1. Flyfishing

2. Is fly fishing just for catching trout?
You can flyfish for bluegill, bass, pike, tarpon, stripers, or anything else that has fins.

3. Although, Trout is the most preferred among flyfisherman
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4. Spinning rod Vs. Flyrod
Since most people are familiar with spin-fishing, I will try and make analogies between flyfishing and spin-fishing to help you better understand what flyfishing is all about.

5. When spin-fishing, you cast a lure attached to a very thin line with a spinning rod. The lure has weight and this loads the rod to propel it towards your target. The fishing line is just along for the ride.

6. Flyfishing
When flyfishing, you cast a weighted flyline attached to a leader and fly.
The fly is almost weightless.
Flyline has weight and therefore can be cast.

7. The leader & fly is attached to a flyline, which is a thick plastic line usually about 90 feet long.

8. The flyline is made of a flexible plastic and is much larger in diameter than spinning line and much heavier.
This attaches to the flyrod, which is usually between 7 and 10 feet.

9. When flycasting, the flyline provides the weight to load the rod and propel itself towards the target, with the leader and fly just along for the ride.
It is very important to understand that you are casting the line, not the fly.

10. The Flyline and the Fly rod have to be matched to each other in order to work properly.
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11. The whole purpose of all of this, besides the grace and beauty of it, is to cast almost weightless flies and present them in the most delicate manner.

12. Since a fly weighs almost nothing
Since a fly weighs almost nothing. It would be impossible to cast most flies with any other kind of gear.

13. The flyrod is the tool of choice for most trout fisherman, especially in streams. Trout in streams need to be fooled with realistic imitations of their usual diet.
And most of their diet consists of small stream insects.

14. The flyrod can still be more productive in certain situations
1. delicate presentation.
2. most people –challenge & fun
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15. Pictures of my first trout
These are the 1st trout that I caught on my 1st Fly rod Video- Bill Dance