05-19-2018, 02:08 AM
Get the book.
From it you will learn the major aquatic insects, their life cycles and how to tell which from which. Along with that you will learn about terrestrial, (land based insects), the tiny insects we generally refer to as midges and which fly is to imitate which bug.
You will learn a wet fly from a dry fly, when to fish which.
How to build a tapered leader...for dry fly fishing that gently sets a fly on still water and how to make a stiff butt leader that will roll over a big hopper pattern or weighted nymph in the wind.
You will learn the rules of 3, how to determine which X tippet to use with which size fly so they work together.
How to pause during the casting stroke to allow the rod to load without letting the line settle down behind you. How to "roll cast" so you can stand with your back against the brush and still cast...
Flies? That's a whole nother world...the world of insects mostly and how to imitate them, then comes tying your own flies, the joyous way bad weather is spent winding feathers, yarn and hair onto hooks to use next year, or tomorrow if you brought home some samples taken from the water that day.
The community ponds are great if they have bluegills and they don't seem to be able to tell a dry fly from a wet fly either. There is also the Cottonwoods, Mill Creek and City creek to hit close in for some moving water practice.
PM me if I can be of assistance.
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From it you will learn the major aquatic insects, their life cycles and how to tell which from which. Along with that you will learn about terrestrial, (land based insects), the tiny insects we generally refer to as midges and which fly is to imitate which bug.
You will learn a wet fly from a dry fly, when to fish which.
How to build a tapered leader...for dry fly fishing that gently sets a fly on still water and how to make a stiff butt leader that will roll over a big hopper pattern or weighted nymph in the wind.
You will learn the rules of 3, how to determine which X tippet to use with which size fly so they work together.
How to pause during the casting stroke to allow the rod to load without letting the line settle down behind you. How to "roll cast" so you can stand with your back against the brush and still cast...
Flies? That's a whole nother world...the world of insects mostly and how to imitate them, then comes tying your own flies, the joyous way bad weather is spent winding feathers, yarn and hair onto hooks to use next year, or tomorrow if you brought home some samples taken from the water that day.
The community ponds are great if they have bluegills and they don't seem to be able to tell a dry fly from a wet fly either. There is also the Cottonwoods, Mill Creek and City creek to hit close in for some moving water practice.
PM me if I can be of assistance.
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