5 reasons to start fly fishing

1. Low fish mortality rates - While there is still is a chance of mortality amongst fish, because of the size of hook used, the chance of hooking a fish in the throat is minimal. Fish are usually released unscathed and healthy. When fishing with hardware such as pickerel rigs, the fish often swallow the hook. This is due to the hook being hidden in the bait.

2. Who said you need to catch big fish to have fun? - Fly rods are generally produced as slender as possible so weight can be cut down. Although this might be a disadvantage in terms of rod durability, this makes you feel even the smallest of fish give you a worthy fight.

3. Forget the bait - You know those time you forgot the bait in the fridge? Well, don't fret because there is no need for those creepy crawlers in fly fishing. Instead, flies are used. Flies are artificial lures, that are usually made up of feathers, fur, synthetics tied onto hooks down to the size of a grain of rice and up to the size of a apple.

4. No more sitting around - Fly fishing drives you to discover new spots, that you would have never found sitting on that lawn chair. You would be surprised of all the spots that you are overlooking, when fishing with bait. You are primarily at one spot on the lake the entire day when fishing bait rigs, but in fly fishing you need to move along frequently searching for fish other than the fish searching for your stationary bait. This in many cases will catch you more fish, than fishing with bait.

5. Natures T.V - While sitting at home and staring at the tv is somewhat relaxing, Imagine yourself on a calm lake with the graceful symphony of birds and fish sipping insects on the surface of the water. well... stop thinking about it and go fly fishing. Fly fishing completely changes the concept of fishing. While you still can stay on one spot of the lake and continually catch fish, most of the fun comes in reading the surface of the water and determining what they are eating. 10 percent of the the food trout eat are taken on the surface, this is what you see as ripples on the surface of lakes. In fly fishing a dry fly is used (a fly that floats on the surface of the water). Casting your fly to these fish can result in many acrobatic jumps. In my opinion is much more thrilling than sitting at home and watching tv.