Pay Attention To Details Makes For A Better Fly Fishing Experience

I never got along with my foster father but he did teach me a lot of life lesson that have helped me over the years. Of course I would never have told him that as his teaching methods always included a heavy hand. I ran away at age 15 but must admit that he did teach me a lot of useful things.

One thing that I learned was ‘a little patience’. I put that in quotes because I am still working on the patience thing and have to tell myself all the time to stop and pay attention. I have a lot more fun and catch more when fly fishing on those days that I listen to the what the old man said, so many years ago.

Fly Fishing Details That Usually Get More Hookups

Turning Trout Away – Most of the brooks and streams I fish for brook trout have moving water which means your fly will have drag and float like a normal bug or fly would. Keeping a few S-curves in your fly line is going to help keep that fly floating naturally for longer.

Shadows Spook Trout - Trout don’t just spook when a bird flies over and casts a shadow. They are predators to the trout and for this reason the trout will keep safe and skip a meal, so don’t wave your fly rod around too much and try to fly fish or present your offering from an angle that keeps the shadows to a minimum.

Stealth is your secret weapon. Everything needs to look normal to keep the trout’s stress level down enough for them to go after your flies.

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