Sportcast USA Northeast Open Casting Tournament

[ReelinRod]

The Sportcast USA Northeast Open and Northeast States Casting Championships will be held on Saturday March 31 and Sunday April 1, 2007 in Marlton, NJ. The field is available for practice on Friday.

New for 2007 is the introduction of the 100 gram and 175 gram weights. There are now four weights that can be cast: 100, 125, 150, and 175 grams. Every caster can cast any or all weights on either or both days.

The line requirements are: 0.28 mm minimum diameter for the 100 and 125 gram weights and 0.31 mm minimum diameter for the 150 and 175 gram weights. The shock leader must be a minimum diameter of 0.75 mm for all weights. All line and shock leader must be made of high visibility monofilament. Shock leader will be available at the tournament for those who need it.

For directions use mapquest.com. The field is located at 1047 Tuckerton Road, Marlton NJ 08053.

For hotel/motel accommodations use Hotels.com and search in the Mount Laurel, New Jersey area. Most of the hotels are within five miles of the field.

We will start setting up the court at 7 A.M. and we can use all the help that we can get. Casting starts around 9 A.M. so try to arrive early to get registered and help set up the field. The sooner we set up the field the sooner we start.

Donuts and coffee will be available in the morning and lunch will be served around noon time.

[CarolinaCastPro]

I look forward to seeing you guys. I'll be there with several of the new AFAW demo rods as well as the Breakaway HDX and LDX's. Anybody that wants to give them a test drive just let me know!! Friday's practice day would be the best time to test them.

Tommy Farmer

[Sudsy]

What time on Friday ??

[ReelinRod]

I would say someone will be there at 9 am setting up a field, usually takes about an hour. I'm probably taking off from work all day, I'll be there from the get-go.

I'll check with the other set-up guys and if "their" time differs much I'll post back.

[Striperjim]

Any of you guys from the NY metro area making the trip?

[NJBill]

The weather looks good for the Tournament this weekend. Here is the latest report from NWS.

Friday: Sunny, with a high near 63. North wind around 7 mph.

Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 59. North wind at 7 mph becoming east.

Sunday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 59. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Bill Sr

[Sudsy]

I'll be there tomorrow morning
Followed by a run over to the LL Bean store for new waders around 1:00 +/-

[Sudsy]

Very cool, watching these guys today gave me an itch I might have to scratch.

Spent some time gawking at the most amazing casts I've ever seen. Saw a few awesome breakoffs too :p I think Tommy actually got a lead to achieve geosynchronous orbit :wee: Got to spend some time with a bunch of genuinely nice guys and learned a LOT. This distance thing is a totally different game then I expected it to be and some of the specialized gear is truly amazing.

If anyone is on the fence about going this weekend to check it out, go - definitely go!

[ReelinRod]

Results for the Sportcast USA NE Open - NE States Casting Championships

March 31, 2007 and April 1, 2007

Marlton NJ

Sponsors

Backlash Sportfishing
WWW.BACKLASHSPORTFISHINGUSA.COM

Sufix Fishing Line
www.sufix.com

Rolling Tackle Box
WWW.ROLLINGTACKLEBOX.NET

Digital Dagger
www.digitaldagger.com

Regional and State Champions

North East Champion - Gary Born
NJ State Champion - Gary Born
PA State Champion - Bill Halpin Jr

Records

100 Gram - Gary Born
6 Ounce - Tommy Farmer

Prizes

First place B Class - Breakaway HDX Rod - Joe Skelly
Second place B Class - Penn 750 Spinning Reel (Metal) - Bill Smith
Third place B Class - Spool of Sufix Key Lime IGFA line - Don Williams

Raffle Winner

Breakaway LDX Rod - Louis Paul

Weather

Cloudy both days with temperatures in the mid fifties with winds down court coming from the E and varing from NE to SE at three to eight mph.

Click to view results. All distances are in feet.

FINAL RESULTS