Fly Fishing Vs. Spin Casting

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When people think of fishing they think of going down to a stream they know of or lake and sit around using worms. However, there is a more primitive way and often more productive method of fishing called fly-fishing. Fly fishing is a work of art when compared to spin casting. When fly fishing, the angler is much closer to the underwater animals, as they are often in the water with the fish. Aside from that the fisherman will also pick which fish he will go after locating him and floating a fly right under his nose in hope that his fly is enticing enough to draw a strike from the fish, and ultimately to land him.
Fly fishing originated in Macedonia around 200 AD. Earlier examples of artificial flies copied common water insects. Artificial …show more content…

In fly fishing as opposed to bait casting to lure casting the line throws the fly rather than the lure dragging the line behind it. Heavier lines will allow longer casts lighter lines allow delicate presentation. Fly lines are classed in three broad configurations, with various characteristics under these umbrellas. Level lines, a line that has the same diameter its entire length. A fisherman will most likely find short level lines used with tenkara setups as level does not lend itself well to western fly casting. The double taper a level line with an even taper on both ends, is better for gentle presentations as the line taper down towards the leader. It has the added benefit of being able to be reversed when one end wares out. The most commonly available lines is weight forward, the front 30 feet has a gentle taper from the tip back to level section with about 60 feet of narrow running line behind it. This allows shor delicate presentations and long casts since most of the weight is to the front end. Different characteristics of a fly line are floating, sinking, and a sink tip. Floating lines are designed to float on the surface and are easy to see and pick up off the water. Sinking lines are designed to sink the fly to get down to where the fish are if there is no surface movement. The sink tip is a compromised solution, the first ten to 15 feet of the line sinks while the rest is designed to float. Making it good …show more content…

Two broad classifications of flies are realistic and impressionistic. Realistic flies are tied to mimic a specific food source. They can be shockingly realistic including segmented thorax and lace wings on insect style flies, to eyes gills and moving tails on minnow imitations. The other category the impressionistic don’t represent a specific food source but are designed to look like something that might be edible to a fish. These can include fuzzy bodies and soft feathers that move like legs in the water, bright colors that catch the attention and weighted head (bead heads) to make the fly emulate like a swimming motion. Three types of flies are nymphs which mimic insect larva living on the bottom of streams and lakes, dry flies which mimic adult aquatic insects or terrestrial insects that are stuck in the surface of the water, and baitfish immitations which mimic little fish that big fish

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