Fly Fishing

The instruments needed in fly fishing are also called tackle, only that when you want to be as specific as possible about the type of tools you need you add the word fly; so there you have fly tackle. The structure consists of the artificial flies, the fly rod which throws the flies and the fly line. In order to be able to throw the fly as far as possible the line needs to be a bit heavier than other types of lines. Also the artificial flies come in all sorts of shapes, sizes and colors depending on the type of fish intended to be caught.

Generally speaking the artificial lure for fly fishing is made of hair, feathers, fur and other materials that will render the desired aspect of the insect or creature supposedly used as bait for fish. Each fishing location requires that you choose a certain type of artificial fly that will look like insects living in the area where your desired types of fish inhabit. So, a certain type of fly used in one part of the country or region may not be as successful as you think in another.

Another classification of flies is that which splits them into attractive and imitative. The imitative artificial lures look like real insects while the attractive ones simply resort to color or reflection of light in order to attract fish without necessarily looking like fish prey. And yet another classification splits the fly fishing artificial lures into dry (imitating grasshoppers, dragonflies, etc. which float on water), sub-surface (looking like larvae, pupae) and wet (imitating leeches and minnows).

The difference between fly fishing and non-fly fishing is that the former depends a great deal on the weight of the line which is cast in order to get the artificial lure to that part of the water where your fish are located, probably at a farther distance from the shore or bank. The latter, non-fly fishing, rather relies on the weight of the lure; as the weight of the lure pulls the line down from the reel, the fly reaches the depths where fish hide or stay.

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