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Tip #1 Casting Stances.

With the Orthodox stance you put your foot below your casting arm shoulder and slightly in front of your other foot. If you're casting with your right hand your right foot is slightly forward. If your cast is being made backhanded, your left shoulder and foot should be forward. Your feet should be slightly apart giving a comfortable well balanced and stable stance.  This allows you to transfer your body weight between your feet during your cast.

 

Open Casting Stance.  In this stance, which is used mainly for longer distance casting, the left foot and shoulder are forward allowing your right arm and hand freedom to move across your chest. It allows for a longer movement and longer hauls, thus longer distances.

 

 

Tip #2  Beginner's Nymph Fly Tying Steps:

1. Select 10-12 herl fibers from a long pheasant tail feather.
2. Tie to hook with ends of fibers extending beyond hook bend.
3. Tie fibers down to the hook bend then and then wrap forward tying off just behind the hook eye.
4. Push the fiber ends back and downward, flaring them around the body.
5. Holding the fibers in place, tie down and form a head with thread.
6. Whip finish and cement.

 

  #3 Fly Fishing in ArgentinaSalta is home to some of the most astonishing rivers and waterways in the country, where fishing can be a formidable experience. It is mainly practiced in El Rey National Park, Bermejo river shores and Cabra Corral Dam.  RIO PICO, in Chubut, is another great location for trout fishing.  It is about 1200 miles from Buenos Aires and most visitors arrive by driving from Esquel, Trelew or Comodoro Rivadavia. Either of the three are destinations for flights coming from Buenos Aires or other departing cities in Argentina.
Río Pico is a small stream that houses a large population of fish. The slow movement of the waters and the deposits that form allow for may fly hatches and offer an abundance of food for trout and other stream fish.  It is an ideal stream for the use of dry fly fishing.

 

Tip #4  Saltwater Fishing for Tarpon

Tarpon have large eyes and cavernous, high angled mouths which makes them well equipped for nightly feedings, they don't expend much energy chasing food during daylight hours. This is especially true during the spring-summer migration, when their minds are on traveling and spawning. Feeding then becomes an afterthought—that is unless your lure or fly lands conveniently in the path of a fish.

 

Tip #5  Handling Brook Trout

When trout fishing and practicing catch and release practices, always wet your hands before touching a Brook Trout. They have very sensitive skin and if you hold one with dry hands you will rub the protective layer of slim off their skin and the trout will die of infection.

Catch-and-release fishing works best when the water is less than 70F. Use strong enough tackle and land fish quickly to minimize stress. Use barbless hooks whenever possible. Don't remove the fish from the water. If you want to weigh the fish, weight the fish in your soft mesh net. Then place the fish back in the water gently. Release your catch as soon as possible.  Keep the amount of handling to a minimum and keep fish in the water if at all possible. Do not allow your fish to thrash. If you must handle it use wet gloves or a wet rag.

Carefully, but quickly, remove hooks using a de-hooker, needle nose pliers or forceps. Whenever possible remove hooks in the throat or gut using a de-hooker.  Cut the line if you cannot carefully or quickly remove hooks. 

Tip #6  Fishing season in Scotland

Salmon fishing season is usually from early February until late October. Note that there are regional variations.  Brown Trout Season is from the 15th of March until the 6th of October. Rainbow Trout There is no closed season for rainbow trout as they are not an indigenous species to the United Kingdom and they can be fished for all year round.

Tip #7 Selecting your Bamboo

All of your rod strips should come from the same culm to maintain color and node uniformity and to ensure the same degree of quality throughout your rod.  Look for a culm that has few defects including dents, water marks, cracks, blemishes, large nodes and strong curves.  Don't use the best culm for your first rod as you are bound to make mistakes.  Save the best culm for when you have perfected your craft.

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Tip #8  Choosing Your Fly Rod Line Color

Fly rod line color is an important choice in designing your outfit.  It is generally agreed that fish don't care what color your line is, though Trout do see color.  Make sure that you choose a color that is easy for you to see so that you can see where your line is going during casting or so that you may extract it when it gets caught in foliage.

Tip #9  Caring For your Fly Line and Leader

Cracks and splits are signs that you need a new line.  Solvents, like bug repellent, can break down your line and leader so take care to keep them away from your equipment.

To clean your line and leader, remove it first from the reel and cut all knots.  Wash the line in a tub of sudsy dish water.  Rinse the line.  Air dry your line in a net bag.  Once dry, apply a lubricant.  Reattach your line and leader to your backing and wind it back onto your reel.  Store your reel in a dry place. 

Tip #10 Hooking and Playing a Fish

When hooking your fish it is important to remember to raise the tip of your rod with a quick movement once you have a bite.  Hold the line against the rod with your casting hand so that you don't let out more line.  Remember that the longer your line, the harder your hook set should be.

When tiring out, or playing, your fish there are three ways to control the line tension on a running fish.  Holding your rod at a more vertical angle will increase the rod tension, a lower angle will decrease the tension.  Rod guides serve to increase tension on your line and don't forget your reel drag adjustment.

Tip #11  Questions to ask when booking a guided fishing trip.

Does the guide service obtain the necessary licensing documentation for you?

• Do they feed you while you're fishing?
• Do they provide transportation to and from the fishing locations?
• Do they provide lodging?
• Do they provide you with fishing equipment or are you to bring your own?
• How many people are going to be in your group?
• Are lessons and advice part of the deal?
• Do they practice proper catch and release policies?

Tip #12  Best Bamboo for Making a Cane Rod

Tonkin Cane is the best bamboo species for making a bamboo fly rod because of its unique 'power fibers.'  Power fibers are long cellulose fibers near the enamel covering of the plan and they occur in a very high concentration in Tonkin Cane.  Additionally, Tonkin Cane is optimal for bamboo fly rods because it grows to a height of 40 feet, with relatively flat nodes, which make it easier to produce a smooth rod.  The stalks grow relatively straight and they grow with a slight taper also providing optimal rod making.  It is a remarkably sustainable resource with plants reaching maturity in about 4 to 5 years. 

Basic Fly Tying Knots

Knots are links in a chain of materials that link you to your inevitable fish. Weak knots

often lead to lost fish and frustration, making knots an important part of your fly tying system.

It is not only important to choose the right knot for a particular linking job but also to seat

it correctly. To seat your knot correctly, lubricate the knot before tightening with saliva

or water. Tighten the knot with a steady, continuous pull and then be sure to test your knot. Trim neatly.

Knot Tying Terms

• Tag End: The part of the line in which the knot is tied. Normally it is the short end of the line or the part of the line that is trimmed
• Standing Part: The opposite of the tag end.
• Turns/Wraps: One complete revolution or turn of one line around another.

Basic Knots
Overhand Knot

Also called the wind knot, this knot is often used as a first step in many other knots.

• Hold the standing end of your line between your thumb and forefingers about 8  inches from the end. Hold the tag end of the line between your thumb and   forefinger of your right end.

• Rotate your right hand and bring it toward your left hand forming a loop against  the standing part of the line.

• Slide the loop under the thumb and forefinger of your left hand, holding it firmly.

• With your right hand, pass the tag end over the standing part and slip it through  the loop. Moisten the knot and pull both ends to tighten.

Clinch Knot

Used for tying a line or leader to a hook.

• Insert about six inches of the tag end through the eye of the hook and bring it  back along the standing part.

• Make five turns with the tag end around the standing part.

• Push the tag end through the small loop at the hook eye

• Slip the tag end through the large loose loop formed

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