04-28-2009, 01:43 AM
I agree with both tarponjim and FFG, in that yes it is not very complex to start off. the more you learn the more complex things get, and the more complex the waters you fish will be. When I started flyfishing 6 or 7 years ago I was 14, and the only flyfisher I knew. I went to the local fly shop, asked the guys what I needed to catch fish on the provo river, where I was living. They started asking me a lot of technical questions about droppers and floatants and all sorts of stuff that I had no idea what it was. Some flyflingers out there love to makethings more complex then they need to be.
The best advice I have seen here is either get a guide(not as much as you might think, money wise) or find someone, perhaps on this very board, and go fishing. Do not get too frustrated when you get a tangle trying to fling two tiny nymphs into the wind, it happens. just snip the tangle free and reset it. also go practice casting. you can read and read, and watch how to videos, but until you get out there and do it, it all seems very out of reach. practice makes perfect and by perfect I refer to that one cast that unrolls perfectly into that monster browns feeding lane, and you get the chance to see him slurp your fly.
a few flies that I always have, are wolly buggers, sow bugs, san juan worms, and parachute adams. I am a topwater flyfisher, but only one of the above flies is fished on the top, but if the fish are not rising, or you cant figure out what they are rising to, those are the flies that will bring you in fish.
I would have to say, above all other things everyone has said, the most important bit of advice is not to give up, and to go out with someone that can help you straighten out the learning curve. I have not fished with many people from this board, But I can tell you if you have the chance to go fish with flyfishinggodess, tubedude, or tarponjim, take it, you will surely learn more about fishing in that one day than spending several days on your own.
flyfishing is an art, and that perfect cast you see on a river runs through it takes time to develop. spend that time out there, and you will soon be so into flyfishing, nothing will keep you from flinging some feathers.
One last note, talk to people you see flyfishing on rivers or lakes, though there are some "prissy" flyfishers out there, that only want the fish to themselves almost all the people you see are more than willing to help you catch some fish, toss a fly thats producing your way and give you some insight onto how to fish it.
good luck out there
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The best advice I have seen here is either get a guide(not as much as you might think, money wise) or find someone, perhaps on this very board, and go fishing. Do not get too frustrated when you get a tangle trying to fling two tiny nymphs into the wind, it happens. just snip the tangle free and reset it. also go practice casting. you can read and read, and watch how to videos, but until you get out there and do it, it all seems very out of reach. practice makes perfect and by perfect I refer to that one cast that unrolls perfectly into that monster browns feeding lane, and you get the chance to see him slurp your fly.
a few flies that I always have, are wolly buggers, sow bugs, san juan worms, and parachute adams. I am a topwater flyfisher, but only one of the above flies is fished on the top, but if the fish are not rising, or you cant figure out what they are rising to, those are the flies that will bring you in fish.
I would have to say, above all other things everyone has said, the most important bit of advice is not to give up, and to go out with someone that can help you straighten out the learning curve. I have not fished with many people from this board, But I can tell you if you have the chance to go fish with flyfishinggodess, tubedude, or tarponjim, take it, you will surely learn more about fishing in that one day than spending several days on your own.
flyfishing is an art, and that perfect cast you see on a river runs through it takes time to develop. spend that time out there, and you will soon be so into flyfishing, nothing will keep you from flinging some feathers.
One last note, talk to people you see flyfishing on rivers or lakes, though there are some "prissy" flyfishers out there, that only want the fish to themselves almost all the people you see are more than willing to help you catch some fish, toss a fly thats producing your way and give you some insight onto how to fish it.
good luck out there
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