Thread: my first fly
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Old July 28th, 2005, 09:11 PM
Wolfgang
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"Vittorix" wrote in message
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...I would know how a dead big fly would sink and I think it's a huge
argument about sinking flies (instead of floating ones), am I right?


The word "fly" is misleading. Fishing flies are designed to represent all
manner of creatures, everything from "true" flies in the taxonomic sense
(the diptera) through the big three of trout stream aquatic insects, the
mayflies (ephemeroptera), the caddis flies (tricoptera) and stoneflies
(plecoptera) in all the stages of their life cycles, and on to bait fish
(including immatures of many a game species), crayfish, shrimp, crabs,
worms.....even mice and baby ducks. There are indeed arguments about what
flies work best in which situations, and even some about whether or not one
should use various styles and whether or not some are rightly judged as
flies at all. You can safely ignore ALL of those arguments. Advice is
usually worth listening to.....and you can get tons of it here for
free.....but you get to decide for yourself what you want to use.

fly fishing it's the only fishing I didn't tried and I think I'll
appasionate very badly, I'm ordering a float tube (Creek ODC 420) and when
I'll have enough money I'll buy a fly rod.
they're so expensive! 600$! I saw a 69$ fly rod and tried to find
differences with the good one and it's too soft, do you think I should
start from that or I have to wait when I can afford a good one?


A $69 rod is not necessarily going to be soft, nor a $600 rod fast. In
short, price is not at all a good indicator of a rod's action. The
conventional wisdom is that more money will buy greater quality, regardless
of desired characteristics. Generally, this tends toward truth, but the
exceptions are so numerous as to make the observation nearly worthless.
There are many rods in the low to mid range that are every bit as good as
many very expensive ones in terms of performance and often enough even in
cosmetics, durability, and whatever other traits might interest you.

This topic comes up here frequently. You'll get no end of opposed opinions
on which rods (and other pieces of equipment) are superior and why.
Unfortunately, there is simply no substitute for trying various combinations
to see what you like. Obviously, trying many is simply out of the question
for a beginner on his own. Your best bet is to get together with
experienced fly fishers and try as many rigs as possible before making up
your mind about what to buy. Barring this, it only makes sense to start out
relatively cheap (you may decide you hate fly fishing regardless of your
equipments' performance) and then work your way up as you gain experience of
your own and input from others you meet along the way.....unless you have
more money than you know how to deal with sensibly.

Once again, good luck.

Wolfgang