FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 15, 2009

World Casting Champion Recommends The Sharkfin Reel

Thomas Maire, World and European casting champion from Germany, uses and recommends the Sharkfin Spinning Reel. The Sharkfin, introduced to the North American market at the ICAST show in Orlando in July, was originally introduced at the June 2005 EFTTEX Show in Warsaw, Poland.

The Sharkfin spool offers quality and features that no other spinning reel offers. It is uniquely designed to cast farther and prevent tangles or “birdnests” often encountered with spinning reels. The design reduces friction on the line during the cast, allowing the angler to cast farther and providing greater accuracy and less line stress. The “fins” also retain the dreaded line loops that cause tangles on traditional spinning reels, and freely releases them on the next cast.
These features are what attracted Maire to begin using the Sharkfin in his fishing ventures today. He has competed world-wide and is a 3-time Gold World Games winner, 7-time World Champion, 9-time European Champion, and more than 40-time German Casting Champion.

Casting competitions bring together sport fishermen to showcase their abilities in distance and accuracy in three types of casting tackle applications: fly casting, fixed spool spin casting, and revolving spool spin casting. Both accuracy and distance make up each type of tackle application, with the distance portion including both single- and double-handed casting.
Fly casting competitions began in the U.S. in the 1860s, then expanded to revolving spool casting in the 1880s, then, after the invention of the fixed spool at the beginning of this century, included fixed spool competition. In the beginning, the sport took place on lakes or rivers, but with the need for accurate targets and measuring, the competitions switched to grassy fields. Close rules and regulations are followed and special tournament weights and flies are used without the use of hooks.

The casting sport was recognized by the Olympic Committee as an Olympic Sport in 1958, and is executed today among the non-Olympic sport events at the World Games. To be considered in Olympic games, 80 nations are required in tournament participation; the casting sport includes 30 participating nations.

Developed for first use in Germany in 2004 by Guenther Burk, the Sharkfin design received an international patent in 2005. The Sharkfin has received patents throughout Europe, the United States, United Kingdom, Korea, China, Japan, Australia and New Zealand. Its distribution today includes Germany, Belgium, Poland, Italy, France, Norway, the Netherlands and now North America.

For more information, visit www.castaliaoutdoors.com or call 1-800-558-5541.

International Patent #10/586,115
U.S. Patent #7,384,012

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