About Fly Fishing Reels

Series Summary

Modern fly fishing is centuries old, having begun in North England and Scotland; however, the history of fly fishing can be traced back over one thousand, eight hundred years to the now mysterious Astraeus River in the Roman Province of Macedonia. In the 2nd Century A.D., Marcus Aelianus described Macedonian fishermen's use of fastening feathers and wool to hooks to attract fish to their lines. Fly fisherman today continue the adventurous, yet relaxing sport of fly fishing in some of the most beautiful and tranquil places on earth, casting their flies in waterways of the Colorado Rockies, where all that is heard is the flowing stream and soft breeze in the Aspens. Would you like to learn how to fly fish and vacation in peaceful places, casting your line in clean mountain streams? Learn from a certified fishing guide.

In fly fishing, their are a number of options that can be applied to the set up of the fishing reel. In this free video series, a fishing expert will teach you about setting up a fly fishing reel, from arbor knots to nail and needle knots, you'll learn it all. You'll also learn how to do knots for backing to spoil and for leader to fly. After following these video instructions, the only problem will be choosing whether to use a wrapped loop, a perfection loop, or a surgeon's knot! Improve your fly fishing knowledge immediately!

Video Transcript

"Okay, in this series, we're going to be doing a knot, and knots that will apply specifically to you fly casting equipment. And basically what we're going to do is we're going to go from the reel all the way out to the liter. And I'm going to show you all the knots you need to do to attach your backing to your reel and then to attach the backing to the fly line, and then to attach the fly line to the liter, and the liter to the tidbit. And there's a few basic knots you can do that with and then I'll show you a few, kind of alternative knots that you can use to attach all those together. There's a couple of knots that are a little bit difficult, and there's a couple of knots that require a couple special tools, and then there's a couple of tricks that you can do to make tying a couple of these difficult knots a little bit easier. And I'll show you all that stuff. There's nothing, none of the tools are really out of the ordinary, a lot of stuff is stuff you can find around the house and stuff you might not have thought about using for tying your knots. So, we're going to show you how to do all that and hopefully make it a lot easier."