The Right Fly Fishing Equipment

Fly fishing represents one of the oldest types of fishing ever to be employed by man in order to earn his meal. Initially it was used mainly to catch salmon and trout but nowadays it is also a basic way of catching marine fish as well as bass, carp, pike and lots of others. 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 fly fishing equipment necessary for fly fishing 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 there you have fly tackle. The structure includes the artificial flies, the fly line and the fly rod. In order to be able to throw the fly as far as possible the line needs to be a bit heavier than other types of lines. Moreover, the artificial flies come in all sorts of shapes, sizes and colors depending on the type of fish intended to be caught.Bass Fishing Lures



Generally speaking the artificial lure for fly fishing is made of hair, feathers, fur and other materials that will render the desired aspect of the insect or creature supposedly used as bait for fish. Each fishing location demands a certain kind of artificial fly that will look like 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.

According to another fly classification, they can be attractive or imitative. The imitative artificial lures look like real insects while the attractive ones use multi-colors and light reflection in order to attract fish without necessarily imitating fish prey. And yet another classification splits the artificial lures into dry models (imitating grasshoppers, dragonflies, etc. which float on-water), sub-surface designs that are just like pupae or larvae and wet kinds (imitating leeches and minnows).

The distinction between fly fishing and non-fly fishing is that the former depends a great deal on the weight of the line which is cast in order to get the artificial lure to that part of the water where your fish are located, probably at a farther distance from the shore or bank. The latter non-fly fishing type, rather relies on the weight of the lure; as this variable pulls the line down from the reel, the fly reaches the depths where fish hide or stay.

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