Fishing Frenzy

Why should you fly fish, when you can catch both trout and salmon with spinning gear or live bait, both of which are way easier ways to learn how to fish?

Fly fishing is a much older technique than either of those other fresh water fishing methods and goes back at least 6 centuries. So there is some satisfaction in carrying on this long tradition that needs more skill than other kinds of fresh water fishing. Despite the ancient origins, fly fishing still remains a completely unique and productive way of fishing. In lakes, where bait fish are plentiful, spoons and lures that imitate minnows are sometimes valuable in catching trout. In streams nonetheless , aquatic insects, for example mayflies and caddisflies, make up the bulk of a trout's diet. These common foods of trout can only be copied with synthetic flies and even the tiniest spinning lures are much too large. Additionally, the synthetic flies themselves are too light to be cast by an ordinary spinning rod and reel.

With fly fishing gear any trout food can be imitated, from the synthetic flies that imitate the smallest midge to the steamers that simulate minnows. The best trout fishing on streams occurs during the periodic insect hatches. When rising to a hatch, trout usually ignore all other kinds of food. So fish could be rising all around but without the right lures that will "match the hatch" chances of taking part in the wild action are slight.

While it isn't impossible to catch trout with a spinning lure in a hatch, the odds of catching fish by casting flies are better. In addition many famous trout streams have "flies-only" laws on the entire brook or at the very least on some of the more productive sections. It is terribly annoying to come on a good looking stretch of water with spinning gear only and not being able to fish it due to these rules.

Some anglers are hesitant to try fly fishing as it looks so difficult with its complicated riggings, match the hatch language, chest waders and the repeated two movement casting strokes. It certainly is correct that studying how to fly fish requires time and practice. To become extraordinarily proficient may even take 1 or 2 seasons of fly fishing experience. But it's also correct that after a few practice sessions you can have enough ability to start catching fish, so much of the learning will take place while you are already having a good time on the water.