| Copyright (c) 2008 Steven Magill | | | | The best bait that you can use is a still living |
| When most people think of fly fishing, they think | | | | worm. That probably isn't what you want to hear |
| of the movie A River Runs Through It. They | | | | after spending all sorts of money on different |
| picture standing on the banks of a beautiful river | | | | types of line, lure and fancy kinds of bait. Still, |
| (or possibly standing in the middle of it) and | | | | simple and natural is always best. The best way |
| whipping a fishing pole back and forth as an | | | | to use live worms is to attach them to a set of |
| amazingly long line flings back and forth with the | | | | gang hooks that have been pre-tied. |
| whip of the pole. To be sure, to watch fly | | | | Believe it or not, what you are wearing can also |
| fisherpeople (or anglers as the people who fly fish | | | | have an impact on the success of your fly fishing |
| are called) can be very relaxing. Imagine how | | | | trip. Because the trout have such fantastic |
| soothing and peaceful it must be to actually be | | | | eyesight, you will want to do everything you can |
| out there doing the fishing. Of course that isn't to | | | | to blend into the background of the fishing location |
| say that there aren't a few fly fishing secrets to | | | | you have chosen. Bland colors that match the |
| help you have a successful fishing trip. | | | | naturally occurring colors are the best bet. You |
| To the non-trained eye, fly fishing doesn't look like | | | | don't have to spend a bunch of money on |
| that big of a deal, but there is a gentle and subtle | | | | camouflage, but you also don't want to wear |
| art to it. Like with most things, fly fishing relies on | | | | bright red pants in a dark green river. |
| gear, technique and skill to result in a successful | | | | These are just a few simple fly fishing secrets to |
| catch. Of course, the fly fishing secrets vary | | | | keep in mind as you set out on your fly fishing |
| depending on where you are going fly fishing and | | | | expedition. |
| what you hope to catch. | | | | The act of fly fishing is at least two millennia old, |
| The first thing you will want to think about is your | | | | and while it didn't become popular until the |
| gear. If you are fishing for trout (which is the fish | | | | nineteenth century, the last couple hundred years |
| of choice for most anglers), you will want to use | | | | has been wrought with fly fishing developments. |
| the lightest fly rod possible. This fly rod should | | | | As the gear has improved, the angler's basic trials |
| have a fly reel with, at the most, four pound test | | | | and errors have resulted in some wonderful fly |
| monofilament in its reel. If the line is any heavier, | | | | fishing secrets. A simple search on the internet will |
| the trout will see it and recognize that it is not a | | | | yield far more than the few we've shared with |
| natural part of their world. | | | | you here. |