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The purpose of this piece is to help the beginner fly fishing. The terminology and the basic methods used in fly fishing may be unknown to the beginner at fly fishing, so we will commence from the very beginning. So, if you are a beginner fly fishing person, please read on in order to become acquainted with fly fishing.

The things needed for fly fishing are usually known as tackle, but if you want to be more accurate about the type of instruments you need, you can add the words “fly fishing”. So, you get the phrase: “fly fishing tackle”. Fly fishing gear basically consists of artificial flies, a fly rod, a fly reel and fly line. The set-up is: the fly is attached to the line, which is wound around the reel, which is attached to the rod, which is used to cast the bait (the fly).

To make it easier to cast the fly as far as required from the angler, the line has to be a bit weightier than the other kinds of fishing line, as a weight is used in other kinds of fishing to get the same effect. Also, the artificial flies are made in all sorts of shapes, sizes and colours to reflect real, live flies, depending on the sort of fish the angler wants to catch.

In general, an artificial fly is made of hair, plastic, feathers, fabric, fur and many other kinds of material in order to ensure the flies resemble, as closely as possible, the insect or fly most commonly taken by the particular species of fish in that particular month or at that time of the day. This means that each fishing location requires that you choose a definite type of artificial fly that will look like the insects living in the area where your desired species of fish swim. Therefore, a kind of fly employed in one part of the country may not be as successful as you’d expect in another.

However, there are classifications of flies too, although they fall into two basic general categories, which are known as ‘attractive’ and ‘imitative’. The imitative artificial flies look like real insects, while the attractive flies only rely on colour or the twinkling of sunlight in order to lure fish without necessarily looking like the fish’s usual prey.

These classifications then further sub-divide artificial fly fishing lures into: a] dry (looking like grasshoppers, dragonflies, etc. which float on or near the surface of the water); b] sub-surface (resembling larvae, pupae) and c] wet (imitating leeches and minnows or other tiddlers).

The biggest distinguishing feature between fly fishing and non-fly fishing is that fly fishing depends to a great extent on the weight of the line to carry the artificial lure to that section of the water where the fish are swimming, probably at some distance from the angler. The line is often green and hollow like electrical wire coating, so that it will float.

Non-fly fishing relies rather on the attached weight, usually made of lead, to draw the line off the reel and carry it forward to the right spot, where the weight will also take the bait or lure down to the feeding fish.

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