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Fishing nymph flies on floating fly line?

I heard it before but forgot… What can I attach to my floating fly line to make my flies sink?

What's the thing that adds more weight. Say if I want to drop a fly down 8 ft?

Also, what is the technique called where you have a dry fly then tied onto that a trailing wet fly?

Thanks!

Second question first; the second fly is referred to as the dropper and the first fly, the point fly, is used as an indicator.
With reference to the first question; if your intent is to turn your floating line into a temporary sink tip line, the easiest way to achieve that is to use a very fast or extra fast sinking poly leader, it probably won't get you as deep in current but it should do and they are readily available from any well stocked fly shop. I do know that Cabela's carries them. An alternative is to acquire a length of Cortland LC 13 lead core line. Cut a length of it off and put a loop in each end and you are good to go, attach one end of it to your fly line and a three to six foot leader to the other end. Start with three foot length of the LC13 and work your up from there and remember to open your casting loops up if you don't want it to get ugly. As an aside the 13 refers to the weight of the line in grains/foot. The best solution of all though is to get either a full sinking line or a sink tip.

Recreational Fly Fishing

Fish eat bugs, plain and simple. So why not try to catch a fish by mimicking a bug? Thats what fly fishermen have been doing for centuries. Fly fishing began as a method to catch salmonids, which include mostly salmon and trout. Today fishermen use this method to attract a variety of fish ranging from carp to saltwater fish off the coast of Caribbean islands.

Fly fishing differs from traditional lure fishing in a couple of different ways. First of all, the fly fisherman has a longer, lighter rod and a heavier line. The fly fisherman will use his lines weight to cast his incredibly light weight bait: a hand tied fly, whereas lure fisherman will use the weight of their bait to cast their line.

The fly fisherman will aim to mimic a live bug by slapping their line against the water, causing a commotion on the top of the water and hopefully attracting fish to their realistically made flies. The flies come in a variety of colors and styles, ranging from felt and feather construction designs that look like frogs, minnows, and even shrimp. Additionally, flies come in two varieties: dry and wet. The dry fly, like it states, floats on top of the water and does not tip below the waters surface, while the wet fly will find itself submerged underwater thanks to the fishermens drastic cast.

Fly fishing is a genuine art. It takes time, practice, and skill to make the task look both doable and easy. A fly fisherman will start with his rod in front of him. He will hold a length of string in his free hand, and then swing the road behind him, directly to an angle behind his head. Then he will swing the rod forward to an approximate 45 degree angle, allowing the free line to move forward and slap against the water. As stated before, he hopes that this disturbance will mimic that of a bug on the waters surface and draw his food to his line.

Fly fishermen have a variety of methods and terms for casting. Different types of casts are used for different reasons. For example, a fly fisherman may want to use a false cast to draw a different kind of lazy fish to them.

The right kind of fly will also make a difference to a fisherman. Some fisherman scratch their creative itch by creating their own flies while others rely on the experts to tie them the best kind of fish, egg, worm, or mouse for their fly.

Regardless of how they cast or what they use for a fly or even where they fish, every fly fisherman will cite the incredible benefits of fly fishing with relaxation topping out the list.

Yuki Shoji
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what is the best fly line to get to get started for steelhead fly fishing?

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Beginner Fly Fishing Techniques, Casting the Fly

I was put off of fly fishing for years simply because I thought it would be too hard to learn. There is so much hype about casting a fly with a fly rod, different actions and movements that it all sounds too complicated for the poor beginner. Well the art of casting a fly is in truth really quite simple, and with a few beginner fly fishing techniques just about anyone can do it.

With fly fishing your aim is to cast your fly and have it land naturally on the water so that it attracts fish. The main problem with this is that you have no weight on the end of your line to propel it to where you want it to go. Instead you are using a heavy main line with a short piece of very light line attached, onto which you tie your fly.

This means that you use the weight of the line itself to make the cast, and this involves letting out line a little at a time, then casting it behind you, casting it forwards, letting out more line, casting behind, bringing it forwards and so on. This is called false casting and allows you to build up the cast until enough line is let out to land the fly where you want it.

With a small amount of practise this will get easier and easier. Start off small by trying out your casting on an area of clear grass, in a field or a large garden, there is no need to use a fly or hook at this point as it could become snagged or injure someone.

(1)Let out about twenty feet of line in front of you, stand nice and loose and point the rod in front of you so that the rod and line form a continuous straight line.

(2)Hold the rod with your thumb resting on the top of the handle. During the cast you will only be moving your wrist and forearm and not your shoulder.

