| In this article I'm going to reveal some secrets | | | | quantity. A few select quality fly tying tools are |
| about both fly fishing lessons and fly fishing tools. | | | | preferable to an entire box of tools of |
| Fly fishing is a unique sport in both the fact that | | | | questionable quality. A great fly tier can do his |
| you can make some of your own equipment and | | | | work with just five items: a vise, scissors, pliers, a |
| that it is a sport that no one truly masters. | | | | bobbin and some epoxy. These five items should |
| The unique properties of the sport make it a life | | | | be of the highest quality. |
| long enjoyment for those that fly fish. Unlike | | | | Before you can even begin to tie flies you'll need |
| other styles of fishing where one has perhaps a | | | | a good vise. A vise without good clamps will |
| favorite lure or bait that always seems to work, | | | | become useless very quickly. Once it is no longer |
| fishing with flies is actually a daily experiment that | | | | able to hold your hook steady while you add |
| encompasses learning which flies are working, | | | | feather, fur and thread it will need replaced. Much |
| what depth the fish are feeding at, and where | | | | better to buy a high quality vise upfront that will |
| exactly should you be casting that day. | | | | last you a life time. |
| If the fly fisher has to figure all of that out every | | | | With your hook firmly secured in your vise the fly |
| time he hits the water one might wonder why | | | | fishing tool that gets the most work will be your |
| anyone would bother with fly fishing lessons. The | | | | pliers. You'll want a set of hackle pliers, that |
| answer is quite simple: learn from other's | | | | remain closed in their normal position, so that they |
| experience. Even though successful fishing with | | | | can be used with the least amount of effort. A |
| flies requires making constant changes in your | | | | good pair of hackle pliers can also do the work |
| tactics an experience fly fisher can tell you how | | | | that many use forceps to do. |
| to narrow down the choices before you to a | | | | To complete your tool kit you'll need a good pair |
| small selection of techniques that are most likely | | | | of scissors and a high quality bobbin. I recommend |
| to work that day. | | | | a 4 or 5 inch pair of scissors and a bobbin with a |
| Good fly fishing lessons should not just cover | | | | very smooth tube and adjustable tension. If |
| basics like tying your leaders and at what depth | | | | you're only buying one pair of scissors initially, |
| you should start at but also cover how to | | | | you'll want to make sure they come to a point so |
| recognize feeding patterns in the water, where to | | | | they can be used in close work. |
| find the best places to cast and the life cycles of | | | | There are lots of other tools that you can buy |
| local insects. This style of fishing is truly more of | | | | but these basic tools, when bought of good |
| a science than it is a sport, and good fly fishing | | | | quality, will handle most of the work that needs |
| lessons need to originate from that position. | | | | to be done. Add some good epoxy to keep |
| The scientific aspect is also what draws many fly | | | | everything together and you have the making of |
| fishers to creating their own flies. Using fly fishing | | | | a very good beginner or even advanced fly tying |
| tools to make your own flies is in some circles | | | | tool kit. |
| considered the mark of a real fly fisher. Just like | | | | Even though this style of fishing takes years to |
| paying for fly fishing lessons won't make you an | | | | master I hope that these few tips will help you |
| expert fisher, neither will buying fly fishing tools | | | | get on your way. There is much more to learn, |
| make you an expert fly tier, but there are a few | | | | more information than even hundreds of articles |
| things to be learned before you begin. | | | | like this could hold, but these secrets should get |
| First off; quality is way more important than | | | | you started in the right direction. |