Fly fishing tips for beginners who want to LEARN FAST!
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- I share my top fly fishing tips for beginners who want to learn to fly fish fast! By avoiding the mistakes I made over 20 years of fly fishing all over the world you will learn the secrets to speed up your learning.
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00:00 Started Fly Fishing? Learn Fast
00:20 Learn faster from experts, friends or clubs
02:20 Learn to cast well, don't just teach yourself
04:29 The importance of line control
08:01 Watch and copy better anglers
09:23 What ROD do you need when you start fly fishing?
16:48 Match your fly line to your fly rod
20:39 Learn by doing - fly fish more
23:48 Carefully approach the water
24:15 Another trout caught on fly
26:27 Outro
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I liked this film. Felt like it was more in touch with ‘normal’ anglers in there own local smaller streams and rivers, rather than epic globally recognised locations. Very good. Sound advice too.
Really glad you enjoyed it. Thank you for your kind words and taking the time to comment.
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Totally agree Mark! As a beginner with my first fly rod… this was very helpful advice. Blessings, Rob
I realize this is an older video, good, honest, simple advice never goes out of fashion. I found the fact that the bad casts that were left in the videos helped get that monkey off my back. Plus I love the SA accent. BIG THUMBS UP. Rob Gauteng
Awesome, thanks Rob. Glad to hear you still found value in the video. I should do an update sometimes soon. Tight lines. Johan
Gosh: I dont have somebody to teach me. Thats why I turned to youtube. And now this guy on youtube tells me for 26 minutes straight, that I should have somebody teach me. Thank you. Very helpful.
There are plenty of good vids on YT but you will learn faster from someone with experience. Fly fishing clubs are a great place to find experienced and like minded people and they often have events of programs to teach new poeple. If you live remotely that is obviously a problem. I do explain that I did mostly teach myself, so it is possible but you will learn faster from someone experienced. And to be fair I didn't spend the entire 26mins on that, it was only the first part 🤣😉
@@CrazyAboutFlyFishing Thanks for your reply.
There is no better thing than having a good friend in life (sic!) who teaches you everything over the the course of a year while catching fish already.
And you can learn a lot of an expert.
Thats deep wisdom.
But come on, at the same time its really obvious. I dont know if anybody who has a friend like that, needs somebody on youtube to tell him. For a couple of minutes even.
At least in my area fly fishing is a niche sport. You will hardly find any expert. And for sure not for free.
I dont live remote, but in our capital, Berlin. There is no fly fishing club. Only more or less theoretical courses on dry land. The cheapest and shortest comes at 200 Euro.
I am a professional sports trainer. So I should advice everybody that you should stay safe and learn everything by booking courses and get degrees in everything from a certified instructor. But of course thats not the way I myself learned skating, ice hockey or even climbing: I just went out and used try and error. And I cant even see, why a theoretical course should be a lot better than a bunch of excellent youtube tutorials. What is the dry land curse able to teach, what a good structured clips cant transport for free?
