With the LITECRAFT ICS ITALIAN CASTING STYLE, hotfly presents the reference among fly rods, designed and built specifically for the Italian Casting Style (ICS). This is not just an empty marketing promise, because the entire development of this fly rod was carried out in close cooperation with the S.I.M. (Scuola Italiana Pesca a Mosca, in English: Italian Fly-Fishing School), and with Marino Di Luca, the long-standing coordinator of the casting technique department, playing a leading role S.I.M. (Scuola Italiana Pesca a Mosca)
The goal in developing the LITECRAFT ICS Italian Casting Style was to create a fly rod that is optimally suited for the basic technique and the various trick casts of the Italian casting style. The assumption that this rod is just a stiff stick in which only the tip area works to achieve the high line speeds could not be more wrong. In fact, the rod's action is fast but progressive, so that it works from the rod tip, through the middle section and into the hand section of the rod as the line length increases. The superbly balanced rod is particularly beneficial for technically skilled casters, but it will also be appreciated by all those who not only want to hook an exceptional fish but also land it safely.
The perfect rod action was further refined during the extensive tests and the Spigot connections were deliberately chosen to not affect or interrupt the action by the transition between the single rod sections. Some may be reminded of the legendary Competition Fast from jmc when casting this fly rod, and those who appreciated those rods in the past will love the LITECRAFT ICS ITALIAN CASTING STYLE. The latest developments and constant innovation in materials and production technologies have helped to raise the bar even higher, and it is therefore quite fair to say that this is currently the best fly rod for the Italian casting style.