, size 10, without hock. Hackle diameters 16-20mm,
to be tied
in approved dry-fly style, to be furnished by the arranging
organisation
in white, yellow or red. No trimming of the flies
allowed. An unrestricted number of
flies could be used by
loss.
Platform: Minimum length 1.50 metres long and 1.20
metres wide, 0.50 metres high over the
ground.
Targets: 5
hollow discs, 0.60 metres diameters, made from plastic or metal,
with turned edge
3 cm high. Colour: dark - black, green, blue or
brown, filled with water.
Court: Disk no 1. to the left of
the caster. 8 metres from the upper middle front edge
of the
platform.
Disk no 5. to the right, 13 metres from the upper
middle front edge of the platform.
Disc 2,3 and 4 on a straight
line between no 1. and no 5. Disc no 3. always placed
directly in
front of the platform. All distances to the targets to be measured
from the
upper middle front edge of the platform to the centres
of the target discs.
Distance between the centres of the target
discs to be 1.80 metres.
Dry Fly
Round: Caster must start
with fly in hand and rod-length fly-line,(no loose fly-line at
reel)
leader not included. Dry fly casting one try at time on
each target in the following order.
3 - 1 - 4 - 2 - 5 - 3 - 1 - 4
- 2 - 5.
At least one false cast shall be made between each score
or lay of the fly. All ten targets
to be cast to in the
consecutive order given, or as many as time permits.
Fly line may
only be shortened or lengthened during false casting, with rod in
motion,
no stripping of the line from the reel allowed when rod
is not in casting motion.
Improper strip or shortened of the line
shall make the next cast non-scoring.
Wet Fly
Round:
Having completed the dry fly round, the caster pulls the fly line
back into level with
disc no 1. then the caster makes two rounds,
one wet fly cast at a time on each target in
consecutive order 1
- 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5.
Line may be pulled in to
shorten length between targets no 5. and no 1., but no blind
or
false casting allowed between casts on targets.
Casting:
Casting contrary to regulations (such as repeatedly touching the
ground with the leader or
the fly line) the Caster will be
warned and by ignorance the caster can expect to be scored
zero.
Should the fly, caused by bad floor or grass conditions,
during wetfly round, hang,
is it up to the international judge to
decide if the caster should be given one more try.
(XVI 1,
2a,b,c,e,f,g,h,i,j, 3; 4b,c)
Time: Time limit 5 minutes and
30 seconds (XVI 3a,c,4d;XVIII 1c; 2c)
Score: Each hit in
target scores 5 points. Maximum score 100 points. (X 1; XVI
4)
Edge of the discs to be counted as the target.
General:
During dry fly- and wet fly-rounds the caster shall stand with at
least one foot
directly adjacent to the front of the platform.
(XVI 2i,j)
Event 2 Fly Distance Single Handed
Rod: Maximum length 3.00 metres.
Reel:
Any reel. Reel fastened to rod, line fastened to the reel. Reel to
carry all backing,
the whole fly line including the
leader.
Line: Any line, in whole or spliced from separate
bits. Metal or similar inlays prohibited. (XVII)
Men
and
Boys: Minimum length 15.00 metres. Maximum weight 38
gram.
Ladies and
Girls: Minimum length 13.50 metres.
Maximum weight 34 gram.
Leader: Minimum length 1.80 metres.
Maximum length 3.00 metres. (XVI 2b)
Fly: Same as event no
1.
Platform: Same as event no 1.
Court: At 100 metres
distance, the court is 50 metres wide, measured at a right angle
to
the perpendicular axis from the centre of the
platform.
Time: Time limit 6 minutes. (XVI 3a,c,4d;XVIII 1c;
2c)
Score: Longest cast to win the event, two longest casts
added to score for combination.
1.00 metre = 1 point. (X
3)
General: The line may be pulled out outside the court
during the casting of the previous caster.
(XVI 1; 2a,d,h;
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