Appeal No. 2003-1981 Page 2
Application No. 09/715,684
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to fly fishing and, more particularly, to a fly
casting trainer and method of teaching fly casting to enable an instructor to impart a
muscle memory of the proper casting form to a trainee (specification, p. 1). A copy of
the dependent claims under appeal is set forth in the appendix to the appellant's brief.
The independent claims on appeal read as follows:
1. A fly cast training rod, comprising a flexible shaft attached to a pair of
spaced handles to allow a trainer and trainee to stand side-by-side with each
gripping one of said handles, whereby said trainee can follow said trainer in
order to get the feel and rhythm of proper casting technique.
3. A fly cast training device, comprising:
a fly rod having a flexible shaft section and a butt section adjoining said
flexible shaft section;
a spool attached to said fly rod;
a handle assembly for gripping said fly rod, said handle assembly
including a plurality of handles secured together at their distal ends in a spaced
relation.
7. A fly cast training device, comprising:
a flexible shaft section;
a butt section attached to said flexible shaft section;
a spool attached to said butt section;
a handle assembly between said butt section and said flexible shaft
section, said handle assembly including a plurality of handle sections secured
together at both ends in a spaced relation by a pair of brackets.
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