Thursday, November 5, 2009

How to Fly Fish

By Mitchel Dajon

Fly fishing is a highly rewarding and relaxing hobby. I will try and give you some advice on how to become a better fly fisherman and hopefully you can use this to achieve a better catch rate and become better at fly fishing.

First of all, you need to pause for a few seconds before taking your fly out the river before recasting. On numerous fishing trips I have had a trout swim in and take the fly straight in front of me! I presume the fish has been following my fly back to the river bank and has been crafterly waiting until the last moment to make a move.

Sinkants on your line can be a great benefit and i would suggest you do it. You get the most benefit from this when you are dry fly fishing, this stops your line from lying on the river which in turn makes it easier for the fish to observe.

When taking back the fly, you need to vary the speed at which you take it back. As this will improve the real life appearance of the fly. Some fish may be aggressive to your fly as it is being dragged through the river at a high speed. try doing a little pull.

Alternatively fishing close to the bank can be successful. Trout often swim close to the bank if there are reeds or other plants since these will provide shelter for small fish.

Stooping down can aid you if you are fishing using this technique as some fish have excellent vision, and the likelyhood of scaring your particular fish is higher as those fish can be right next to river side.

Sometimes fish can be nervous and that therefore makes them more difficult to land. When this happens you can make you leader longer in an effort to make it look more natural. Maybe nine foot long would be a particularly good length.

Utilise all of the afore mentioned techniques to get you on your way to becoming a better fly fisher. The objective is to enjoy yourself and land more fish. This will be done a very natural manner. Please enjoy you fishing activity.

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