Fly line vs. Rod weight: Why Does This Feel Like an Algebra test? I'm going to talk about, Fly line vs. Rod weight, which can be a very confusing topic. I just read a post on Facebook from a beginner fly fisherman, that rings true over and over again. He stated that he was learning to cast, and he was having trouble getting the line to advance forward. I was able to start a chat with him and discovered that he was using the wrong weight line for the rod, AKA, the importance

Fly Fishing with Nymphs and the Weighting game, (Not waiting) As I was learning to fly fish, like most people, I started with the basic Fly Fishing Nymph rig, which consists of a leader, tippet, strike indicator, weight, and a fly or two, and split shot, or other types of weight, or just fly fishing with nymphs and split shot. I had about 50 fly boxes stuffed with about 10,000 flies in them ( most of which I carried on my person 100% of the time). The thing I noticed was tha