I guess we are lucky in NZ that fly fishing is not elite or exclusive and not very expensive either. Most cities and big towns have clubs that cost $50 or less a year to join with many active members and monthly trips etc. Also many people know someone that fly fishes but still go at it alone when they start, like I did for many years when they don't need to. I do hope that besides this part maybe not applying to you that you found other useful information in the video and enjoy your fly fishing very much. Tight lines and and good fishing
Hi Johan, great video and sound advice. I am a novice angler and fishing with an experienced angler has been an important part of learning the craft (the perfection of which takes many years). It's a steep learning curve at the beginning. Hiring a guide is usually expensive and $900 for a day's guiding is prohibitive for most of us. Finding someone who is patient and explains and demonstrates well is also a gamble. In the South Island we are fortunate to have a world class fisherman who runs an annual 2 day course through the Southland Fly Fishing Club. This year there were 17 participants. I enquired at a Canterbury fishing tackle outlet on behalf of a friend in regards to some tuition. The cost was $90 for 1.5 hours casting practice on grass and $900 for a day's fishing tuition. Instead, he paid $90 for a return ticket from ChCh to Invercargill, $60 for 2 nights in a backpackers and $110 for 2 days fly fishing tuition from Mike Weddell. Mike is 6 times British fly casting champion and 2 times World champion with 57 years fly fishing experience and catches up to 200 fish per season. The course involves a few hours classroom presentation on the what, where, how and why of fly fishing and a couple of hours grass casting to learn the basics of casting. The following day is a full day on the Mataura river overseen by Mike and assisted by experienced fishermen/women from the Southland club. Participation in that course increased my catch rate by a factor of 5. Mike also makes himself available for assistance through his website and assists in a no nonsense manner and without the ego one might expect from someone so accomplished in the sport. Highly recommended. Cheers
That course is a bargain and the learning will last a lifetime. Thanks for sharing. Courses like that are definitely a great way to speed up the learning. You are right about guides. It's not a cheap way for sure but I also understand the costs to run their businnes. It's something I only advise if you can afford it, which most of us can't. Clubs however are normally very affordable and a great source of knowledge. The casting tution sounds worthwhile. You'd be amazed how much a good instructor can fix in 1.5hours. Thanks for the kind comments as well. Tight lines.
Thanks for the content! It's true that learning from a better angler makes the learning way faster.
And thank you for watching and taking the time to comment. Tight lines and let me know if you would like to see more of this type of content and any topics you would like to see covered.
Hi Johan, very good points you make, true 50 years ago and true today. The best thing about fishing is that you might start as a youngster and fish all your life and you can still improve and learn from others. I am lucky to have fished all over the world and learned by watching and asking questions. Here in NZ we have some very good anglers clubs where people are keen on helping you learn and improve. A good example is the Auckland Fresh Water Angling Club that has helped hundreds of newcomers to angling. I found that local knowledge is a God send and worthwhile as is watching local anglers at their home waters. Great video, thanks mate. Harera
Thanks Piere, I really believe there is never a time to stop learning and I am always trying to learn something new when I'm out fishing and from every angler I meet. They all know something you don't. Tight lines.
Thanks for the tips, very much appreciated.
Glad you found them useful and thanks for taking the time to comment
❤ Nice video mate! I am new with the nimphing! Ill try to copy you next time on the river. Good that have people like you in the network!
Thanks mate, glad you enjoyed it. Tight lines for the new year.
I enjoyed the show and would like to see more like this, a pretty honest review of fly fishing. Cheers Pete.
Thanks Pete, much appreciated. Any topics that you would like to see covered in this way?
Great video, please keep making more of these, more dry fly fishing and mastering the drag effect would be fab, I have great difficulty in this area and I would love to be able to eventually master this style of fishing.
Thanks Jane, glad you enjoyed it and I will keep that in mind for this coming summer to see if I can cover those topics. Tight lines.
Thanks! This was immensely helpful as a new fly fisherman. Just purchased my first fly rod. Blessings, Rob
Thanks Rob and that's great to hear. May you catch plenty of fish and make the best memories. Tight lines and let me know how the fishing goes.
This is great Johan 🤙
Thanks mate, much appreciated
Thankyou for an entertaining and instructive video , I do get fed up sometimes with those loud and flashy " fish a cast videos" but yours was much more true to life. Paul
Thanks Paul, I'm glad you found it useful, I hope to get some more educational videos out in the future. There is a good recent dry dropper one called "The Best of Both Worlds" that you might find useful too. Tight lines.
Thanks for all the tips finding them helpful
Great, glad you do
I've accumulated quite a few rods over the years. Many years ago my first rod was a six weight from Orvis. It was supposed to be an all around trout rod. I didn't know any better then. Some years later I met an exceptional angler whose fly is well known in the US and elsewhere. He took me under his wing and taught me how to nymph properly. Most often he used a three weight, 8 foot 9 inch, light line Sage rod. I bought one as well. It was a revelation. The rod was so sensitive toward its tip that I could tell if there was a bit of moss on the hook as I lifted the fly line off the water to recast. Playing fish was a pure thrill with this rod. I could feel every twitch the fish made and was able to counter it appropriately. Compared to this rod, my 6 weight Orvis felt like a broom stick. I sold it soon after my experience with that Sage rod. I'm not trying to promote Sage. My point is to supplement Johan's comment. Yes, you can catch fish even with an inexpensive fly rod, but you'll have a very different experience if you find a rod that's well matched for the stream you're fishing and your preferences. Actually, I'm glad I had that Orvis rod initially because then I was able to appreciate the finer rods later.
