Fly fishing for beginners

Fly fishing for beginners

Here are 5 things I wish I’d known when I first started fishing the Before I begin, my intention with this video is to have something that new fly fishermen can use for years to come. So, if you’re someone who fishing If you’ve been fly fishing for a while, leave a comment and let people know what you wish you’d known when you first started fly fishing… and then like a few comments that you think are interesting/important.That way, new anglers can read the comments and learn things that go beyond that. video.1. There are 3 types of flies… streamers, dry flies and nymphs. Streamers and wooly buggers can be used exactly as you would for any other species of fish and are easy for beginners to learn. If you have a stimulator, a caddis and an Adams parachute, you’re ready for dry flies (at least in the East). And for the West, it’s always useful to have a Griffith’s gnat.There are a few basic nymphs, the pheasant tail, the hare’s ear, the prince’s nymph and the rainbow warrior, which catch fish all over the world. Fly size is simple: the smaller the number, the bigger the fly. For example, a size 12 fly is much bigger than a size 18 fly, and so on. The most “normal” sizes for flies range from size 12 to size 20, with any number below 12 being very large, and any number above 20 being very small.2. The choice of fly is not that important. Everyone talks about the choice of fly, but that’s only a small part of the equation. For example, if you don’t see any fish coming up, don’t cast a dry fly and don’t expect to spend an unforgettable day on the water. There are exceptions to everything, of course, but in general, if you have the flies I mentioned in the flies section at the beginning of the video, you can catch fish almost anywhere, regardless of what’s hatching and what isn’t.And if you’re struggling and feel like you need to match the hatch, turn over a rock and match your flies to what you see crawling around you, or stand for a second and watch the insects flying around the river.3. Garbage flies aren’t garbage; people just don’t like their efficiency. Garbage flies” are flies like the earthworm, the mop fly, the greenfly or the egg. If you don’t have garbage flies in your box, you’re missing out on some of the best fishing you can do on the water.These flies simply catch fish, and when you know, that’s important. The lesson of section 3 is to have fun and catch fish. There’s no right or wrong way to fly fish, and catching fish as a new fly fisher is the most important thing you need to learn if you’re going to stick with it.4. If you are a beginner, use an indicator mount or a streamer jig. Indicators are just a fancy way of saying bobber, and if you drop a squirmy below an indicator, you’re essentially bobber fishing with a worm.If you drop another fly there, you’re twice as likely to hook. It’s not the coolest way to catch a trout, BUT it’s a good way to catch a few fish and get into the habit of casting, fighting a fish and catching it. fishing streamer fishing is another excellent way to get started, as it is very similar to jigging for any other fish species. Once you’ve caught a few fish and gotten the hang of fly fishing, you can start trying new rigs and becoming more precise in the way you catch fish (if you wish).5. What you should and shouldn’t spend… for example The Tippet is just a finer diameter fishing line and is slightly overrated. Let me explain: the Tippet is theoretically designed so that you can cast higher test pounds on a smaller diameter line and spook fewer fish.the sizing seems complicated but it’s not so bad, I’ll give you a general conversion between tippet and pound test on the screen. In general, when fly-fishing, you’ll use 3x to 6x depending on the day, the most common being 4x-5x. But if you’re casting a streamer, there’s no reason to use tippet, and honestly, in many nymph or dry fly fishing scenarios, tippet isn’t necessary.For years, I used regular florocarb fishing line for streamers and had 4-pound test monofilament in my bag for nymph and dry fly fishing. It’s so much cheaper to use ordinary fishing line and in most areas, it doesn’t make any difference.So here are the 5 things I wish I’d known when I started fly fishing. These videos are specific to the fly fishing, in other words, I didn’t go into the ins and outs of trout fishing.If you’d like more specific videos like this one, let me know in the comments below. Thanks for watching!#trout #troutfishing #outdoors #flyfishingsource