101 Fly Fishing Tips for Beginners

Introduction

Tip #1:  Practice your Casting.

Tip #2:  Rods

Tip #3:  Holding your Rod Effectively

Tip #4:  What do to with a Running Fish

Tip #5:  Best Bait Choices

Tip #6:  Keep your Dry Flies Floating Longer

Tip #7:  Types of Reels

Tip #8:  Tying Effective Knots 

Tip #9:  Protecting your Fly Line

Tip #10:  Cleaning your Fly Line 

Tip #11:  Storing your Fly Line 

Tip #12:  Types of Fly Lines

Tip #13:  Pinching your Hooks

Tip #14:  Lures – by the Experts

Tip #15:  Using Dry Flies in the Afternoon

Tip #16:  Keeping Track of Patterns

Tip #17:  Basic Tools for Tying Flies 

Tip #18:  Tying your Fly to the Tippet

Tip #19:  Using a Sub-Surface Fly 

Tip #20:  Rods and Guides 

Tip #21:  More Tips from the Experts  

Tips #22:  Leaders

Tip #23:  Knotless Tapered Leads

Tip #24:  Learn to Read the Water 

Tip #25:  Keep an Eye Out for Structures

Tip #26:  Fishing in the Early Season – Night Fishing 

Tip #27:  Standard Casting 

Tip #28:  Fishing in Stormy Weather 

Tip #29:  Etiquette and Rules you Need to Know

Tip #30:  Roll Casting

Tip #31:  Reach Casting

Tip #32:  Slack Line Casting

Tip #33:  Shooting Line Casting

Tip #34:  Rely on your Vision when Casting

Tip #35:  Using a Hauling Technique

Tip #36:  The Technique of “Mending the Line”

Tip #37:  Match the Length of your Tippet to the Hole

Tip #38:  Using a Slow-Action Rod

Tip #39:  Fishing Etiquette – The Right of Way

Tip #40:  Fishing Etiquette – Taking out your Line

Tip #41:  Fishing Etiquette - Silence

Tip #42:  Fishing Etiquette – Lend a Helping Hand 

Tip #43:  Wading with Safety

Tip #44:  Tackle Boxes 

Tip #45:  Keep your Fishing Vest Organized

Tip #46:  Carry a Wading Staff

Tip #47:  Wear Good Shoes

Tip #48:  Take Along the Sun Block

Tip #49:  Use Polarized Glasses

Tip #50:  Discouraging Insects 

Tip #51:  Dress for the Weather

Tip #52:  Sticking with the Basics

Tip #53:  What is Essential Gear? 

Tip #54:  The Size of your Flies

Tip #55:  Fly Fishing for Salmon – Mood Matters

Tip #56:  Fly Fishing for Salmon – When Will they Strike?

Tip #57:  Fly Fishing for Salmon – Keep your Hooks Sharp

Tip #58:  Fly Fishing for Salmon – Fishing with a Partner

Tip #59:  Fly Fishing for Salmon – Find a Good Hole

Tip #60:  Fly Fishing for Salmon – Choose Low-Light Days – Cool Water

Tip #61:  Fly Fishing for Salmon – Where to Fish – When to Fish 

Tip #62:  Fly Fishing for Salmon – Finding the Snags

Tip #63:  Fly Fishing for Salmon – Check the Tail End of Pools

Tip #64:  Fly Fishing for Salmon – Learn to Fish Slowly

Tip #65:  Fly Fishing for Trout - Using a Shorter Rod

Tip #66:  Fly Fishing for Trout – Using a Floating Line

Tip #67:  Fly Fishing for Trout – Dry Fly or Wet Fly?

Tip #68:  Fly Fishing for Trout - When to Change your Fly

Tip #69:  Fly Fishing for Trout – Trout Habits

Tip #70:  Fly Fishing for Trout – Releasing your Trout

Tip #71:  Fly Fishing for Trout – Revive before Releasing   

Tip #72:  Fly Fishing for Trout – The Importance of Reading the Stream 

Tip #73:  Fly Fishing for Trout - Identifying the Riffle

Tip #74:  Fly Fishing for Trout – Identifying the Runs

Tip #75:  Fly Fishing for Trout – Identifying Pools

Tip #76:  Fly Fishing for Trout – The Smart Fish

Tip #77:  Fly Fishing for Trout – Cool Water Fish 

Tip #78:  Fly Fishing for Trout - Identifying Rises 

Tip #79:  Fly Fishing for Trout – Undercut Banks

Tip #80:  Using a List

Tip #81:  Take a Fishing Trip

Tip #82:  Fishing in Dam-Controlled Waters

Tip #83:  Fishing Upstream

Tip #84:  Join a Fly Fishing Club

Tip #85:  Using a Landing Net

Tip #86:  Storing your Rod 

Tip #87:  Keeping your Reels Covered

Tip #88:  Avoid Windy Days

Tip #89:  Sometimes it’s best to do nothing

 Tip #90:  A Word about Nymphs

Tip #91:  Getting that Bonus Strike

Tip #92:  Treating Fish Gently

Tip #93:  Fishing Near White Rocks

Tip #94:  Large Predator Fish and Low Light

Tip #95:  On your Way to Experience 

Tip #96:  Fish and Sound

Tip #97:  Understand the Language

Tip #98:  Sometimes the Fish are in Charge

Tip #99:  Smoking your Fish 

Tip #100:  Fish…Don’t Cast!

Tip #101:  Where to Find Oxygenated Water