As for having someone to teach you, I couldn't agree more. I went from catching a few fish a day to catching a bunch. Once you know how to fly fish, luck takes a backseat to knowledge.
Wise words indeed and matching the right line with the rod is key. For my one of my first rods I was sold a fast action rod with a line that required expert casting technique to load it properly. Was such a frustrating experience as a beginner. The rod would have been great had it had the correct line on. The right rod and line combo for what you are doing definitely makes the experience so much better. Like you my fishing accelerated once I had poeple help me and I still try to learn something from everyone I fish with. Thanks for the comments. Much appreciated.
Loved the video just getting into it and loved the commentary and what goes through you’re head as a experienced fly fisherman
Awesome, that's great to hear. You might like another recent one about dry droppers, I think it's called "The best of both worlds?""
Great video, one of your best. Some nice tips there. I'm doing the exact opposite and learning the hard and SLOW way without a guide and at a new spot each time due to my constant travels, LOL. I'm also using one rod to rule them all, haha. But totally agree that to fast track learning a guide or experienced friend is invaluable.
Thanks mate, it's a tough way to learn but stick with it and you will get there. Try to T up some good fly fishers to fish with in your travels to speed up that learning curve. Tight lines and have fun.
Great video, just bought my first fly rod and can't wait to get out.
Thank you. Enjoy the journey. Fly fishing is great and will give you a lifetime of enjoyment in the outdoors
good stuff mate, a very informative video, a little bit of humour but good advise out there for beginners especially, even experienced anglers don't know everything, fly fishing there is always lessons to be learnt along the way. good content mate..
Thanks very much. I'm glad this came out well. Was a bit different filming it. Will have to work on more informative content. Thanks for the comment
Cheers mate..good knowledge
Thanks mate, good to hear you found it useful
Great informative video mate. If i feel i need to get into fly fishing i know who to come and see :-)
Thanks mate, always happy to get you started.
Thanks for the video. Awesome content! It is quite a pleasure to see this, even though I’ve been fishing now for about 10 years. What about some video tips and footage using switch rods and skagit lines? I have had a shoulder repair operation and no longer can cast overhead casting style.
Thanks, very glad you enjoyed it. Good news for you. I filmed these two videos last year with Simon and Meinrad. Not sure if you saw them th-cam.com/video/SB7tCw_0OFU/w-d-xo.html and th-cam.com/video/SJ9VtUXtSMI/w-d-xo.html. I also just finished filming the second day of my trip with Simon which is coming out Saturday and there is a bit of trout spey in that one with the OPST smooth lines and rods. I'm still pretty new to it myself but I will rope SImon and Meinrad into making some more dedicated videos on it soon enough.
useful, thank you
Glad it was helpful, tight lines.
So glad i found your utube, i just sign up for fly fishing i have no clue what its about but you have really enlighten me about this, your video are really good. So glad you take your time to explain things.
Awesome, thank you!
Very good roll camera, action ,that's how it done with a very nice fish to boot!
Thank you
I think the rod is important, and like you said it becomes more important the more you learn and the more you fish. If possible ask a guide to bring 2-3 rods that you can try.
Action: fast, medium, or slow. Most like a med-fast action. 9ft. is a good general purpose starting length. I started with a 5wt. as that was what most recommended. And I also have a 4wt. Now I think I would have started with a 9ft. 6wt. and a 8ft. 4wt. 6wt. for larger streams (med. to large trout) and lakes (bass and Pike). 4wt. for the smaller streams and smaller trout and pan fish. Reddington, TFO, Echo, and Moonshine are just 4 of many rod manufactures that I suggest you look at.
