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Fly-fishing
is a very unique way of fishing. Unlike bait or spin
fishing, casting a fly uses the weight of the fly line
to make the cast, where as, bait and spin fishing relies
on the weight attached to your line or the baits
themselves for casting. Therefore, a different set of
skills is required just for casting. |
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Fly-fishing,
regarding the fly or bait end of the line, is broken down into
classes, as well. To keep it simple for this writing, an angler
can fish the bottom of the stream using nymphs or streamers, the
water column, using streamers or wet flies, or the surface using
dry flies. So in “general terms”, dry flies for the surface,
streamers and nymphs for the bottom or under the surface, and
terrestrials, which are insects like ants, beetles, spiders, to
mention a few, and can be fished surface or subsurface,
depending.
One thing about
fly-fishing, which is part of the adventure, is gaining an
understanding of aquatic life. The life cycle of insects and the
knowledge there of, dictates what to choose to place on the end
of your line. The old saying among fly-fisherman is always
“matching the hatch”. This means that as insects develop from
the larvae stage to adult stage, each change offers trout
different food selections. Trout hone in on certain insects at
certain times and if the angler can choose from his collection,
a fly that “matches”, he greatly increases his catch ratio.
Fly tying then
becomes the next step to fly-fishing. Making your own flies is a
lot of fun and learning how to do it gives you an endless supply
of flies to cast. There are good books, videos and even classes
available from where one can learn.
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