Fly Fishing Equipment – What to Choose?

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Fly fishing is a fantastic sport that has been around since the time of Cleopatra. While salmon and trout are the most targeted species for fly fishing there are many who target lesser known fish. Species other than trout include freshwater fish such as pike, bass and carp and saltwater varieties of all types including bigger fish as marlin.
Due to the different fish and types of fishing there is a vast amount of fly fishing equipment to choose from.
Fly Fishing Equipment Types And Uses
- Waders – Fly fishing waders are essential to keep the fisher dry and warm. The two main types of waders are full body waders and knee or hip waders used mainly for small streams or lake edge
Depending on the conditions to be fished body waders can be obtained in various thicknesses of neoprene for colder conditions or lighter high tech GORE-TEX varieties. - Reels - Your choice of fly reel will be determined on where you fish and the type of fish you decide to target. If you plan on fishing small streams the best setup will be a three to five weight combination of rod and reel. Larger fish, lakes and rivers require heavier fly rods and reels, this area is more general purpose and a weight 7 to 9 will handle most medium size fish. If you intend chasing game fish such as marlin you will need very high quality big game fly fishing reels
- Rods – Fly rods in the same way as reels come in various weights and lengths depending on the variety of fish chosen. Fly rod weights are coded from 1 through to 12, 1 being very light an 12 being strong and heavy. Your fly rod and lines are the most important fishing tools, always buy the best you can afford, I can highly recommend sage fly fishing equipment.
- Fly Fishing Vessels – Other than using a conventional runabout boat there are there flotation devices to allow the fly fisher to get closer and quietly to his prey. These include float tubes and single man pontoon boats.
- Fly Lines – Choosing the correct line for the fly rod and reel is also of great importance. Without properly matching your fly fishing equipment you will not get the best casting distance. By using for instance a number 7 rod and a number three line is a poor match and will cause casting problems, therefore all of your lines, reels and rods must match to the corresponding weight number.
While reels aren’t so important, the line and rod should be the same, however you can get by buy using one line weight different. With a top quality no 7 rod for example you should be able to cast a number 8 line with ease.



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