PS there is sooooo... much info on the internet, (Orvis make wonderful videos) Use this info rich source.
Thanks for the great info shared. Tight lines.
Nice vid dude
Thank you very much
Loved the video! Contained a lot of very useful information. It would be awesome if you made a few more detailed videos about what rod, line and flies to use in certain situations. It would also be super helpful to see a video of different (correct) ways to cast. Keep the videos coming. They are awesome!
Thanks Kyle, much appreciated. It's definitely something I'll look into in the future. I don't do a lot of educational content but have a browse through my channel and you will find some more older ones and a few recent ones where I go through gear and rigs. A few things do need updating though. Tight lines.
@@CrazyAboutFlyFishing Thanks! I'm through 84 of your 172 videos so far. I'll keep watching them!
@Kyle Turner that's awesome, hope you're enjoying them
@@CrazyAboutFlyFishing Very much! Lots of super useful information and entertainment
Thankyo Friend 🎣 fishinge liké vidio vriy nice 🎣
Many many thanks
Some good tips there. Yip learn from a mate or guide is the best way. 🤙 great video Johan
Thanks mate, hopefully will save someone a bit of frustration and help them learn things a bit faster.
Nicely done - like the instructional format of tripod fixed camera view and the on-body camera to show the scenario from different viewpoints. Good solid advice with practical application. As someone who did it solo (and slowly) for years the advantages of having a fishing buddy and guides cant be underestimated. Look forward to more!
Thanks Mark, glad you enjoyed it. I'll be doing the camera on tripod again when I can. It's a fair bit od extra editing but worth it I think.
thank you I like your style
I appreciate that, tight lines
I found this video extremely helpful as a beginner fly fisher. Do you have any guides you would recommend in the Taupo/Turangi region? I would love to pick the brains of some talented anglers and fast track my progress as per your suggestion.
Hi Daniel, that's awesome thanks for the feedback. Rob Vaz is your guy. Robfish.co.nz he is a great teacher with many years of competition fly fishing and representing NZ. Plus he is a great teacher.
Good 👍👍
Thank you! Cheers!
Excellent tips., especially one of later ones about getting to know a particular stretch of water.That has helped me greatly-visiting the same water in varying weather and flow conditions. I've leant a lot in the last three years especially. keep up the good work. Are you in South Africa? :-) massive fish there in that stream by the way! The are giants as far I am concerned. :-)
Thanks Terry, much appreciated. I'm a South African living in New Zealand. Very lucky to have some of the best trout fishing the world here.
Hey i liked the way you put this video together. Perhaps for future videos make sub topic videos of each thing you talked about AKA weight and depth, rod, line/tippet/leader, techniques etc etc. Although i new most of what you said it was reassuring to know im on the right track. Cheers bud
Thanks that's great to hear. Do you mean like chapters in the video or smaller videos covering a single topic? I am hoping to make some content focusing in more detail on specific topics and I am mixing some more tips into my regular content. I'll definitely look into doing chapters for those if I can find the time.
@@CrazyAboutFlyFishing Yes that's the one. More content focusing in more detail on specific topics! I love that you always explain what your doing/using and how its being used/done. Puts you right up their with my other favorite NZ fly fishing you tubers. Many don't tell us what's going on and it can get yawnnn. Weve all seen a fish being caught, but HOW is the question. Cheers mate. If you are ever down in the Wairarapa id be keen and happy to take you out!
@@camlocarter5842 thanks mate, really appreciate the kind words and feedback. If I ever make it down your way would be great to meet up. Thanks again.
I’m a few weeks into myself after nearly a 20 year break. Tip one get waders. If you don’t your gonna get annoyed learning to cast and also unless you get lucky it’s gonna be tough as a noob to catch much off the shore. Secondly don’t buy the pre made rod with line already in it. They may sit like that for years. Then you fight the twisted messy leader and line for weeks and it just can’t be straightened. Anyways that’s what I’ve learned so far.
