Fly Fishing for Beginners
The idea behind this piece is to assist the beginner fly fishing. The terms used and the basic methods used in fly fishing may be unknown to the beginner at fly fishing, so we will commence from the very beginning. Therefore, if you are a beginner fly fishing person, please read on in order to become acquainted with fly fishing.
The instruments required for fly fishing are generally called tackle, but if you want to be more specific about the type of things you need, you can add the words "fly fishing". So, we use the phrase: "fly fishing tackle". Fly fishing tackle, or gear, fundamentally comprises 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.
To be able to cast the fly as far as wanted from the angler, the line needs to be a bit heavier than the other types of fishing line, because a weight is used in other kinds of fishing to get the same result. Also, the artificial flies are available in all sorts of shapes, sizes and colours to reflect real, live flies, depending on the sort of fish the angler wants 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 taken 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 select a definite kind of artificial fly that will look like the insects inhabiting the area where your desired type of fish live. Therefore, a kind of fly used in one area of the country may not be as successful as you'd think in another.
However, there are classifications of flies too, although they fall into two basic general categories, which are known as 'attractive' and 'imitative'. The imitative artificial flies look like real insects, while the attractive lures only rely on colour or the twinkling of sunlight in order to lure fish without necessarily resembling|looking like] the fish's natural diet.
These classifications then further sub-divide artificial fly fishing lures into: a] dry (imitating grasshoppers, dragonflies, etc. which float on or near the surface of the water); b] sub-surface (looking like larvae, pupae) and c] wet (looking like leeches and minnows or other tiddlers).
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 carry the artificial lure to that part of the water where the fish are schooling, probably at some distance from the bank. The line is often camouflaged and hollow like electrical wire coating, so that it will float.
However, non-fly fishing depends instead on the attached weight, often made of lead previously, to draw the line off the reel and carry it on to the correct spot, where the weight will also take the bait or lure down to the feeding fish.
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