All About Fly Fishing the Thrill of the Game
All About Fly Fishing the Thrill of the Game a General Overview of Fly Fishing.
What makes fly fishing a more exciting and thrilling activity?
Answers vary.
If the NBA has Michael Jordan and the Tennis Association has Pete Sampras, fly fishing also has its legend by the name of Jack Hemingway.
For the late Jack Hemingway, the thrill of fly fishing is in setting up live bait. He said in an interview before he passed away, that he remembers one time when he sneaked out of his house when he was ten. He carried with him his stepmother’s fly rod and put a live grasshopper (which took him many challenging minutes to prepare) into the hook. He caught his very first fish afterwards.
Setting up the bait is sometimes more challenging than the fishing itself. This is what little Jack Hemingway discovered at an incredibly youthful age, and it instilled in him the beauty of fly fishing.
Joan Wulff, who is said to be the most famous lady fly fisher on the planet, also started her career as a fly fisher at the age of ten. She immediately joined a tournament after convincing her father that girls can also fish.
For her, the thrill of fly fishing is not just in the game, but in the person’s ability to take care of the natural resources around him, most especially the hydrosphere as well as aquatic life.
Her point is quite clear. A fly fisherman’s first challenge is to catch a fish, but the most challenging task lies in taking care of where the catch comes from – our waters.
Simon Bain, also known as “Bonefish Simon,” paid the best fly fishers on his island to teach him the art of fly fishing, and then kept working at it. Now, he is currently one of the most sought-after fly-fishing instructors in the world.
The key to learning, which is also the most thrilling part of the game for him, is in determining the location of your fish.
Before going to fish, you must first plan where your exact destination will be and the types of game fish you can catch there.
To this effect, Bonefish Simon had this to say: “Learn to understand the movement of your fish and where it hides in the water.”
- Determine Your Trout and Its Location
- Know Your Fish
It is important that you know what you will be getting when you fish. Later, we will discuss the best fly-fishing destinations in the world and the type of fish their rivers hold, but for now, we must learn how to know our fish.
Below are some of the most common fish in the world:
- Rainbow trout
- Brown trout
- Atlantic salmon
- Rock bass
- Small Mouth Bass
- Large Mouth Bass
- White Bass
- Carp
- Black crappie
- White crappie
- Know Your Location
In all fishing lakes and rivers, there is what you call a “hot spot.” Many fly-fishing authors often mention this in their books.
So, what is so special about these hot spots?
They say it is called a “hot spot” because this is where most fish flock at most times. This is not just a mere hypothesis, as many have testified to the veracity of these claims.
Here are some probable hot spots in any given fishing area.
- Inlet
The inlet is the spot where the river and stream flows into the lake. Ron Kovach, in his book entitled, “Trout Fishing in California,” states that these inlets serve as a cool resting place for most trout species. This is primarily because the water here contains higher oxygen than in other parts.
The unstable rivers trap oxygen at their surfaces so when the water reaches the inlet, most oxygen is dissolved because of the sudden change in movement.
Fish need a high amount of oxygen so they wander to where this can be provided.
- Seam Edges
Seam edges also provide a hot spot for fish. This is where the speed of the river changes due to what they call “riffles” – a section of water that flows over a rocky bottom. (“Fishing Tips”)
As the water flows on the rocky bottom, turbulence is formed, and because of this, oxygen is likewise dissolved in water, creating a refreshing hub for the fish.
In fly fishing, determining the location of the fish is incredibly important. You do not want to waste many hours of your day waiting for a fish to bite your hook when there are no fish in that area to begin with, save for a trout that gets separated from its school from time to time.
Best Wishes, Coyalita
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