CI written exam practice questions · a card
Line is released after the stop and the amount outside the tip increases. Which term applies?
Releasing line after the stop so that more of it sits outside the rod tip is shooting line, not slipping line.
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- A. Tracking
- B. Translation
- C. Hooking
- D. Shooting line
Answer: D. Releasing line after the stop so that more of it sits outside the rod tip is shooting line.
The definition has two parts, and both must be there: the release comes after the stop, and the result is an increase in the amount of fly line outside the rod tip. Slipping line is the near neighbour — line released together with rod movement, either before or after a casting stroke. Both leave more line outside the tip; timing and mechanism separate them.
The other options come from different parts of the vocabulary. Tracking is the lateral path of the rod tip during a casting stroke. Translation is a linear change in the position of the rod butt. Hooking is an anchored-cast fault in which the D loop swings around and behind the caster.
In a lesson the word sets up the next question: when did the release happen? After the stop, and you are teaching shooting line. With rod movement before or after a stroke, and you are teaching slipping line — and the point you make about the release changes with it.
Source
From the FFI Fly Casting Definitions (August 2025); terms follow the FFI Fly Casting Definitions; exam details are in the CI Study Guide (2025).