The idea behind this article is to help the beginner fly fishing. The terminology and the basic methods employed in fly fishing may be unknown to the beginner at fly fishing, so we will start from the very beginning. Therefore, if you are a beginner fly fishing person, please read on.
The instruments required for fly fishing are usually known as tackle, although if you want to be more accurate about the sort of things you need, you can add the words "fly fishing". Therefore, we use the phrase: "fly fishing tackle". Fly fishing tackle, or gear, fundamentally consists of artificial flies, a fly rod, a fly reel and fly line. The set-up is: the fly is affixed to the line, which is wound around the reel, which is affixed to the rod or pole, which is used to cast the fly or other bait.
In order to be able to cast the fly as far as possible, the line has to be a bit heavier than other types of line, because a weight is used in other forms of fishing to achieve the same effect. Furthermore, the artificial flies come in all kinds of shapes, sizes and colours to reflect real, live flies, depending on the type of fish the angler intends to catch.
In general, an artificial fishing fly is created, often by hand by enthusiasts, from hair, plastic, feathers, fabric, fur and many other types of material in order to make the fly resembles, as closely as possible, the insect or fly most commonly eaten by the particular species of fish in that particular month or at that time of the day. This means that each fishing location requires that you choose a definite type of artificial fly that will look like the insects frequenting the area where your desired type of fish live. Therefore, a type of fly employed in one area of the country may not work as well as you'd think in another.
There are variations in the classification of flies too. They fall into two basic overall categories, which are referred to as 'attractive' and 'imitative'. The imitative artificial lures look like real insects, while the attractive flies just rely on colour or the reflection of light in order to attract fish without necessarily looking like the fish's natural prey.
These classifications are then used to further sub-divide artificial fly fishing lures into: a] dry (resembling grasshoppers, dragonflies, etc. which float on or near the surface of the water); b] sub-surface (resembling larvae, pupae) and c] wet (looking like leeches and minnows and other small fish or fry).
The main distinguishing feature between fly fishing and non-fly fishing is that fly fishing relies to a great extent on the weight of the line to get the artificial lure to that part of the stream where the fish are located, probably at some distance from the shore. The line is often camouflaged and hollow like electrical wire coating, so that it will float.
However, non-fly fishing depends rather on the attached weight, often made of lead previously, to draw the line off the reel and carry it forward to the correct pool, where the weight or even split shot will also take the bait or lure down in the water to the feeding fish.
The instruments required for fly fishing are usually known as tackle, although if you want to be more accurate about the sort of things you need, you can add the words "fly fishing". Therefore, we use the phrase: "fly fishing tackle". Fly fishing tackle, or gear, fundamentally consists of artificial flies, a fly rod, a fly reel and fly line. The set-up is: the fly is affixed to the line, which is wound around the reel, which is affixed to the rod or pole, which is used to cast the fly or other bait.
In order to be able to cast the fly as far as possible, the line has to be a bit heavier than other types of line, because a weight is used in other forms of fishing to achieve the same effect. Furthermore, the artificial flies come in all kinds of shapes, sizes and colours to reflect real, live flies, depending on the type of fish the angler intends to catch.
In general, an artificial fishing fly is created, often by hand by enthusiasts, from hair, plastic, feathers, fabric, fur and many other types of material in order to make the fly resembles, as closely as possible, the insect or fly most commonly eaten by the particular species of fish in that particular month or at that time of the day. This means that each fishing location requires that you choose a definite type of artificial fly that will look like the insects frequenting the area where your desired type of fish live. Therefore, a type of fly employed in one area of the country may not work as well as you'd think in another.
There are variations in the classification of flies too. They fall into two basic overall categories, which are referred to as 'attractive' and 'imitative'. The imitative artificial lures look like real insects, while the attractive flies just rely on colour or the reflection of light in order to attract fish without necessarily looking like the fish's natural prey.
These classifications are then used to further sub-divide artificial fly fishing lures into: a] dry (resembling grasshoppers, dragonflies, etc. which float on or near the surface of the water); b] sub-surface (resembling larvae, pupae) and c] wet (looking like leeches and minnows and other small fish or fry).
The main distinguishing feature between fly fishing and non-fly fishing is that fly fishing relies to a great extent on the weight of the line to get the artificial lure to that part of the stream where the fish are located, probably at some distance from the shore. The line is often camouflaged and hollow like electrical wire coating, so that it will float.
However, non-fly fishing depends rather on the attached weight, often made of lead previously, to draw the line off the reel and carry it forward to the correct pool, where the weight or even split shot will also take the bait or lure down in the water to the feeding fish.
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