Fishing Lure Making-25

2006-05-01T04:04:00.000-07:00

Fishing with Nymph Fly Lures
A nymph should resemble an insect or stage of insect living underwater. Leeches, mayfly nymphs, caddis fly larva, and diptera can all be imitated by nymphs.

Normally a nymph is tied on a heavier hook, sometimes with an added weight in the body or head to keep it underwater.

Nymphs can be fished successfully upstream or down. A large percentage of what fish eat is found living underwater and can be imitated by nymphs. Without the benefit of sight the flyfisherman must discern when his nymph is being eaten by a fish, and not merely tugged on by the river or some weed. Those who achieve any ability in this are usually held in very high regard.
Fishing Lure Secrets

2006-04-25T11:04:00.000-07:00

A "pukka" lure denotes only a fishing lure with enough weight to be thrown on conventional tackle. A fly's chief distinction is its lack of weight; one must use a fly rod to cast out a fly because only a fly rod can be "loaded" or bent by a fly line. which provides the weight needed to carry out the fly.
Fishing Lure Secrets

2006-04-21T11:32:00.000-07:00

Tying your own flies is a common practice in fly fishing, considered by many anglers an integral part of the fly fishing experience. Many fishermen tie their own flies, either following patterns in books, natural insect examples, or, best of all, using their own imagination. The technique involves attaching small pieces of feathers, animal fur and other materials on a hook in order to make it attractive to fish. This is made by wrapping thread tightly around the hook and tying on the desired materials.
Fishing Lure Secrets

2006-04-20T01:06:00.000-07:00

2006-04-19T00:54:00.000-07:00

Lines made of silk, instead of horse-hair, were heavy enough to be cast in the modern style. Cotton and his predecessors fished their flies with long rods, and light lines allowing the wind to do most of the work of getting the fly out to the fish. But the use of new woods in fly rods, first Greenheart, then bamboo, made it possible to cast flies into the wind on silk lines.
Fishing Lure Secrets

2006-04-18T07:20:00.000-07:00

British fly-fishing was further developed in the 19th Century, with the development of dry-fly techniques for use on the slower, clearer rivers of the south such as the River Test and the other 'chalk streams' concentrated in Hampshire, Surrey, Dorset and Berkshire. The weed in these rich rivers tends to grow very close to the surface, so that traditional wet fly fishing is impossible: the fly would snag in weed long before it reached a trout. So it was necessary to develop new techniques that would keep the fly and the line floating on the surface. These became the foundation of all later developments.
Fishing Lure Secrets

2006-04-17T01:24:00.000-07:00

Fishing with Streamer flies
A streamer fly or streamer can be used to mimic injured fish. Streamers can be used to catch predatory fish of almost any size. Fish will bite streamers out of aggression while protecting spawning areas, out of curiosity, or when feeding.

The fishing technique with a streamer is much the same as with a spoon lure. Casting across and downstream is the traditional presentation. Retrieves can be fast or slow and erratic to imitate an injured fish.
Fishing Lure Secrets

2006-04-15T09:39:00.000-07:00

Fly Fishing Rods
Most fly fishing rods vary between 2m (6 feet) and 4m (14 feet) in length. The earliest fly rods were made from greenheart, a tropical wood, and later bamboo originating in the Tonkin area of Guangdong Province in China. The mystical appeal of handmade split-cane rods has endured despite the emergence over the last 50 years of rod-making materials that offer more durability and performance: fiberglass and graphite.
Fishing Lure Secrets

2006-04-14T14:40:00.000-07:00

It's interesting that a fly line can be "cast" without any fly or lure on it at all, a feat impossible with a typical rod and reel. The point is that a fly can be presented gently and under the control of the angler instead of plopping down with a big splash. Stealth is often critical in fly fishing.
Fishing Lure Secrets

2006-04-13T06:05:00.000-07:00

Famous North American waters include the Henrys Fork (home to Mike Lawson) and Silver Creek (Ernest Hemingway's favorite haunt) in Idaho, the Yellowstone and the Blackfoot & Madison in Montana, the Deschutes, the North Umpqua and the Rogue rivers in Oregon, the Pitt, Hat Creek, the Owens and the East Walker in California, Lee's Ferry on the Colorado River in Arizona, the San Juan in New Mexico, the Upper Delaware and the Green River in Utah, and the Arkansas, the Frying Pan, the South Platte and the Blue River in Colorado, and the White River in Arkansas.
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