Fly fishing tips for beginners who want to LEARN FAST!

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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[marklamude]

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.

[robjoburg]

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

[scheisstag]

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.

[keithwright]

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

[hristoiliev]

❤ 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!

[ks-eqyx]

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

[pierevojzola]

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

[petermiller]

I enjoyed the show and would like to see more like this, a pretty honest review of fly fishing. Cheers Pete.

[jonatanpecaut]

Thanks for the content! It's true that learning from a better angler makes the learning way faster.

[mo]

Very good roll camera, action, that's how it done with a very nice fish to boot!

[janecahill]

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.

[danlim]

Thanks for the tips, very much appreciated.

[schmoonkie]

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.

[sunshinem]

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.

[FrankArcangeli-fq]

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 much info on the internet, (Orvis make wonderful videos) Use this info rich source.

[mikecolosky]

Great video, just bought my first fly rod and can't wait to get out.

[jacobfolkerts]

Loved the video just getting into it and loved the commentary and what goes through you’re head as a experienced fly fisherman

[RobBassMaster]

Thanks! This was immensely helpful as a new fly fisherman. Just purchased my first fly rod. Blessings, Rob

[paulfroggatt]

Thanks for all the tips finding them helpful

[Fishingreminder]

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.