Fishing Q&A

Fly Fishing?

what Is It?

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1. Artificial bug(fly) that's cast with a fly rod and fly(floating) line. There are wet flys(sink) and dry flies that float on top of the water. They are jerked slightly to resemble the movements of an alive bug(fly).
2. Its fishing with an artificial instead of a lure or bait, its often made with a natural fibers, types of fly you can get are dries, nymphs and wets, they represent the each specie of fly that trout feed on through their lives, examples are the daddy long legs, there are the dries to represent them on the final hatching stage, nymphs as they become active and rise through the water column off the lake bed, you need a light but powerful rod to cast the flies, they range from 1wt to 12wt and all have different actions, the fly line casts the fly out not the fly as i has little-to no weight in it, casting technique and action of rod helps the fly reach its desired location, the most common rod is a 6wt and with a middle to tip action, for rivers etc a tip action rod i very good, makes such as sage, redington, orvis, st.croix are popular brands in fly fishing along with simms, fishpond and airflo. More info on flies etc here http://www.virtualflybox.com/ http://www.sexyloops.com/index.shtml (don't let the name put you off it is fly fishing) Also try http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fly_fishing http://www.flyanglersonline.com/
3. Most fishing with artificial lures is done with spinning rods & reels. When you whip the rod, the weight of the lure carries it to the spot you want it to land. Flying began in Scotland and fishing for trout. Unlike most sport fish, trout feed a great deal on "flies" which hatch out in great numbers & settle on the water surface. Trout eat enormous numbers of these. To fish for trout, therefore, you must use an artificial lure made of fine thread & feathers wound on a hook. These weigh almost nothing. How do you get it out onto the water? The answer is to use a heavy line & a long rod. You let out a little line and then whip it forward & back like a whip. As the rod is whipped back, you pull some line off the reel, and as the rod goes forward you release your grip on the line and that line slips out of the rod. On the next forward whip, more line goes out. After a couple of whips back & forth you can be whipping as much as 20 to 40 ft of line - which you then let settle on the surface of the water. You usually attach 4 to 6 ft of very fine line between the end of the heavy line and the "fly" so that the fly appears to alight on the water all by itself. The action of whipping out line is fun and the fly can be very accurately placed. Another fun is seeing the fish come up and attack the fly on the surface of the water. Bluegill, sunfish and other small fish are also fun to fly-fish for. I usually use what's called a popping bug. It has a cork body and sunfish in a creek, small river or pond just love it.
4. Fly fishing is a very effective method of fishing utilizing artificial representations of aquatic insects, fish and invertebrates that game fish feed on. Its usually done for trout, but can also be done to catch just about any other game fish. A fly rod is designed to cast a special line that uses its weight to carry the flies which often weight next to nothing, and as such coud not be cast with a traditional rod. Insects are the most common flies, but we tie and use flies to imitate baitfish, crawdads, and in saltwater, crabs, shrimp, etc. Flyfishing is a beautiful sport, and if you get into it, you will learn much about nature, the life cycles of the aquatic insects, the food chains and ecosystems that are supported by them. I have been flyfishing for over 25 years and highly recommend it.
5. it s a form of fishing where the weight of the line carrys the bait
6. simular to fish fishing but you catch flies instead