FLY FISHING

Eventually I knew that I would be at this place in my quest to improve myself as a Fly Fisherman. But I never knew there was so much out there about tying your own flies. Blows my mind!

This is an excellent book....I did my Google research on it......it's highly recommended. Now that I've had some time to go through the book....I've decided that there's way more to this than I could conceive of. But that's OK.......I know that I don't have to do it all. I have my limits. Plus, I also know that I don't live in an area where salmon and trout are readily available (other than the grocery store!). My joy has always been fishing with poppers. They are called 'surface bugs' in this book. But 'surface bugs' includes much more than the popper. The name describes it all. Pretty much any bug that is on the surface or just above the surface of the water. This includes: grasshoppers, spiders, dragon flies, ants, moths and butterflies (to name a few).


Even though I'm drastically narrowing down my scope of 'flies'.....this revelation greatly broadens up my repertoire of fishing lures. Most of what I fish for are bass, blue gill, brim and crappie. Sunfish in general. I don't claim to be an expert in fish nomenclature. So what I've discovered that there are 'surface bugs' that are made in the likeness of spider, moths, ants, dragon flies and grass hoppers. And they work! I've made most of my purchases off of Ebay. I've been really impressed with the selection of fishing flies available there as well as the quality of craftsman ship. All of the flies that I've gotten have been hand made and very inexpensive.


I look forward to making my own surface bugs. I know it will take time to master. I figure that I'll have lots of 'trial and error' creations......but it's all good. To me....creating my own bugs is taking fly fishing to a whole new level. To be a fly fisherman ( I believe ) there has to be a certain level of skill, some patience, balance, poise and gracefulness. In a world where most of our stuff comes from continents away at our local Wal-mart......how wonderful would it be to get a little closer to home......to be creative......to do things the way they did them centuries ago. -JR


"Some go to church and think about fishing, others go fishing and think about God."
~by Tony Blake~


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