Flyfishing Requires Stealth and Patience-Do you Have Both? Custom Search  How I Got Hooked on Flyfishing Flyfishing I really have two hobbies; flyfishing for trout, and metal detecting which I enjoy equally as much as flyfishing. The very first flyfishing fly rod I purchased was a $50.00 Cortland flyfishing rod, and compared to my 4 weight 2 piece bamboo Orivs flyrod, that I currently own and use, my very first flyrod felt and handled more like a telephone pole that a delicate flyrod as my Orivs flyrod that I own. I have been a fishing addict since I was a kid in high-school and have always used typical lures, spinners, and worms for trouting in the past, and had never even considered flyfishing until late May of 1987. I was fishing at my favorite fishing hole in S. central Pennsylvania where I previously lived. Anyway, the temperature was quite warm and humid this particular day, and I was trying my luck tossing my spin tackle line with my “then” favorite lure of choice-my lucky panther martin. After about an hour or so with not so much even a look at my lure, an older gentleman probably in his late 70s asked if I would mind him fishing in the same hole as I was with his flyfishing rod and gear. I politely said he was more than welcome and in the short 15 minutes or so that he was flyfishing in the hole I was fishing in as well, I became so mesmerized in his skill, actfullness and poetry in motion, that I just laid down my spin-casting rod and reel, and watched this older gentleman performing a flyfishing clinic for me, as he gracefully landed about a half dozen trout from this pool, that were apparently surface feeding, that I was not even aware. After watching this flyfishing marvel for this short period of time, I had the determination to give flyfishing a try for myself as it looked so much fun, and the only way I believe, that God intended for a trout to be caught, then by flyfishing. Since that late day in May 1987, I have forever retired my spin-casting rod and reel and have been a flyfishing sportsman ever since. There is something almost magical, and totally serene when you are alone in woods, walking down to your favorite trout stream, full of contentment and anticipation as you quietly walk up to the streams edge. You then tie on a size 12 adams parachute cadis fly, and make that first strategically places cast near the banks edge, in getting one or two trout from the pool, to rise to your offering, then feel the tug and weight of the trout on your fly-line as you fight the trout into your trout net. This is what the essence of flyfishing is all about and more.
My Personal Fly-rod of Choice: Orvis’s Penn’s Creek Two Piece 4 Weight Custom Made Bamboo Fly Rod In the course of 23 years flyfishing, I have only owned 3 previous fly rods; the beginner’s Cortland fly rod, a Loomis fly rod, and Orvis’s superfine 4 weight graphite fly rod.
However, I have always wanted to own a bamboo fly rod, but never seemed to be able to afford a bamboo fly-rod due to the expense. That all changed in 2006, when Orvis made available excellent bamboo fly rods without mortgaging the house and the car to own one.
I made the plunge in 2006, and purchased my very first bamboo fly rod, Orvis’s Penn’s Creek 2 piece, 4 weight bamboo fly rod. This fly rod is a beauty, and a real piece of art that I have been blessed to own, yet to be able to fly fish with. With the cost of fine bamboo rods running into the thousands of dollars, you have to be ever so careful with your money management goals, as a decent brand new fly rod will set you back easily 2 thousand dollars, but there is nothing like catching an 8 inch native brookie on a 4 weight line bamboo fly rod. I highly recommend Orivs, they are my full service flyfishing dealer, and you will be pleasantly surprised in the quality and customer service that is second to none in an industry that has been around since 1856. Fly fishing Basics-What You Need to Know Maybe you are a beginner to flyfishing, and are searching for additional information for yourself or a friend in how to fly fish, and are seeking some flyfishing basics. If this is you, then this is why I developed this page about how to fly fish. I am hopeful you will come away from this page with a more renewed interest in flyfishing.
I hope to be to provide some of the very basics, regarding fly-fishing tips, that have helped me through the years when I first began my flyfishing journey back in 1987. Before you go out shopping around for your Cadillac of fly fishing rods, you first need to identify and determine, what type of flyfishing are you primarily interested in doing? To the novice flyfisher, this may seem like a rather obvious question, but in order to purchase the correct flyfishing rod, you really need to first what type of sport fish you will be fishing, which will determine the type of fly fishing rods you will eventually purchase, which is dependent upon the region and type of sport fish you are after. There are various types, styles and may I say, prices of fly fishing rods, to fit your budget. But you first need to determine what type of sport fish you are after. There is a big difference in flyfishing rods; from ocean fishing for Marlins, blues, or stripers which requires a heavier and more stiffer flyfishing rod, to sport fishing for big fat browns in the mid west US or New Zealand, to fishing small mountain creeks and feeder streams in the eastern United States, which require lighter tackle and finesse in flyfishing. In Northern Virginia where I live, I prefer small mountain streams, that run gin clear, small creeks where native brook trout or brookies live. There is nothing more exciting than fighting an 8 inch brookie on a 3-4 weight fly line on a small graphite, or better yet, a custom made bamboo fly rod, which I own, and purchased from Orvis.com Flyfishing Schools To teach You Flyfishing There are many excellent flyfishing schools to teach you the basic skills, and techniques that you will use in your flyfishing pursuits. And contrary to what you may have heard or learned from others, flyfishing is very easy and a very rewarding and fulfilling past time, once you learn and understand the basic mechanics of line control, casting, building your own leaders, and which flies to use (both dry which are surface only vs, wet flies, when the trout are subsurface feeding. One of the most highly recommended fly fishing schools that I can recommend is Orivs. Orvis has over 150 years of flyfishing expertise, and now offers exclusive Orvis flyfishing lessons and even offers package flyfishing trips around the world. All my flyfishing gear I purchase directly from Orivs, including my custom bamboo 2 piece 8 foot 3-4 weight flyfishing rod, which is the best flyfishing rod I have ever used, and hopefully the last flyfishing rod I will ever purchase. As with any new activity, it does take some time to learn all the nuances, the casting of the line, building leaders, and even tying on, but once you learn how to fly fish, you will be flyfishing the rest of your life. Just bring your positive-attitude. and your self motivation to the table, and enjoy flyfishing, the way God intended how fish should be caught. You give a man a flyfishing rod, he flyfishes for a day. But if you teach a man how to flyfish, he will flyfish for a lifetime. You’ve got some flyfishing to do…. |
is such a rewarding and relaxing hobby, one that I have been doing regularly since I purchased my one of earlier and very inexpensive flyfishing rods back in 1987. 
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