02-07-2014, 03:55 PM
No surprise but I have been fly fishing the majority of my life. I guess when I was young and grew up with the snake river as a back yard, I was learning Tenkara with the bamboo stick, and string.
I don't venture out to other forms but concentrate totally on Fly Fishing. Anything that needs to be caught I generally can. And I will admit, because I focus on FF, I am good at it.
Anyone can chuck bait out and catch a fish. FF is picking the right fly, the right line the right length in leader and the right presentation, the right strip and mend. It demands time spent learning.
You can mimic bait fishing with fly gear however and that is done all the time when trolling. But to see a rise and be able to drop the tiniest of flies in the the right spot to evoke a strike, that is fly fishing.
With this being said, I am sure many go in thinking it will be easy to be disappointed and give up.
I do hit ponds on occasion and I see all the time. The notice a Fly Fisher catching fish and making it look easy, so they run to their car and get there gear. The line on these budget set ups is terrible by the way and could turn anyone off the art. I watch them struggle and give up. I have helped a few and even let them try my gear.
So many things involved with this style, not to mention money, I can't afford to fish any other style[laugh]
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I don't venture out to other forms but concentrate totally on Fly Fishing. Anything that needs to be caught I generally can. And I will admit, because I focus on FF, I am good at it.
Anyone can chuck bait out and catch a fish. FF is picking the right fly, the right line the right length in leader and the right presentation, the right strip and mend. It demands time spent learning.
You can mimic bait fishing with fly gear however and that is done all the time when trolling. But to see a rise and be able to drop the tiniest of flies in the the right spot to evoke a strike, that is fly fishing.
With this being said, I am sure many go in thinking it will be easy to be disappointed and give up.
I do hit ponds on occasion and I see all the time. The notice a Fly Fisher catching fish and making it look easy, so they run to their car and get there gear. The line on these budget set ups is terrible by the way and could turn anyone off the art. I watch them struggle and give up. I have helped a few and even let them try my gear.
So many things involved with this style, not to mention money, I can't afford to fish any other style[laugh]
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