What is fly fishing?

The fly fishing is a type sport fishing.

For those who do not know, fly fishing is a type of sport fishing that uses mainly fly rods and a bait or fly lure. It is mainly carried out in areas of continental or fluvial waters, such as rivers, streams, marshes, lakes or reservoirs and, much less frequently, it can be practiced in salt water.

The start of fly fishing can be traced back to more than 2000 years BC, as not in millenarian China, where according to some writings, the use of artificial flies to catch fish is described. Some authors and historians affirm that the origin of this fishing modality is centered in Macedonia, in the second century BC, whatever its origin, the use of hooks covered with feathers imitating insects and small prey of river predators takes practicing for hundreds of years and all over the world, with fly fishing as one of the most widespread sport fishing techniques in the world, and it will be something.

The technique for fly fishing. The launch for fly fishing It is easy to fly fishing, and more if you are started, since it requires a good equipment of waders a lot of practice to "dance" our line to the sound of our rod and place the fly in the exact place where we want our longed for fish.

Giving the whiplash effect to rat tail requires a lot of skill and hours and hours of entanglement, but do not worry, as you can learn everything and if you like fishing, this guy will hook you once you try it, I assure you . Basically we will use a very light rod and much more flexible than any other type of rod used in sea fishing.

The launch of the fly requires 3 steps: 1st Step: We throw back. 2nd Step: Moment of pause. 3rd Step: We push forward. The moment of pause is the one that will give us more or less distance in the cast, that is, more pause, more distance and vice versa.

This type of river fishing is based on capturing the fish by attracting it by means of a decoy or sample that imitates all kinds of insects, whether they are nymphs, pupae, dried or drowned in a slow way and with much care. It is evident that each fish has some habits and food tastes, that is why the good fly fisherman uses this knowledge to opt for a different lure or fly for each occasion, whether to fish at medium depth, on the surface or in the background .

That is why we can differentiate two types of fly fishing clearly differentiated. With dry fly, insect samples are used in their adult phase, their behavior is based on flying and perching on the surface of the water to deposit their larvae. With drowned fly, lures are used to fish with rat tail in half waters or in depth, flies that imitate small larvae or nymphs that in their natural state is under the surface. Video about the technique of launching for fly fishing.