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The Place to Start: Fly Fishing Basics
from: Maxx Sports GuidesWhether you're learning to drive a car or paint a house, when you take on a project, there's always a few basics you need to learn. For instance, when you learned how to drive, you had to know how to start the car, which peddle makes it move forward, and most important, which peddle stops it.
If you're painting a house, you'll need to know enough not to glop your brush up with a lot of paint, while not being too conservative on the amount of paint used, either. Techniques, tools, and how to use them to accomplish your goal is important when taking on any task and it's no different with fly fishing.
Some have the misconception that fishing is as simple as tying a hook to one end of a shoestring, and attaching the other end to a stick, then dropping it into the water and waiting. It worked for Huck Finn, so it should work for eveyone else, right? Not exactly. Learning fly fishing basics are very important. When you start to understand some of the basics of fly fishing, it will help you to simply accomplish catching some fish and also give you a foundation to continue to learn, and make you a better fisherman over all.
For instance, one fly fishing basic is the idea that you're imitating the natural pattern of a fly on the water. Perhaps a fly that just landed is jumping from spot to spot, or one that got caught in the movement of the stream. If you just drop your line in with a fly, the fish won't buy that it's real and they won't bite. You won't catch your fish and will likely get frustrated with the whole sport because you neglected to learn some basics about fly fishing.
Learning fly fishing basics isn't difficult or tedious. People often avoid it because they think it's going to be boring, or difficult or even expensive to get instructions or help. The truth is, it can be fun to take a buddy, or hire a guide and head of for a day fun and fly fishing basics 101.
If this sounds too expensive, or too much work, you can get tapes, DVD's, or how to guides at local camping and tackle shops. If this isn't simple or cheap enough for you, check out the internet and find endless free websites devoted to teaching fly fishing basics.
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