Fly Fishing

Fly Fishing

Fly Fishing

What is it about Fly Fishing that makes people so passionate about the sport? For that matter is it a sport or more of an art?

With hand-line fishing you start to get excited when you feel a tug on the end of the line. One of the fantastic things about fly-fishing is that you can get excited before you have cast your fly out. Just sighting the fish swimming about in the water creates a feeling deep in your stomach. Fly Fishing requires a more cunning approach than the hand line. You must find a fish, present a fly to the fish before the fish is alerted to any danger. Just go out fly-fishing with a passionate fisher and you will find out how seriously this task is taken and how careful the fisherman is to succeed at the challenge.

At this stage we have only presented the fly to the fish, then the fish may swim around making a decision whether or not to take the tackle. The decision leaves the fisherman tentatively waiting and if the fish does decide to take the tackle then there are a series of decisions to make to master the art of hooking the fish. This is followed by a whole new series of challenges bringing the fish to the bank/boat or net.

In my opinion there most certainly is an art to this sport and perfecting that art is a lifelong challenge as each fish is not the same. One thing is for sure fly fishing demands an environmental awareness and leads to a closer affinity with nature...