I have been fishing many times, but not fly fishing, which is fishing with an artificial fly used to catch the fish.
I didn't know it was an artificial fly! I have never been fishing but I learned about fly fishing in a movie.
Using a nearly weightless fly requires completely different casting techniques that other forms of fishing - it seems so much more active than other forms.
So does that mean that it is much harder and requires a lot of skill? Maybe even more patience?
I think that definitely making the flies requires a lot of skill and practice - they are hand tied and resemble natural invertebrates, baitfish, and yep, even flies.
That's so crazy I did not know any of that. Can that work with any fish types?
and warm-water species, notably bass. In Britain, where natural water temperatures vary less, the distinction is between game fishing for trout and salmon versus coarse fishing for other species. Techniques for fly fishing differ with habitat (lakes and ponds, small streams, large rivers, bays and estuaries, and open ocean.)
Author Izaak Walton called fly fishing "The Contemplative Man's Recreation".
Overview.
In fly fishing, fish are caught by using artificial flies that are cast with a fly rod
fly line to the leader, or tippet. The knot can be tied in multiple ways and is uniform.
Most common uses in fly-fishing are attaching the leader to the fly line and attaching the fly line to the backing. Fly-fishing is an angling method in which an artificial "fly" is used to catch fish. The fly is cast using a fly rod, reel, and specialized weighted line. Casting a nearly weightless fly or "lure" requires casting techniques significantly different from other forms of