Thanks for sharing your experience. Waders and good boots are definitely a great investment. Especially in colder areas. Tight lines and hope you have a great time learning.
I forgot-you have used a very visibly dry in that light / That makes it so much easier for viewers to wee what's happening. Too many presenters on You Tube cast with very small flies or drab ones in choppy water and it's then it's so hard to see the drift and take on video. Good work. :-)
Thanks Terry. It was probably not intentional since I think it might have been cicada season when I filmed this and hence the large fly. But I will remember to do that when I can.
@@CrazyAboutFlyFishing All good. I love that little stream of yours! :-)
Well done, a great Flyfisher can make a bad rod look good. Please do a line type video. Cover poly leader, shooting, poly sink tip and the sort. When to use when cry. Lol
Love your videos.
Thanks very much, I will keep those in mind for future videos. I don't use them that often but a floating poly leader is handily to help turn over big flies or long leaders. Tripping on Trout uses them a fair bit. I always carry a sinking poly leader as it's great for getting streamers down if you onky have a floating line. You can add it and chuck a streamer on then fish it through deep or fast sections. They also work well in lakes where you are fishing from the shore with shallow weeds in front of you where a full sinking line would hang up. That way you can fish the drop off deep but not snag in the weeds in front of you. Hope that helps a little. Tight lines and thanks for watching
@@CrazyAboutFlyFishing it does. I fishing the South Holston River In Tennessee. It's an Awesome River for the States. We vary on all of it. Tripping on Trout got me using long leaders. This last season I got 9 nice Brownies one was 34" . I love your sharing knowledge. It makes me think and create. Keep up the great work.
@@rickybanks3665 Awesome, thank you
i got my grandpas flyfishing stuff so i have been making my owns flys and all that. my dad also got a fly fishing rod years ago from someone. anyhow my question is is there a point in fly fishing when i don't have any small streams or whatever near me? i usually take my little boat out at the nearby lake and fish with jiggs and crankers and what not.
Lakes can be very good fishing with a fly rod but I must say I'm really no good at it. Not sure what you are fishing for but just about any fish that will take a jig or crankbait will take a fly as well. Normally sinking lines are the way to go with lakes. If you can find some info on your area from a local tackle shop or fishing club that would be a good starting point.
Hi,
Great video. I am new to the sport so excuse my newbie question. What type of pants and shoes are you wearing ?
The shoes are called wading boots. They are specifically designed for walking in the rivers with non slip soles and let the water drain easily. I wear them over neoprene socks. My pants are thermal leggings underneath a pair of shorts. Adds a little warm but mainly protects againts biting insects like sandlies and brush scraping your legs all day. They are tight on your skin so have less water resistance than quick dry pants which I sometimes wear instead. Hope that helps.
Much appreciated 👍
Thank you! You made some good , remember! advice. which we all forget. I plan on hoening the knowledge then break it down to maybe 3 things on the water that day. cast the shore line. (on the Grand river in Ontario Canada) wolley buggger my Fav. and I'm more target the smallmouth bass. fun. there are great browns but near the mouth of lake Erie and the grand river, then easier for me is in Furgus . a small town where the Grand river runs through. but problen is that there are so many Don't tresspass signs and I don't think these ppl. even with a house own that. they may think so. the respect we flyfishers do in realeases and respecting propery is ruined by others . by litter.
Thanks, I am glad you enjoyed the video. Private property makes it hard to fish. We have a lot of it here too but we also thankfully have a lot of public access. Hopefully it stays that way. Tight lines
What would you recommend if you don’t have anyone at all to learn from? Being in Texas, there is virtually no fly fishing, but one of my cousins who lives farther away does it, but I don’t get any chances to fish w him
If you really don't have anyone then TH-cam is a good place to start learning yourself. Channels like the New Fly Fisher and Mad River Outfitters have great educational content that covers every aspect of fly fishing. The other option is to find an online beginners course or workshop that will teach you the basics. Casting is one of the hardest parts but if you have good videos to start with you can teach yourself. Then when you do get to finally do a trip with a friend or someone else you can learn more from them too. Also, you should have lots of bass and bluegill in Texas? The are great to catch on fly as a start. Don't think fly fishing is just for trout. Most species can be caught on fly. Tight lines.
