Fly Rod Line Setup

Your hand should be in the middle.

Fly rod line setup.

Tie a simple arbor knot around the end of the line and tighten firmly 3. You are going to want to make sure. Pass the free end with the knot around the main line and tie another knot 4. The connection between leader and line will be another loop to loop connection.

Pass the welded loop on the fly line though the loop at the butt of the leader. A spool of tippet material. This is called the butt section. A small balloon or some poly yarn for an indicator.

Attaching backing line to the fly reel 1. Many anglers will start with a 20 pound test butt section of the leader to attach to the fly line and taper this down to around 4 pound test or so. The basic fly fishing cast. Tying the fly line to the.

Equipment needed step 1. Then pass the tip section of the leader through the fly line s welded loop. The section of the leader that attaches to the fly line is generally on the heavy side of the pound test rating. Some split shot and.

Tying a fly onto the tippet slip 3 to 4 inches of tippet through the hook eye. Many tapered leaders come with a loop tied in the butt end already. Wrap the tag end around the running line 5 to 7 times slip the tag end through the small loop created by the tippet at the hook eye. Thread the free end of the backing line around the centre of the spool 2.

Holding the hook and tagline in one hand and the running line in the other. Hold the rod like you are shaking hands with someone with your thumb on top and pointed towards the end of the rod. Pull the 2nd knot tight and slide. With the rod pointing a little downward from about waist level pull out about 10 yards of fly line wiggle your rod.

Choose your retrieving hand are you reeling in with your left or right hand. Providing the weight of the momentum fly line gives the cast the direction it needs to be sent to the target most fly lines are weight forward marked wf on the packaging with a heavier and thicker line for the first 10 yards with a uniform. Fly line is the heavier often colorful line that is connected to the backing with an albright knot. If you re doing this for the first time you ll need the following items.

In the process you ll learn the double surgeon s knot the clinch knot and a mid leader slip loop. Tying backing on the spool separate the spool from the reel and wrap the backing around the reel.