The question that I am most asked is what do I need to become a fly fisherman. The first thing that you will need is a good quality fly rod. This will be your most important investment when it comes to all of your fly fishing gear and, therefore, do not skimp on the price. Your fly fishing rod will be doing most of the work, and it is important to find a rod that has both finesse and power.

Fly fisherman who begin should use a faster fly rod because it will not be as clumsy and will allow you to cast your line with more power. The term fast about a fly fishing rod means stiff but without a lot of give in the bottom portion of the rod. A soft tip will be important to prevent any of your tied flies from breaking off when using a light leader.

Most beginning fly fisherman have a few bad habits when it comes to casting. These bad habits have probably been learned while casting traditional spinning rods. The worst and by far the biggest bad habit for any beginner is that they “break” their wrist. An experienced fly fisherman will have his wrist locked and allow his arm to do the casting.

If you break your wrist, it will cause your cast to go all over the place, which will result in frustration. It will also cause your line to become tangled more often. This experience alone can hasten your fast exit from the sport of fly fishing. After all, who would enjoy a sport where the majority of the time is spent untying knots?

A good type of fly rod to choose would be a rod that breaks down into four pieces. True, there are many rods that only breakdown into two pieces but both are equally durable. Your four piece rod, however, will be more convenient to carry into hard-to-reach fishing spots. It should cost you an extra $30, but it will be well worth it.

Also, a four piece rod will be easier to bring on an airplane, pack into your car trunk, strap onto a backpack, or slide into a motorcycle saddlebag. You can purchase a four piece, nine foot fly rod for beginners with a 5 weight for about $200. This type of rod will usually have a lifetime warranty. There may be a few rods available like this for $100 but they will not come with a lifetime warranty.

The next important purchase will be a fly rod reel. Reels can vary in price from a few dollars to hundreds of dollars. Choose a reel that is balanced in weight with your entire fishing outfit. Reels that are too heavy can cause serious fatigue at the end of the day. Lighter reels are more expensive, but you should be able to get a decent real between $30 and $100.

After that, all you need are some of the basics such as a tippet, some light leaders, and a variety of flies. Now, you are all prepared to begin your career as a fly fisherman. Later, after you have learned the art of fly fishing you can venture into fly tying. Fly tying in itself is a wonderful hobby that will complement your fly fishing experience.

Tying your own flies will allow you to choose the perfect fly at every lakeside or river location. You will simply need to observe what type of flies or insects the fish are biting on and then tie a similar type of bait. It will add a whole new dimension to your fly fishing adventure.

During each fishing trek, I discover some new information. It might be something that I get from a kindred fly fisher, something that I gain from committing an error, or it may be that a light all of a sudden goes on, and I understand that I have to begin doing something new or distinctive.

Of late, I have been keeping a scratch pad with me and jotted down things as they happen or as I consider them. Here are a couple of them:

Foam Is Your Companion

In law enforcement and in business, the key expression is “Always follow the money” – in fly fishing the expression ought to be “Always follow the foam”. The foam line will let you know two critical things: the first thing it lets you know is the place the fundamental ebb and flow creases or stream lines are.

Just in case the stream of the water is moving the foam along, you can be damn certain it is likewise moving food stuff along. We have a little jingle about where to fish: “Fish the edges, the edges and the foam by the stone”.

A Bit Of Floatant Is Everything You Need

Ideally, a one atom layer would be simply right. An old resigned histology teacher I knew verged on the ideal world. He disintegrated medicinal evaluation paraffin in toluene and kept it in a little jug. He would dunk his fly in the container and after that hold it noticeable all around for the toluene to vanish. His flies would buoy like stoppers as a result of a smaller scale layer of wax.

My experience is that the vast majority of us put much more floatant on than we require. Truth be told, we may overcome our motivation by including so much we keep our flies from riding appropriately on the water.

Try Not To Become Hopelessly Enamored With The Float

This propensity runs as an inseparable unit with the long cast inclination and is fairly pervasive in the individuals who regularly angle in crowed areas or have a particular beat to angle. When you have asserted your domain, you’re throwing length and float characterizes the limit. Long floats unavoidably begin with throwing more distant than required and wind up in line management issues. Under most dry fly circumstance keep your float to around six to eight feet long.

My general guideline is that my float ought to just be as long as I can shoot the line forward on my cast. Now and again I may let my float so long as I require one false cast to recover my fly where I need it. Be that as it may, I attempt to keep away from those circumstances by discovering a superior throwing position.

Short Floats Are Better

After these shorter floats, make two or three strides forward and begin the procedure once again. You will cover the same amount of water however your line management ought to be considerably less of an issue.

Keep Your Fly Dressed

There are truly two or three diverse yet related issues here. Verify after every fish you catch or miss that you pause a minute to “chip away at your fly”. Verify whether the wing(s) have turned out of position or the plumage is harmed. You’ll be shocked how regularly that happens.

Get Your Fly Dry

I’m somewhat of a clumsy person, so it doesn’t take me long to lose/dump/and so on, either drying precious stones or an Amadou drying cushion. In the event that you can stay informed concerning either, utilize one or the other after every fish, or you can do what I do and essentially blow on the fly and smudge it on your shirt sleeve.