Fly Casting Competition NC2 - Salmon Distance - May 2026

This is a short summery from the Salmon Distance event at the 2nd round in the Norwegian Fly Casting Cup in Bråstein the 31st of May 2026. Salmon Distance competition Rules: For Salmon Distance we use a floating shooting head at max 55 gram. For shooting line we use typically 0.40 mono shooting line. Any double handed fly rod up to max 15ft (460cm) is allowed to use for Salmon Distance. Most casters use special casting rods made for distance casting. The leader has to be mono line less than 1,1mm thick and max 5m long. We don't use flies, just some floating yarn tied to the end of the leader.