Only problem is I don’t know how to fly fish… he did give me a fly rod though so I’m excited to give it a try. I love trout fishing so anything that gives me an excuse to put on my waders is good enough for me. Cheers.
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Only problem is I don’t know how to fly fish… he did give me a fly rod though so I’m excited to give it a try. I love trout fishing so anything that gives me an excuse to put on my waders is good enough for me. Cheers.
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I have fantastic memories of fishing with my grandfather. Whenever I’m out on a stream I remember the time spent with him.
And now grandpa can always come fishing with you! Good luck and have fun learning!
Take a lesson with a local guide, and take lots of pictures to share with him.
The ones with the red part in the middle are called Royal Wulf. Traditional dry attractor fly. Rub floatant on it after you tie it on so it floats better/longer. This is true for any dry fly. Trout eating dry flies is the most exciting part of fly fishing – but they aren’t always looking up.
The bushy tan ones are elk hair caddis – another classic dry fly.
The ones with red on the ends are streamer that sink and you retrieve them in by hand.
Anything with a bead is a nymph, fished on a ‘dead drift’ under water. Several flies that look like the ones with beads (but don’t have beads) also are fished under water, but don’t sink as fast. Most trout eating under water feed near the bottom, but sometimes they key in on bugs closer to the surface.