Fly Fishing, The Top 10 Myths

By Kusnan

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You’ll be introduced to fly fishing in an entirely different way. Fly fishing is no longer considered difficult to learn or expensive to participate in. Learning to fly fish is an excellent way to utilize all of the natural resources that are available to everyone — world-wide. Oceans, streams, lakes, bays and estuary’s literally teem with game fish, and are easily accessible .

Here’s the list of myths:

1. Fly Fishing is difficult

Catch a few pan-fish, learn to land fish – now you’re ready for the stream, ocean or wherever you’d like to fly fish!

2. Fly Fishing is expensive

Fly fishing can be expensive if you spend a lot of your hard earned mullah on premier, top of the line (dare say – overpriced?) fly gear. There are some great deals on beginner fly fishing outfits — don’t let the word “beginner” scare you away. Some fly rod outfits even come complete with a protective rod & reel traveling case!

3. You can only Fly Fish for Trout

4. Fly Fishing has to be done in Exotic Locations

5.You won’t need a PhD in any subject to succeed in fly fishing! You might think so after conversing with some fly fishers. Yes, here are times that fish are selective (won’t take the fly you’re fishing) — but in most cases you can dupe them with a selection of about two or three flies properly fished.

6. You have to be an Olympic Athlete to Fly Fish

7. You can’t learn to Fly Fish on your own

Guides, fly shops, fly fishing schools and the like will try to convince you that you’ll need those expensive lessons to get started. There are so many great resources for the beginner fly fisher — just read a little, online or off, and get out on the water and fly fish!

8. Fly Fishing is all about imitating fish food with a hand-made “fly”, often constructed of fur and feathers, but can also be constructed from man-made materials. The key here is imitating the natural food of the species of fish your are fly fishing for. For instance, saltwater species often feed on small minnows — and saltwater “flies” often imitate small fish or minnows.

9. Here’s the thing about fly casting: You are not casting any weight at the end of the line as with a spin rod. You are casting the fly line itself. Just imagine now that the stick is your fly rod, and the apple is actually your fly line. Fly casting is much the same as the analogy: your forward cast will start, just as when you swung the stick, and then stop abruptly to allow the fly line to hurl forward.

10. You have to cast really far to catch fish

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