The World Championships in Flycasting happened this weekend in Norway. In the 15 foot spey distance Travis Johnson took Gold in the mens division with an average cast of 177 feet and Long cast of 185 feet!
Congratulations!
RESULTS - SPEY DISTANCE 15'1''
MEN
1 Travis Johnson, USA
2 Eirik Hernes Larsen, Norway
3 Tommy Aarkvisla, Norway
4 Ruairi Costello, Ireland
5 James Chalmers, United Kingdom
6 Tellis Katsogiannos, Sweden
2 Eirik Hernes Larsen, Norway
3 Tommy Aarkvisla, Norway
4 Ruairi Costello, Ireland
5 James Chalmers, United Kingdom
6 Tellis Katsogiannos, Sweden
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| Travis in his usual training environment... Fishing. |
RESULTS - SPEY DISTANCE 15'1''
WOMEN
Anita Strand took first in the womens division with an average cast of 126 feet and a long cast 138 feet.
1 Anita Strand, Norway
2 Silja Longhurst, Denmark
3 Christine Josephsen, Norway
4 Donna O´Sullivan, USA
6 Karoline Olsen, Norway
Other noteworthy results:
Greatest caster ever, Steve Rajeff takes Gold in Trout Accuracy, Gold in Sea trout Distance, and Silver in Trout Distance.
Knut Syrstad takes 5th in the Spey Distance 18'
Eirik Hernes Larsen of Norway takes gold in the Spey Distance with a long cast of 192 feet.
See the full results for all events here. Distances is in Meters.
