Learn Facts About Fly Fishing Rods and Reels By Jonathan Treby At Isnare.com Ezine Articles

Fly fishing takes a bit more learning than usual river or sea fishing, however the fun is great and constant action. The fly angler uses a rod longer and lighter than those used for cast and spin fishing,a recent trend has been to lighter, shorter rods for fishing in smaller creeks and streams giving more control. So your first requirement is to go to your local fly fishing supplier and get some rods in your hands-feel the weight feel the whip, remember you will be holding this rod for a few hours so be comfortable with it.

Rods are matched to the fishing line according to weight, normally on a good rod there will be a note attached to the fly rod telling you the fly line weights designed for the rod. 1wt rods are the lightest increasing up to 16wt. 1wt to 2wt are great for small fish like Trout, 3wt to 4wt are for small creek fishing where the 5wt is the all rounder fly rod. 6wt to 7wt are good for large rivers and really fishing with streamers. For Bass or Salmon fishing in a medium river I like to use a 8wt or 9wt rod with a fairly large fly. The real heavy rods up to 16wt are used more when fishing from a boat.Most of the early fishing rods where made of Bamboo which take many hours to build and these days are really to expensive for the beginner. Most rods used today are made from Carbon fibre graphite are strong and much cheaper to buy with hardly any maintenance required.

Next we need a reel. There is a wide variety of fishing fly reels to store the line and also provide a braking device better known as (Drag) to fight heavy or quicker moving fish-prices must fit your budget, also again decide if you are going to use your right or left arm on the reel, however most good reels can be converted to left or right hand to pull in the line. Some reels have a fairly easy system for click drags, the idea being to let the line run through the palm when you have a fish running with the line and to lightly touch the palm on the side of the reel to slow the line output.Fly reels normally have a rating for the weight and type of fly line and strength. It is always a good idea to get a reel you can quickly change the spool so you can change the type of line used with ease. Try to buy a reel made in aluminium and spools being stainless steel with sealed bearings to stop salt water rusting the mechanism and bearings.

Always go to a reputable Fly Fishing shop to buy your tackle and remember cheap is not the way to go-I started out with a cheap rod and reel,it was not until a fellow fly fisher in a club I joined saw my problems in casting and lent me his Sage rod-The difference was like chalk to cheese.

I feel a good combo set should set you back around $200 and maybe an extra $70 for a good line,

My future articles will be on Fly Lines and Flies and lures.

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