Woke up this morning early, without a hangover, a rare Saturday occurrence. Thought I’d try and get some work done and in the process ran across a story I’d started just after we got back from the Lake Vermilion fishing trip. Well, one thing led to another and before I knew it I fell into a fly fishing hole. After a few hours of internet research I am now thinking that the time may be nigh to begin exploring this beautiful art that has intrigued me for years.
The thing about fly fishing is that aside from the end goal of landing a fish, it holds few similarities in either technique or equipment to the rod and reel fishing I’m used to. Here’s an illustrative video:
It seems to me that the most important place to start is understanding the equipment necessary for the task at hand, so far Fly anglers Online has been the best resource I’ve run into, they do a real nice job of taking you through the whole process from choosing equipment to tying flies and landing fish.
Fly fishing certainly seems to be the sort of thing you want some helpful one on one advice and how to’s on. Luckily that information is available right here in Chicago. I think my next step will be to walk into The Chicago fly Fishing Outfitters, admit my total ignorance and see where that leads me. Place seems pretty cool and they offer classes on tying your own fly’s as well as sweet gear.