I've seen this called the Hatteras Cast. Do people really do this?

[ExcessiveAngler]

Yeah, I just happen to watch this again!
That video was definitely sped up, watch the very beginning when the guy or maybe it's a kid, backs up out of the field of view lol!
Definitely unnatural looking, and after watching the video with the sound on, which I didn't do before, looks like he's holding a fixed spool reel, but sounds like a revolving reel lol!