Fly rod including cast sensors

A method for sensing the movement of a fly rod, the method comprising:

• providing a fly rod having a handle portion that includes a butt end, a center shaft portion that extends from the handle portion, a tip portion that extends from the shaft portion and includes a tip, a first movement sensor disposed in the tip portion, a second movement sensor spaced apart from the first sensor, and a processor disposed within the fly rod;
• generating first movement sensor data from the first sensor during a first cast of the fly rod;
• generating second movement sensor data from the second sensor during the first cast of the fly rod;
• and
• the processor using the first movement sensor data and the second movement sensor data to determine a first path of the tip of the fly rod during the first cast of the fly rod and to map a first movement of the fly rod in three-dimensional space.