Fly fishing should not be a competition.
I'd rather spend a quality day alone on a mountain stream than win a casting tournament. I've competed in distance casting competitions before and it did absolutely nothing for me.
I have also seen some wonderful distance casters and perfect form casters....everything perfect when they cast, but some of them are horrible anglers. They can cast well, but they cannot fish.
Personally, I just can't seem to remember the last time I was out fishing and needed to punch my 5 wt. 100+ ft. It just doesn't happen. And I'm on the water about 300 days per year all over the globe. Sure there's the occasional 60 footer to a bonefish in a strong wind, but casting 100-115 ft. in front of a crowd of spectators does nothing to help that situation.
IMHO, tournaments are boosters for ones ego and/or marketing tools for rod makers.
sd (in Cali for a while)
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