just curious, why does it look like you are mending downstream when fishing dries? (relatively new fly angler)
Hi Tristen, I mend frequently to counteract the current in order to get a drag free drift. The currents between me and the flies move at different speeds. If the fly is in slower current than the fly line you would need to mend upstream. If the fly is in faster current and there is slow water in front of you, you would need to mend downstream to avoid your fly getting drag
I think "what" rod you choose becomes more important as you gain more experience. When you first start you just need a rod that is good enough but as you gain more experience and spend more time on the water its worth spending money on a rod you like because you know you will actually use it and it will be worth the investment vs the beginner who buys a 300 dollar rod and goes fishing only once.
Agreed, that is great way of looking at it. The good thing when you are experienced is you can pick up any rod and fish with it. I really like that the newer models are so light but yet so strong. How the rod looks matters more when you do it all the time too. The enjoyment is a big part of it.
Yes. Until you have the experience, you won't know what rod is best for you anyway. That applies to gear in any endeavor.
a jack of all trades is a master of none, but oftentimes better than a master of one
It's always a bit of a trade off either way. Finding the convenience of versatility better than the effectiveness of specialized stuff lately.
Mate , which is your rig ?
In this case a dry dropper setup I think with a 9ft 2x tapered leader to a foam cicada pattern (sometimes I add 2ft of 3x to the leader) then about 3 - 4ft 3x tied off the bend to a dropper fly which suits like a hare and copper, pheasant tail or rubberlegged stonefly patterns. I often change flies based on depth and what the fish are taking.
@@CrazyAboutFlyFishing thank you mate ! Will be great if sometime you will add some explanation about your rigs during your fishing trip ! Keep going with your great video
@@dragonflynz1176 funny enough I have it in the next one coming out Saturday morning. I explain how I set up my nymphing rig. Will do that more from now on.
@@CrazyAboutFlyFishing can’t wait for your next video !
@@dragonflynz1176 thanks 😊
As a fly fisher of 4 months I can say I strongly disagree with most of this 😅
I'm keen to hear just which parts you disagree with 😉 how is your fishing coming along? Getting a few to the net?
Jesus christ mate, if you were fishing in NZ in water like, that the fish would be gone, just entering the water and multiple casting, the trout is away in seconds, oh I forgot, it is NZ!
These are not SI browns 🤣🤔😇😁
The most stressful 10 seconds of fishing...... getting it in the net.
Absolutely and I was reminded about that several times this weekend as I lost fish at the net.
Works great although it th-cam.com/users/postUgkxLoZpKHn4w7dtzXk1eygBlOhbLxuVe3uD took a while to figure out how to reverse it. Nearly disassembled the entire thing. Looks better than my Redington Rise 5/6 reel too.
Sorry mate, but I can't agree with you. It's not true you should hire a guide, or you shouldn't learn on your own if you would like to be a good angler. Do you think that all these guides had a guide when they have started? No. Everything is just about practice, practice, and more practice. No guide will make a better angler from you, only your own experience can move you on a higher level.
No worries, I understand where you are coming from but I think you might want to watch the video again as you missed the essense of what I am trying to say. Or maybe I just conveyed it poorly. I also taught myself and you can, but learning from an expert speeds up your learning massively and helps avoid bad habits. Also one of my tips is practice, practice and pratice. Only way to learn is on the water but there are things you can do to help you learn faster, which is what the tips are about. Thanks for taking the time to comment and hope you enjoyed it none the less and found some useful info.
Although it does not help if you are practising the wrong thing. Practise does not make perfect, perfect practise makes perfect :)
@@aliceduser6347 absolutely agree. That's why it's so important to get pointed in the right direction early on, especially with casting otherwise those bad habits are hard to get rid of as you probably saw in my casting 😅