If anything moves a caster to the top, it is definitely intense training. One of the best training sessions held in Czechia is organized by Casting of Moravian-Silesian district of Czech Angling Union. Sounds like repeating except for the end. But it is true.

It has been a time when double team Břeťa-Jura found calm sunken place providing everything - accommodation, food, large field and salmon river aside the field. What to wish more. They tried to organize a camp for young talented casters but after transferring it to another place Moravian-Silesian training camps remained there. And not only Moravian-Silesian casters participate, new and new caster boys and girls from other districts are coming there for training.

And this year about 40 casters met at the field and helped prepare the courts during Wednesday afternoon. Organizers obtained group permission for fishing so there were moments when people could not make a step in the water as so many fisher were in the river with fly and spinning rods.

All children slept in small cottages, split by their age or team membership. So there was a junior cottage, girls cottage, Bohumín cottage, Jihlava cottage, young men cottage, old men cottage, trainers cottage. Trainings groups were grouped the different way. For example Matěj of Kroměříž and Zuzana joined the Jihlava team.

The place was prepared perfectly, again. Each target event had four starts, fly distance had four starts as well. Place was divided into two halves and in each half there were three trainers with their groups. During morning everyone could cast whole pentathlon training, during afternoon the second pentathlon training. Two days in a row.

Team of Jihlava started training at the point team ended it at Bransouze. Training method was the same but with with higher intensity, just like the other groups. Right on the second day we saw that intensity of training in Bransouze almost destroyed the boys as they seemed to be tired. For both days trainer took care about the casting technique especially on fly skish and both distances.

Previous years action had been since Sunday to next Sunday. This year it was from Wednesday. So after two days the Saturday came and a competition with it.

Adam had had average target loss 63 point between April and July. After first training camp in Štoky he had 38 points of target loss, after Bransouze even only 37 points. And at Zálužné he did 85-94-95 and had fantastic 26 points of target loss. Only adult casters and three juniors were better. A pity that calm weather supported on target event but not supported on distance events. And at them Adam did not succeed. Well, did not succeed comparing with other competitions. Even with no wind support he got over 430 points. With that he won his category of boys U12. He would be at 3rd place in boys U15.

Similar target loss during spring competitions had Vojta too - 64 points. With higher amount of competitions the target loss was better and better. At Czech Open in České Budějovice in was only 29 points. At Zálužné it was 40, so worse result. But almost average result at all events unlike the Jarda of Bohumín that had problem at spinning skish. During fly distance Jarda had more than Vojta but just an half of point. In the same weather conditions Vojta had similar casts. At spinning distance Jarda had amazing cast very close to 100 points. Vojta had almost 7 meters less. The last cast was the best. Very long. Unfortunately half a meter outside the court. But anyway Vojta had still 4.5 point more in pentathlon than Jarda.

Best target improvement we saw in performance of Honza. His average spring target loss was about 109 points. Almost no improvement during season. When it looked like better result, next competition was disaster. But Bransouze and first days in Zálužné helped a lot. Especially Zálužné gave Honza a change to see casting technique from different view and so Honza had average 20 points of target loss per event. Overall 60 points is great for a boy casting his 2nd year. Worse distance results but anyway it was his second best pentathlon and only 3 points behind Matěj of Kroměříž.

Sunday time was relax time. No order for casting and almost no one did cast. Time used for fishing. And for Jihlava team too.

"Jihlava Salmon fisher" competition was going on and Vojta started it perfectly. Went with junior boys downstream from the camp where they found a lot of rainbow trout. With his special fishing style - spinning for and fly nymph he caught 15 rainbow trout and 1 river trout. Next days he was not so lucky. Twice he tried fly fishing from the shore but as low experience, he tangled the fly line around his leg. When he released the line, he hackled a fly into the grass. When released the fly, tangled the fly line around the leg again. When released the line he hackled the the fly to the reed. Positive is that Vojta is very calm and stressless. After an hour he could get the fly into the water. So far it looked the spinning rod would be his better friend. Until the time Vojta tries to fish from water and not the shore.

Honza had already experience with fly rod. His favorite technique is dry fly fishing with his hand made rokerka. Not so many changes for fishing and finally his dream came true - he caught grayling. Two graylings. And one river trout.

Adam is experienced too. Of course. He is leading the salmon competition. And in Zálužné his did his favorite technique - streaming with dry fly. It helped him to catch 11 river trout and 1 nice grayling.

But on Monday training started again. Karel changed the strategy and gave boys free time for fly skish to help them find their own style. What was necessary to watch were so fast casts on spinning skish of Matěj, so one afternoon Karel focused just on this case. Followed by combination of boys for working on mental side of casting while large target challenge. While Honza and Matěj were focusing on casting to first targets, duo Zuzana+Vojta and Karel+Adam had a competition in cumulative casting one by one to get 15 hits on each target in a row together. When Karel and Adam were able to get them selves up to 4th target, Zuzana and Vojta got to fifth target hitting it twice.

Next activity was Super Arenberg and Super Skish. At arenberg, only Karel and Zuzana were able to finish each event in 15 minutes. Something else than 10 points Adam had 5 times, Vojta and Honza for 7 times and Matěj for 10 times. At skish it was better, not only Zuzana and Karel finished the event. Also Vojta and Matěj finished it. During second round of skish Adam did it too. Vojta was able to finish harder level.

The last thing had to be dealt with. Boys where divided into two groups. One group casting, second group judging. Emotions squirting around based on angry and unfair judging of the first or second group when switching. It is obvious that caster see hit of target 18 meters in front of him much better than can bee seen by judge staying a meter close to the target. When all were angry the most, Karel split the groups so each of the first group had to cooperate with the each of the second group. Emotions did calm down a little.

But finally it came. Third round of casting of Adam and Vojta, Honza and Matěj said zero for a cast that from their point of view hit the ground first and then it hit the edge of target. From point of view of Adam and Vojta the plug hit the edge first. With full of angry based on unfair zero that added another 4 zero hits and destroyed any change for winning. And were bitched out by Karel that absolutely expected this situation. This can happen but it must not happen. But then everyone did calm down and could fight at fly skish. Karel got nervous a little bit as he saw Honza casting Kroměříž technique learned from Matěj. Improved result but potential problem.