Wednesday, 30 May 2012

Fly Fishing

By Andy Craven


From time long ago people have been fishing to find food. In more modern times it became a sport and like most sports we improved and improved until now Fly fishing takes great skill if you want to be the best.

There are many forms of fishing but fly fishing stands alone for many reasons. Firstly, they use baits and lures to entice a fish but in fly fishing you will need to imitate the action of a real fly to be any good. For that reason we use longer lines, which allows us to imitate the movement of a real fly.

As it is with bait so it is with the way you cast. When coarse fishing you cast and allow the bait to rest on the bottom or dangle on the end of a floating line but when fly fishing you cast and then pull the line back a number of times so as to make it look like a real fly as it moves across the water.

It has to be said that all types of fishing offer great rewards and satisfaction but fly fishing seems somehow closer to nature.

While other forms of fishing use man made materials your seasoned fly fisherman will use only natural materials. They do this as they say a fish is more likely to take it from something made naturally. That's part of the attraction to fly fishing.

Of course with other forms of fishing you can simply visit your local pond or river but when fly fishing you will get the best results by traveling to the place where fish such as walleye, bass and trout live. Then it is your job to fool the fish in to believing your fly is real!

You can go all over the World fly fishing. Russia, Mexico and South America, for instance and let's not forget Alaska or Canada. Now, you have to agree that when it comes to an adventure that beats a quick visit to your local pond!

As Chess is often said to be "The King of Sports" it is also often said that fly fishing could make the same boast. Try it, you'll fall in love, hook, line and fly! Corny, I know! I'm an angler not a comedian!




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