Fly Fishing Noobs: READ THIS

River Fly Fishing Explained

Learning how to fly fish can be a daunting undertaking.  Going from zero to successful fly fisher takes time and effort.  Most people often think that "fly fishing" is "fly casting".  The truth is someone like myself can teach anyone to cast 20 to 30 feet in under 30 minutes.  What I really need you to do is get a good drift and present the fly in the proper manner, and that my friends takes a little more time for most people to grasp.  I can teach anyone the movements, the proper technique till your blue in the face, but getting a person to mentally understand it is a battle guides face day in and day out. Everything that go's into getting that "drag free drift" or the "perfect swing" is more than this blog will allow as I could write page after page explaining the art of mending.  Say for the sake of argument that I have a magic fly that "is the best fly eva!".  After all, it is the magic fly.  Now if put the magic fly on your line and your presentation: getting the fish the eat your fly is terrible, magic fly or not, your chance for success is pretty low.  Conversely, if I have a fly that looks pretty close to the hatch, looks similar, is the right size and color, AND MY PRESENTATION IS GOOD, the odds of you/me catching that fish go up dramatically.  Which brings us to the next part, landing the fish! get the net.......]:<