22-02-2007, 08:09 PM
great picture jazman! you explained it very well.
for someone starting out on fly fishing i would recommend you try and catch some carp as they seem the most prolific fish around these days!
or alternatively go to a trout stream in the evening and try to catch a rising fish and they are usually fairly stupid (because its dark and hard for them to see you) and you can get pretty close so you don't need to cast very far. in this sort of situation you can sometimes just drag the fly across the water and fish will go for it.
learning to cast takes some energy but you only need to cast a few metres in most cases. there are plenty of training videos you can watch. you might be able to hire these from a library or fishing shop.
good luck! glen
for someone starting out on fly fishing i would recommend you try and catch some carp as they seem the most prolific fish around these days!
or alternatively go to a trout stream in the evening and try to catch a rising fish and they are usually fairly stupid (because its dark and hard for them to see you) and you can get pretty close so you don't need to cast very far. in this sort of situation you can sometimes just drag the fly across the water and fish will go for it.
learning to cast takes some energy but you only need to cast a few metres in most cases. there are plenty of training videos you can watch. you might be able to hire these from a library or fishing shop.
good luck! glen