The FTT competition, formally known as the Chinese Angling TV Live Elite Tournament, holds a status in competitive fishing that surpasses ordinary four-category regional national competitions as an official national-level event.
Compared to ordinary four-category competitions, FTT's rules are more complex and require a very high level of comprehensive skills from the anglers. While there's a significant element of luck in ordinary four-category competitions, virtually none of the FTT champions are flukes.
Why is that? The competition is divided into five phases, and only in the first phase, during the 168 to 32 progression, does the fishing spot play some role. From the second phase onwards, same group angler PK rules, changing fishing spots in sectional competitions, etc., all serve to minimize randomness.
Besides the rules ensuring fair competition, there's another significant feature — the tournament uses public bait.