(3)Trap the line coming from the reel under a finger and raise the rod to about ten o’clock, then flick the rod backwards to pick the line up off the grass, and propel it behind you until it is at one o’clock

(4)Stop the movement sharply, and your wrist should be pointing straight up with the tip of the rod behind you still at one o’clock.

(5)Now you have to pause slightly to let the line straighten out behind you until you feel a gentle tug (this is when the line is fully extended).

(6)Sweep the rod forward and down, lowering your elbow at the same time. As the line unfurls release the line trapped under your finger.

(7)To increase the length of cast flick the rod back again and while trapping the line under your finger pull a few yards of line off with your other hand, cast the rod forward as before and release the trapped line.

You are now fly fishing. You may be a bit awkward at first, but with a little practice you will look and feel like a professional. These are just your first basic steps to fly fishing, by picking up a few more beginner fly fishing techniques you will soon learn all the secrets and tips of the fly fisherman.

mike legg
http://www.articlesbase.com/hobbies-articles/beginner-fly-fishing-techniques-casting-the-fly-321701.html

Can you use normal fishing line as backing for your fly fishing pole? please name helpful hints on fly fishing

help on the question and give tips for fly fishing stocked trout, and any other help a new fly fisherman mignt need

Mono and flyline backing are of different diameter, and flyline backing is usually dacron. I would spend the extra couple of dollars and get the dacron backing. Here's why:

When mono stays "fixed" on a spool for an extended period of time it will develop a memory (i.e. coils) and will not retain its breaking stregnth.

Another reason to go with the dacron backing is that you are not going to get a smooth transition from your flyline to your backing with mono. When that fish of a lifetime hits do you really want to chance a clunky knot trying to slither through your snake guides ? Add that to the fact fly rod guides aren't really made for mono and you could risk damaging them.

To me, it's just not worth trying to save a couple of dollars.

If you are new to fly fishing, some of the "must have" flies are as follows:

1) Adams dry (Mayfly imitation)
2) Henryville Special (Cddis imitation)
3) Black beadhead Wooly Booger
4) Pheasant-tail Nymph

Arm yourself with these flys and you'll catch stocked trout.

Fish the Henryville and the Adams casting upstream and across using a 9 ft tapered leader to 5x tippet, when the fly starts to "drag", lift and cast again.

Fish the Wooly Booger and the Pheasant Tail casting down and across and swinnging them in the current.
Retrieve the Booger using moderate fast strips of the line and retrieve the Pheasant tail very slowly.

Tips on Fly Fishing

There are thousands of live-bait anglers, who are excellent sportsmen, but the fly fisherman can practice better conservation from the beginning.

Basically, fly fishing is not only one of the fastest growing sports; it is one of the foremost forms of conserving natural resources as well as providing aquatic recreation.

Fly fishing is, very simple when three things are right: you must have a suitable rod; you must get a line to match it; and you must learn correct casting technique.

For people who wish to know some tips on fly fishing, here is a list of some pointers that could help anglers harness their fly fishing skills:

1. Material of the rod

For one of moderate means, and especially for the beginners, hollow glass is advised since it will require less care than bamboo and will not take a set if improperly handled or stored.

2. Line

Your fly casting skill will not progress with a mismatched rod and line. About 99 times in 100, the troubled fly caster has a line much too light to bring out the action of his rod.

That is why it is important to know that on any given rod, the fly fisherman should use the same size line for anything from small trout and bluegills up to the largest sea fish.

In choosing the size line, anglers should get a C level, an HCH double-taper, or a GBF three-diameter. This choice is based on the fact that a high percentage of fly rods bought nowadays are hollow glass, and that a great majority of these works best with lines of those sizes, almost regardless of lengths or weights.

3. The correct casting technique

In casting, it is important to get about 20 feet of line out front. Anglers should always remember to cast a straight line. Avoid jerky movements even if it is on a faster mode in order to do so.

Best of all, the angler should be relaxed because taunt muscles will ruin his casting.

Boiled down, there should be no reason why you should not learn the fundamental principles just as easily as those who now enjoy fly fishing.

Probably, the best and surest way to learn to cast successfully is to spend a day on the stream with some fisherman who is a competent caster.

Lessons learned on the stream are the best tips you can acquire anywhere in your quest for learning fly fishing.

Nicky Pilkington
http://www.articlesbase.com/sports-and-fitness-articles/tips-on-fly-fishing-10110.html

What is the best method and fly for fishing trout with a fly rod?

