Top TIps - Tips from the guides...

[NZneil]

Wear a hat and sun glasses. Oh ..and dont listen to Chris, just go fishing!

[flyfishfairwx]

The secret to fly fishing is to Fly fish were the fish are and fly fish often..

[jacktrout]

1+ technique

and make sure you don't put wet flies back into your box, dry em first

[mattklara]

For beginners who get frustrated by trying to get their fly line and leader out the rod tip at the beginning of a session.

"The damned thing is snagged in the rod tip again! Grrrr."

Don't panic.

Unhook the fly from the hook keeper.

Drop it into the water.

If this is a river, great, it will float downstream.

Point the rod tip down the line (downstream).

Strip line off the reel.

In fast current the water will pull the line and leader knot out through the rod tip for you.

In slow current or still water, strip out about 3-4 feet and then drag the rod tip through the water in an arch, keeping the tip under water. This creates artificial current and pulls the line out for you just the same.

[Paul Arden]

The more often you fish the better you'll get (at least while you're learning).

I think you're always learning - at least I hope so! There's a hell of a lot of stuff I haven't worked out yet and I'm planning to figure out at least some of it...

Don't fart in your waders after a big night on Palinka.

[andy_with_a_rod]

im no guide, but something i picked up from dry fly fishing really helps me. instead of watching your fly on the water, concentrate on the water your fly is floating over. you might see a fish come half way to refuse that you may not have noticed before. and it certainly gives you more time to spot a taking fish coming, get nervous and fuck up the strike cos you spot the fish coming earlier.

[mattklara]

Good one Andy.

Similarly, when you are sight fishing, don't look at the water, look through the water. And don't look for whole fish. Look for suggestions of parts of fish - motion, shadows, a fin, the white of a mouth.

Easier said than done.

[Daniel]

Good one Andy.

Similarly, when you are sight fishing, don't look at the water, look through the water. And don't look for whole fish. Look for suggestions of parts of fish - motion, shadows, a fin, the white of a mouth.

Easier said than done.

Good advice Matt. Especially apt for bonefishing in my opinion.

Or for people fishing in the UK. Dont look for a whole shopping trolley, keep a look out for a wheel or maybe a handle. The river is more than likely so full of shit you wont spot a whole one. Also car tyres and traffic cones are worth looking for although the latter are usually easier to spot. :p

[Paul Arden]

I find that spotting fish in rivers is about reading the water first, then I know where to look.

It's such an incredibly wide topic, if we seriously want to do this then we need to break it down into manageable chunks. Personally I think the best advice is to go fishing, become obsessed by it, find yourself divorced, master nymphing, spend all your money on drugs, rods and alcohol, get fired from your job, take up flytying, have your family dis-own you, get casting lessons from Paul Arden, borrow money from your remaining friends and relatives, learn to tie bimini twists... but all this stuff just happens in due course anyway.

How about we break it down and start with river trout fishing in a new topic? It could be entertaining and we'll probably all learn something or other.

Cheers, Paul

[Trevlett]

Personally I think the best advice is to go fishing, become obsessed by it, find yourself divorced, master nymphing, spend all your money on drugs, rods and alcohol, get fired from your job, take up flytying, have your family dis-own you, get casting lessons from Paul Arden, borrow money from your remaining friends and relatives, learn to tie bimini twists...

Have you been reading my diary?

[Snake Pliskin]

How about we break it down and start with river trout fishing in a new topic? It could be entertaining and we'll probably all learn something or other.

Good call!

[andy_with_a_rod]

is this new thread my responsibility again?!

[pyko]

I find that spotting fish in rivers is about reading the water first, then I know where to look.

It's such an incredibly wide topic, if we seriously want to do this then we need to break it down into manageable chunks. Personally I think the best advice is to go fishing, become obsessed by it, find yourself divorced, master nymphing, spend all your money on drugs, rods and alcohol, get fired from your job, take up flytying, have your family dis-own you, get casting lessons from Paul Arden, borrow money from your remaining friends and relatives, learn to tie bimini twists... but all this stuff just happens in due course anyway.

How about we break it down and start with river trout fishing in a new topic? It could be entertaining and we'll probably all learn something or other.

Cheers, Paul

Good idea.
But maybe just concentrate on the fishing side of it Paul.

[Paul Arden]

Everything comes down to flyfishing at some level :p

OK, I'll start a new thread!

Cheers, Paul

[victor]

It's such an incredibly wide topic, if we seriously want to do this then we need to break it down into manageable chunks. Personally I think the best advice is to go fishing, become obsessed by it, find yourself divorced, master nymphing, spend all your money on drugs, rods and alcohol, get fired from your job, take up flytying, have your family dis-own you, get casting lessons from Paul Arden, borrow money from your remaining friends and relatives, learn to tie bimini twists...

Ok, let's start with divorce....and work our way through to penury.

Mike