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Knots, reels, and loops in fly fishing. Learn about fly fishing equipment, poles, supplies, and setting up reels in this free video.
There are 13 videos in this series:

Setting up a fly fishing reel. Learn about fly fishing equipment, poles, and supplies in this free video.

Set up an arbor knot for backing to spoil in fly fishing. Learn about fly fishing equipment, poles, and supplies in this free video.

Set up a nail knot for backing in fly fishing. Learn about fly fishing equipment, poles, and supplies in this free video.

Set up a needle knot for backing to spoil in fly fishing. Learn about fly fishing equipment, poles, and supplies in this free video.

A nail knot for leader to fly in fly fishing. Learn about fly fishing equipment, poles, supplies, and setting up reels in this free video.

A needle knot for leader to fly in fly fishing. Learn about fly fishing equipment, poles, supplies, and setting up reels in this free video.

What are loops in fly fishing reels? Learn about fly fishing equipment, poles, supplies, and setting up reels in this free video.

Set up a surgeon's knot for leader to fly in fly fishing. Learn about fly fishing equipment, poles, supplies, and setting up reels in this free video.

Setting up a perfection loop in fly fishing. Learn about fly fishing equipment, poles, supplies, and setting up reels in this free video.

Setting up a perfection loop on a fly line for fishing. Learn about fly fishing equipment, poles, supplies, and setting up reels in this free video.

Setting up a wrapped loop for fly fishing. Learn about fly fishing equipment, poles, supplies, and setting up reels in this free video.

Setting up and prepping a wrapped loop for fishing. Learn about fly fishing equipment, poles, supplies, and setting up reels in this free video.

Fly fishing with a wrapped loop. Learn about fly fishing equipment, poles, supplies, and setting up reels in this free video.

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!
Alvin Dedeaux Alvin has been a fly fishing guide and casting instructor for 12 years, and has been fly fishing for 32 years. He is a graduate of the first Joan Wulff fly-casting instructor's school, and has fished all over the western United States, Canada, Belize, Argentina, Chile and Honduras.dkdk
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