[Peter McCallum]

Shooting.... is this about having live birds driven to you or flushed up as you walk, or is it about hitting clay targets fired up to represent the different flights of game birds? Trap shooting is a commonwealth (and olympic) sport which has developed out of a field sport which it was one part of. Target shooting is a development of stalking/hunting. So why not competitive casting?

 Playing devils advocate there is no way the anti brigade could have any problem with a casting competition, they sure as hell do with fishing competitions?

[Eddie Sinclair]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casting_(fishing)#Casting_as_a_sport

H,

assuming that the link works (I am not the best at computer skills, it is a good thing that it is not a sport) then according to Wikipedia fly casting is a sport. As far as I am concerned if you are out for a days fishing then the casting bit is as some people have already pointed out a part of fly fishing. However if you get a group of like minded people and make it competitive to see who can cast a fly line the furthest for any given line class/rod etc then by definition it becomes a competition and is usually defined as a sport.

I personally have never competed in casting events but I am not adverse to the idea. If it what you are into and you practice and become proficient all well and good and if the commonwealth committee decided to add it then I thing it would be interesting to see if any new techniques evolved that us mere mortals could use and practice to improve our casting and fishing.

Eddie.

[Mike Barrio]

A couple of replies have been removed from this thread ..... Please remember that topics should be discussed in a positive and friendly manner

[Simon]

Watching  great casters at game fairs is fun, but I can't ever see it being a commonwealth event!

[Graham Nicol]

Approaching this from a different angle casting should never be considered for the Olympics as it has sports included that likewise ought not be there. Ideally as it originated in Greece the Olympics ought to consist solely of those sports which were largely track and field events. World championships should be held for the remainder which obviously could include casting

[Marc Fauvet]

agree. and they should be doing all those track and field events naked and smothered in olive oil like in the old day !