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Brentwood Essex 2006

Record Categories

Age classes

OR

Longest cast recorded regardless of age (outright record)

Junior J14

Foetus to 14 years old

Junior J17

Juniors from 15 to 17 years old

Senior SNR

18 to 49 years old

Senior S50

50 to 59 years old

Senior S60

60 to 69 years old

Veteran V70

70 years old to ghost

Please note:

  • Record claimants must be BFCC members at the time their casting record is set.

  • Record casts can only be acknowledged during an official BFCC casting event.

  • The record cast must be witnessed by a senior BFCC member (i.e. part of the mangement team) or a member in good standing who has been approved by the BFCC events organiser.

 

BFCC 5 Weight Fly Fishermen's Distance (J17, S50, V70 records open)

  • OR and SNR Record of 130 feet 9 inches is held by Paul Arden using a Sage TCR5 with 5ED floating fly line (120 ft) 22/10/06

  • Before Paul above, Ben Spinks broke the 5 weight record with a cast of 124 feet 1 inch 22/10/06
  • Previous record of 121 feet 5 inches was held by Mike Heritage 04/06/2006
  • Previous record was 116 feet 8 inches was held by Carl Hutchinson 04/07/2004
  • S60 Record of 105 feet 2 inches is held by Mike Marshall 21/11/2004 using a RIO DT Floating fly line
  • J14 Record of 100 feet 3 inches is held by Joseph Harris 22/10/06

 

BFCC 7 Weight Fly Fishermen's Distance (J17 and S50 records open)

  • OR and V70 Record of 142 feet 1 inch is held by Mike Marshall 10/08/08 using a DT7 fly line.

  • SNR Record of 141 feet 8 inches is held by Mike Heritage 06/05/07
  • SNR Record of 135 feet 6 inches was held by Paul Arden using a Bloke 9' XL50 7 weight rod and a #7 SA Expert Distance line 22/10/06
  • Before Paul above, Mike Heritage broke the 7 weight record with a cast of 132 feet 6 inches (22/10/06)
  • Previous record of 126 feet 9 inches was held by Carl Hutchinson 04/04/04: Equipment: CFR & Wt Fly Rod with Rio WF7 Longcast Fly Line.
  • Previous record of 116 feet 7 inches held by Pete Sutton 25/10/03
  • S60 Record of 123 feet 7 inches is held by Tony Bennett 19/10/2008 using a Bloke XL50 rod married to a Snowbee XS floatering fly line.
  • J14 Record of 108 feet 10 inches is held by Joseph Harris 22/10/06

     

BFCC 8 Weight Fly Fishermen's Distance (Archived Event until Further Notice)

  • 124 feet 6 inches is held by Pete Sutton 07/09/03; Equipment: Fulling Mill GX794 Fly Rod with Fulling Mill WF8 Fly Line.

 

BFCC 9 Weight Fly Fishermen's Distance (Archived Event until Further Notice)

  • 120 feet 6 inches held jointly by Carl Hutchinson and James Warbrick-Smith 08/08/04; Equipment: G Loomis Angler's Fly Tournament Rod with Galleon WF9 Fly Line

 

Single-handed Tournament Fly Distance (38 grams)(J14, J17, S50, S60, and V70 records open)

  • OR and SNR Record of 209.66 feet cast (non platform) is held by Peter Thain 04/09/05; Equipment: Zziplex Tournament Fly Rod with Airflo T38 Shooting Head
     

  • Non BFCC Records: 238.7 feet OLD British (BCA) Record held by Hywel Morgan (platform cast)
    248 feet ICSF World Record held by Steve Rajeff (USA) (platform cast); longest cast in ICSF games but since the wind reading was stronger than 3 meters per second, this cast could not count as an official world record, however the BFCC recognise this cast. 236 feet ACA American Record (40 gram) held by Steve Rajeff (cast off ground)

 

Double-handed Tournament Fly Distance (120 grams)(J17, S50, and V70 records open)

  • OR and SNR Record of 256.33 feet held by Scott Simmonds (non platform) 04/04/04; Equipment: Grand Prix Double Handed Tournament Fly Rod with Airflo T120 (cut down to 115g) Shooting Head

  • S60 Record 248 feet is held by Mike Marshall (non platform) 04/04/04
  • J14 Record of 127 feet 1 inch is held by Joseph Harris (non platform) 22/10/06
  • Non BFCC Records: 299.2 feet OLD British (BCA) Record held by Hwyel Morgan (platform cast)
    320.9 feet ICSF World Record held by Thomas Maire (Germany) (platform cast)
    290 feet ACA American Record held by Steve Rajeff (cast off ground)

     

Angler's Tournament Fly Distance (20 grams)(Archived Event until Further Notice)

  • 171 feet BFCC Record is held by James Warbrick-Smith (cast off ground) 04/04/04.

**Note: for BFCC event, the running line diameter is unrestricted otherwise it is identical to the ACA event**

  • Non BFCC Record: 190 feet ACA American Record held jointly by Steve Rajeff & Rene Gillibert (cast off ground)

 

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