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Tying Fly Fishing Flies, The FRANKENSTEIN FLY

You can buy flies for fly fishing, but you'll want to tie your own at some point. Maybe one of your first flies will be the Frankenstein Fly.

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Fly Fishing? Catch and Release Yourself

If you become a fly fishing fanatic, you will inevitably hook yourself one day. Of course, this has never happened to me, but my "friends" have done it repeatedly. Being a thoughtful and observant person, I've seen how they go about unhooking themselves from a fly. Again, this is never happened to me. Ever. No, I won't take a lie detector test. Click here to read the full article.

Fly Fishing For Fun

Fly fishing is very different than fishing with a lure or worm type baits. The fly fisherman uses an artificial fly consisting of bits of feather, foam, hide, fur, yarn, and other materials tied to a hook that make it appealing to the type of fish you are trying to entice. Every fly fisherman has his own type of flies he like to use. Some purchase them, but then some of us like to tie our own. Fly tying is kind of an art, with basic training which most people can learn over a short period of time. Click here to read the full article.

About Buying Fly Fishing Flies Online

For many fly-fisherman, fly-tying is a serious hobby. Not only is fly-tying economical, it is enjoyable. Nothing beats the thrill of mastering a new fly pattern, or creating specialized flies for your own unique fly fishing situations. Also, you just can't underestimate the sense of adventure which accompanies the fly-fisher on the prowl for the perfect materials. Whether you are browsing your local fly shop, ransacking a craft store, or even salvaging road kill. (Yes, I'm serious!) Click here to read the full article.

4 Critical Fly Fishing Tips

Obviously, the goal when casting a fly is to present the fly to the fish in the most realistic manner you can. You are trying to simulate nature here. If you are going for trout in a stream, for instance, this means a drag-free float of 36 inches over a precise spot that marks the 'window' of a feeding fish. You can do it. Click here to read the full article.

De-Mystifying Fly Fishing

I remember the first time I ever saw someone fly fishing. I think I was five years old. My father, my sister and I had backpacked into a remote alpine lake. My trusty Zebco with the closed-face, pushbutton casting reel, cork bobber and jar of Puatzke's, among the gear I the just couldn't live without. Positioned on a log vigilently eyeing my bobber for movement, a one-man raft paddled past, and in no time the occupant was making wild movements with the longest fishing pole ever. Mesmerized, I watched his graceful movements like he was a black-belt martial arts expert. When my father came to check on me and I asked about him, my dad said he was fly fishing. Soon a couple of other fishermen gathered to discuss this exotic art. All agreed it was a superior art form requiring more time than any one of us had to learn, let alone master. I tried to study my bobber with earnest after that, but it never seemed to hold the same pull it once had. Click here to read the full article.