Fly Fishing Techniques
Fly fishing is a sport that has caught the fancy of serious and adept anglers around the world. The idea of using artificial flies to attract the fish and catch it is indeed so novel and scintillating that it captures ones imagination and keeps one absorbed. It is quite important to learn some techniques of how fly fishing is done as to be successful at it and come back for more. Any activity that lends to some type of reward is incentive enough to be indulged in, and fly fishing is certainly no exception.
In normal fishing, the bait is rather heavy which means that once the rod is placed in the water, the pull of gravity ensures that the bait goes down and attracts the fish. This is not possible in fly fishing as the fly at the end of the rod is quite light and will just float on its own. So it is the technique that counts for success. The correct technique in fly fishing is to cast the line in such a sharp impulse such that the product of the mass as well as the speed would propel the bait downwards and send it hurtling towards the fish at high speed. The technique is such that the casting of the line helps in the formation of loops, which are the waves that flow through the water as a result of the impact.
Experienced anglers also use a special technique, which is called stripping. This technique involves pulling the rod fast while holding the line, which causes the stretched line to acquire speed enabling the angler the flexibility of casting some extra line to catch the fish more effectively. There are other techniques that are more specialized like single and double haul, roll cast, side or curve and the tuck cast. These techniques also vary with whether it is fresh water or salt water angling that is being done.
