Fly Fishing Tips
Fly fishing is a relaxing and entertaining sport. However, if you are new to the sport you may be looking for a fly fishing tip or two. You may have looked to a fly fishing video to find a fly fishing tip for your specific need. Even so, you may want a few more fly fishing tips to browse before you depart on your first fly fishing trip.
Fly Fishing Tip Number One: Cast Into The Wind
Casting into the wind can be a difficult task to master. However, if you learn how to do this, you will be able to catch fish when others are simply blown off of the water. Here is a fly fishing tip on how to do this. If the wind is blowing in your face, many people end up driving the fly rod tip down to generate more energy and line speed. Do not do this because all you are doing is widening the fly casting arc, which means a wider open loop that the wind will blow back in your face.
What you should do is put more force into the cast and focus on having a tighter loop that will slice through the wind easier than a wider loop. Make sure that the angle of your loop is making it inches above the water instead of the usual feet above. That way the wind will not have enough time to blow it off of where you want it to go. Do this by rotating your arm ever so slightly at the shoulder, making your elbow move back and up just a little bit.
Fly Fishing Tip Number Two: Lubricate Your Knots
The fly fishing knot is crucial to fly fishing. Without a properly tied knot, you will simply lose your fish. However, if you lubricate your knot before you seat it, your knot will be much stronger. Tighten the knot just enough so it will not unravel on its own. Then lubricate the knot by dipping it into the water or with a little bit of saliva. Wrap the line around your fingers a few times and pull continuously and steadily until you feel the line stop stretching. Voila! You now have a perfectly tied, and perfectly tight, fly fishing knot.
Fly Fishing Tip Number Three: Wear A Wading Belt
While the first two tips will improve your fly fishing, this third fly fishing tip may save your life. People die every year fly fishing when they slip and fall or get pulled into deeper waters and do not have a wading belt. This belt will prevent water from getting into your waders and dragging you down. So before you head out, make sure that you have belted your waders with a wading belt.
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Learning The Basics Of Fly Fishing
Some things you can easily learn on your own. It is easy to teach yourself how to bake a cake or even play some instruments. It may be a simple task to read a book and understand how to paint a wall or trim your hedges. However, there are many things that you cannot learn on your own. It is not easy for the average person to teach him or herself how to rock climb. Playing complex instruments may require lessons. You may need to learn the basics of building before you decide to build yourself a shed. Fly fishing is one of these things. It may look simple, but it is important that you learn fly fishing basics before you head out into the water. If you do not, you will wind up coming home at the end of the day wet, aggravated, and without any fish.
Do Your Research
The first part of learning fly fishing basics is to do your reading. Research fly fishing basics on the internet and at your local library. There are many different magazines devoted solely to fly fishing and fly fishing basics—subscribe to one and read it regularly. Fly fishing is much like other sports. While the “rules” for fly fishing are not rules that will get you disqualified or make you lose points like in other sports, these rules will help you to fish better and catch more fish. Learning fly fishing basics means learning these “rules.”
Get A Mentor
You cannot learn all of the fly fishing basics by researching and reading. You must actually get in the water and do in order to learn fly fishing basics in their entirety. The easiest way to do this when you are still a novice fly fisher is to get a mentor. Find someone who fly fishes and who has been fly fishing for quite some time. This person can help you learn fly fishing basics and may even have a fly fishing tip or two to share with you. You will learn the most invaluable information about fly fishing from someone who has actually been fly fishing for many years. If you do not know anyone who fly fishes, look for local meetings in your area for fly fishermen or ask around at your local bait shop. If there is a place to fly fish in your community or neighborhood, chances are that others are doing it besides you!
If you know the fly fishing basics through research and know how to implement them through learning first hand, you should be a pro fly fisher in no time! Who knows, in a few months you may have someone asking you to be their mentor in learning fly fishing basics!
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