The Art of Fly Fishing

Fly fishing I believe is the best form of fishing, anin the net in the water and given enough time to
art it has been described. Well when you reallyrecover there would be no damage to the fish.
get into the sport, the casting of the line,Do not take it out of the water and man handle
presentation of the fly, playing the fish when it isit, if you have to make sure your hands are wet
hooked, maybe an art form it is.so as not to remove the protective slime on the
The equipment used today for fly fishing is veryfish. If the fish happens to swallow the hook and
technologically advanced, gone are the days ofif there is bleeding then the fish should be
heavy rods and reels. Today's kit is light anddispatched immediately, there is no sense in
strong, carbon-fibre rods and highly engineeredreleasing it for it to die slowly.
reels and slick fly lines. The cost of gear can beThere is a method that is used in fly fishing now
high but there is some very reasonably pricedwhere a bite detector or indicator is used. It is a
stuff around if someone is just starting out.small round colored polystyrene ball or cylindrical
Ive been fly fishing for about 18years now and Ishape which is attached to the fly leader so far
still get a great buzz when I go. I mostly fish forup from the fly. The line is casted out and the
rainbow trout on private lakes which are stockedindicator is fished mostly static or maybe twitched
regularly with fresh fish. They are what are callednow and again to cause some movement of the
put and take fisheries where whatever fish arefly.This can be a very productive method of
caught and kept by the angler they are replacedfishing but personally I'm not in favor of it as I
with fresh ones the following week. Somefeel its float fishing with fly fishing equipment.
fisheries also allow catch and release where fishMy personal favorite form of fly fishing is using
are caught and returned to fight another day bythe dry fly where the fish takes the fly off the
the angler. This is what I prefer.surface or just in the surface film. This can be
There has been some argument and disputereally exciting and spectacular if you can match
whether catch and release should be allowed,thatthe hatch,that is your artificial fly resembles what
is up to the fishery. If the fish is landed, unhookedthe fish are feeding on.