What are the best fish to catch when fly fishing? The quickest and easiest answer to that question is, "any fish that is willing to take a fly when you're fishing!"
Because the majority of fly fishing is done for trout and salmon species, many think that this type of fishing is aimed at primarily at these species. Most articles and books about fly fishing discuss techniques and fly patterns that will catch fish such as brown trout, rainbow trout, steelhead and the various different salmonids. So it is not surprising that many believe that fly fishing is aimed at trout and salmon only.
Nothing could be further from the truth! Fly fishing will catch just about any fish that an angler would want to seek after. Not only is fly fishing done in freshwater, but it's gaining in popularity among saltwater anglers too. It is true that when saltwater fly fishing, some special gear that can handle salt is recommended - but you'll find many an angler casting flies to tarpon, boston bluefish off the coast of New England, bonefish in the Florida flats, and even shark off the coast of Nova Scotia.
Warm water fly fishing has been catching on in recent years for the thrills it offers. Most anglers know that the fight a smallmouth or largemouth bass can put up is, size for size, second to none on a spin or casting rod, and it's the same with a fly rod as well. Catching fiesty smallmouth bass on the fly is an experience no fly angler should miss out on. Using top water flies that pop and make gurgling noises when retrieved can provide for a lot of fun, especially when that big bass hiding behind a rock decides to investigate and angrily takes the fly from the surface. Although bass will take flies that are often tied up with trout in mind, some bass fly patterns will often take them when nothing else will.
In Ontario, Canada, there has been a good deal of interest in pursuing the prehistoric gar pike with a fly rod. Although an ugly fish too look at with it's long toothy mouth, those who have targetted gar with a fly enthuse about the fun they offer.
Almost all fish have a diet of aquatic insects, and if you remember this, you can tie up fly patterns that appear as some local aquatic diet to the fish that reside in the waters you are fishing. When fished at the right depths, you can catch just about anything when using a fly rod, even catfish and walleye, although walleye and pike often prefer larger leech like fly patterns.
Because the majority of fly fishing is done for trout and salmon species, many think that this type of fishing is aimed at primarily at these species. Most articles and books about fly fishing discuss techniques and fly patterns that will catch fish such as brown trout, rainbow trout, steelhead and the various different salmonids. So it is not surprising that many believe that fly fishing is aimed at trout and salmon only.
Nothing could be further from the truth! Fly fishing will catch just about any fish that an angler would want to seek after. Not only is fly fishing done in freshwater, but it's gaining in popularity among saltwater anglers too. It is true that when saltwater fly fishing, some special gear that can handle salt is recommended - but you'll find many an angler casting flies to tarpon, boston bluefish off the coast of New England, bonefish in the Florida flats, and even shark off the coast of Nova Scotia.
Warm water fly fishing has been catching on in recent years for the thrills it offers. Most anglers know that the fight a smallmouth or largemouth bass can put up is, size for size, second to none on a spin or casting rod, and it's the same with a fly rod as well. Catching fiesty smallmouth bass on the fly is an experience no fly angler should miss out on. Using top water flies that pop and make gurgling noises when retrieved can provide for a lot of fun, especially when that big bass hiding behind a rock decides to investigate and angrily takes the fly from the surface. Although bass will take flies that are often tied up with trout in mind, some bass fly patterns will often take them when nothing else will.
In Ontario, Canada, there has been a good deal of interest in pursuing the prehistoric gar pike with a fly rod. Although an ugly fish too look at with it's long toothy mouth, those who have targetted gar with a fly enthuse about the fun they offer.
Almost all fish have a diet of aquatic insects, and if you remember this, you can tie up fly patterns that appear as some local aquatic diet to the fish that reside in the waters you are fishing. When fished at the right depths, you can catch just about anything when using a fly rod, even catfish and walleye, although walleye and pike often prefer larger leech like fly patterns.