If you are still on the fence about whether you want to try fly fishing or not, I would suggest that you should try if you already normal fish and you want more excitement and a bigger challenge. I like to think of fly fishing like the big leagues of fishing, because of everything that goes into it, and the challenge of landing the fish once you get him on the end of your fly fishing line. I still normal fish with a spinner here and there, but once I took up fly fishing, I was addicted.
Picking the right fly.
Having an arsenal of flies is imperative to catching fish while out fly fishing. A full blown hatch could be happening with fish jumping all around you, but if you don’t have the fly to match the hatch, then you may not catch a single fish. Zinger Fishing wants people to be fully prepared when they head out to the water, so we created multiple fly kit assortments. There is one for nymphing, one with wet flies, dry flies and nymphs, and one with the most common types of flies that exist. I personally have all 3 kits with me every time I go out fly fishing. If you are interested in checking out these fly kits, they can be found here.
There are quite a few different patterns of flies that exist. Different species and sizes of fish eat different insects. It will also depend on the water source that you are fishing in. Some hatches will occur there and some won’t. Hatches also happen at different times of the year. Some last a day and some last for a month or more.
Reading the water.
Fish normally stay in certain types of current and pockets and they tend to avoid other types. When fly fishing, you want to be presenting your hook where the fish are most likely to be. If you are fishing in rivers or streams, fish are normally hiding in the seam. The seam is where two currents of water are meeting. Bubbles usually form and you want to place your hook in these bubbles or where the slower current is showing. Fish also hide behind large rocks or fallen trees. They can sometimes be found in deep pockets of water as well.
If you are fishing in lakes, fish tend to be under docks, in weeds, or closer to shores. There are different water shelves that make the water deeper as you get further from shore. Often you will have to experiment to see what depth that the fish are hanging out at is.
