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WCCC 2026 · Rules committee · Draft rule B
Lead on the ground
Four simulated casts with a 13 ft rod, a shock leader and a 130 g distance lead, on an uneven, dry field like Nagyréde. The caster's movement follows the technique in the two championship videos. The rod bends under the real line tension, and the lead is simulated with gravity, air drag and grass friction, so every touch comes out of the physics. Pick a cast, play it slowly and see how rule B judges it.
The four casts side by side
| A · Clean cast | B · Accidental touch | C · Put down on purpose | D · Cast from the ground |
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Draft rule B
At the start of the cast the lead must hang freely and motionless, clear of the ground. Brief, incidental contact of the lead with the ground during the cast is not penalised. A cast is void if the lead rests on, or is visibly dragged along, the ground as part of the casting action.
How rule B separates the four casts
The ground cannot push the lead faster. Grass does not move, so it can only take energy away. In B the lead brushes a tussock for about a hundredth of a second and the grass takes a fraction of a joule, roughly the cost of a few centimetres to a few decimetres of distance. Nothing is gained, so there is nothing to penalise.
The gain comes from using the ground as an anchor. In C and D the grass holds the lead while the caster starts the stroke. The line comes tight from a fixed point, the lead cannot swing, and the rod starts to load earlier. In D, as in the second video, the rod tip curls down towards the lead before the lead lifts off. A lead that rests on the grass also allows a drop longer than the height of the rod tip.
What the referee looks for. Where is the lead before the cast starts: hanging or lying? Did the caster lower the rod so the lead lands and slides? Or was it a brush on uneven ground? The start position and a deliberate put-down are visible from the referee's position. A brush of a hundredth of a second is not, and the rule does not ask anyone to see it.