Im going fly fishing in two weeks and want to know which fly will work best for catching trout

The best method in my opinion would be nymphing. I've caught most of my trout nymphing. Just read this website, it can explain it better than I can. http://www.flyfishingjournal.com/archives/fa199809.htm The best overall fly in the would is without a doubt in my opinion and most other fly fishers the woolly bugger, Where I come from olive in size 8 or 10 is the most popular. As far as selecting which nymphs to use and which sizes to use, I can't really tell you that because I've probably never fished the river you'll be fishing so try to look it up on the Internet or talk to someone who knows.

in fly fishing, what is the significance in matching the weight of the fly line to the weight of the fly rod?

and what resultant difficulties would arise if the wrong weight fly line (either too heavy or too light) was matched with the wrong weight fly rod?

It is the weight of the line resisting the rod during the backcast that forces the rod to “load” energy for the forward cast. Too little weight (i.e., too light of a line) will fail to load the rod properly. Excessive weight will overload the road beyond its limits.

Really, you can figure this out on your own by using just one line (preferably the line the rod is rated for). Line “weights” are assigned according to the weight in grains of the first 30 feet of line. Casting a shorter length of that same line will underload the road, giving a similar feeling to casting a lighter line. Drastically exceeding that length will overload the rod.

Unfortunately (or maybe fortunately…) there are no real standards in place, other than the traditional rating system. Rod makers today have made their rods appear powerful to the uninitiated by simply underrating them; that is, it is common for a 5-weight rod today to effectively be a 6 or 7-weight under the old standard. The newbie strings up the rod and fires cast after cast with ease with the overly powerful rod. This just adds to the confusion.

With time, you can tell when a particular line weight lacks the resistance to bring life and power into the rod, or when the line is so heavy that it strains the rod to the point that it can no longer carry the line in the air.

As far as difficulties….

With too heavy a line, the rod will lack the stored power to fully straighten the line. It will typically fall upon itself, making a mess. Headwinds/crosswinds will further exaggerate this.

With too light a line, the rod won’t be as efficient at delivering the fly. It won’t translate a “feel” to the caster, he himself whom feels somewhat disattached to the casting. It will just feel different.

The “too” heavy/light is relative, though. A more accomplished and skilled caster will have a greater ability to make a rod work well when it is over- or underloaded.

Like so many other things about fishing, it’s:

10% science
10% technique
80% opinion

Things To Know About Fly Fishing!

Fly fishing is one of those sports where you get out what you put in.
If you put in a genuine effort you will get lots of fun and excitement from the sport.
Anyone who takes up fly fishing must have patience, be willing to practice their cast and be willing to learn about their chosen sport.

You must be willing to learn new ideas and practice them, but not keep switching from one to another. Anyone doing this will not perfect anything, always changing one idea for another and not allowing to get anything right. The ones with knowledge about their tackle, the place they are fishing at and the fish they are trying to catch will have much more success than those who just turn up not knowing anything of what they are trying to do.

There are more than 10,000 different types of flies and to find the best one for the job can be trial and error. As a rule you use bright flies on a sunny day and dark coloured flies on a cloudy or overcast day.

The green butt skunk fly is mainly black with a bright green piece of yarn, these flies are used a lot for Salmon but also used around the world with good effect.

The jock scott is one of the best flies for most seasons and waters. This delicate fishing fly can take hours to make with lots of different materials involved.

The thunder and lightening is a deep orange, gold, brown and black, perfect for cloudy or dark days and cloudy waters. This is one of the most popular fishing flies for catching salmon today. These are just a few of the most popular fishing flies used but you do not have to stick with these, if you find a fly that works for you then great.

Dry fly fishing is when you cast your fly to a predetermined spot on the water and try to get the fish to attack the fly, but also trying to strike before the fish spits the fly back out.
Wet fly fishing lets the fly sink just under the surface and pass by the fish causing the fish to strike at the fly. The most common fish to catch with a fly are salmon, trout and most fresh water fish.

Below are some of the terms associated with fly fishing which may help you understand?
Pool an area of water where it is fast flowing and entering a deeper pool of water.
It offers good prospects of a variety of fish in the area where the water flows in.

Riffle an area where the fast flowing water is broken up by some solid object in the water, the area just behind the object in the water is often good as insects will settle here and so will the fish.

Dead water is as the name implies, very still with no current and not usually a good place to fish.

Some of the other places to find fish is where there is a shady area or vegetation growing out of the water.

jeff ryall
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how do you get that "no-knot eye-let" into the end of fly fishing line?

we've tried heating the line and the eyelet but just can't get the eyelet into the end of the line.

There should be a sleeve in the packege. you cut off a peice about an inch long. You take have of the cutt off piece of the sleeve and slide on the fly line. take the other half and slide the no-not in there. Use a lighter and heat so it shrinks. Yoiu may have to heat and then let it cool and repeat.