Fly Fishing Advice

Fly fishing represents one of the oldest types of fishing ever to be employed by man in order to earn his meal. Initially it applied especially to trout and salmon but nowadays it is also a basic way of catching bass, pike, carp and other fish that live in the oceans. The term actually comes from the word fly that refer to the fisherman’s lure consisting of a hook decorated to look like an insect for the purpose of attracting the fish.

The instruments required by fly fishing in the great outdoors are also called tackle, only that, when you want to be as specific as possible about the type of tools you need to add the word fly; so this is how fly tackle gets used. The structure consists of the artificial flies, the fly rod which throws the flies and the fly line. In order to be able to throw the fly as far as possible the line should be a little heavier than other types of lines. Moreover, the artificial flies are produced in a wide range of shapes, sizes and colors, for the purpose of luring one sort of fish in particular.Bass Fishing Lures



Generally speaking the materials the lures are made of include hair, feathers, fur and other fabrics that render the insect look necessary for the fly to pass as bait. Each fishing location demands a certain kind of artificial fly that will resemble insects sharing the same habitat with the fish you are after. Hence, the fly fishing methods used in one region may not work in another.

Another classification of flies is that which splits them into attractive and imitative. The imitative artificial lures are similar to real insects while the attractive ones simply resort to color or reflection of light in order to attract fish without necessarily looking like the food fish are after. And yet another form of category splitting separates the fly fishing artificial lures into dry models (imitating grasshoppers, dragonflies, etc. which float on-water), sub-surface designs (looking like larvae, pupae) and wet kinds very much like leeches and minnows.

The difference between fly fishing and sports fishing is that the former relies on the use of the line weight and its cast range for the propulsion of the bait in the water. The latter non-fly fishing type, rather uses the lure weight rather than the line; as this variable pulls the line down from the reel, the fly reaches the depths where fish hide or stay.