One of America’s favorite sports and pastimes is fishing. However, what one person thinks of fishing may be completely different than what the next person thinks of fishing. Some choose rod and reel fishing, others prefer fly fishing, and locations can differ as well as the fish. Fishing consists of pier or surf fishing, river or deep sea fishing, fly fishing or rod and reel fishing, sea fishing or fresh water fishing. It all depends on what is being fished for: trout in the rivers with fly fishing equipment, pike in lakes, and tarpon in the deep sea. The kinds of fishing vary immensely.
With fly fishing, the fish are caught with artificial fly fishing flies cast with a fly rod and a fly line. Spinner and bait rods, on the other hand, use heavy weights on the line and cast lures or bait. With fly fishing, the art of tying flies is huge, and both natural and synthetic materials are used to create the flies, including hair, fur, feathers, anything to match the local prey of the target fish. Casting is also considered an art in fly fishing, as it is the line being cast, not the lure and the weight of the lure that enables you to get your fly to where the fish are. The fly is too light to take the line; therefore, casts must take the fly using the line, not the lure.
With reel fishing, the different lures are used in place of bait (or flies as in fly fishing). These are weighted depending on the type of fish being sought. Both types of fishing use reels, but the styles are very different. Whereas in all kinds of reel fishing, reels are used to bring the line in, but in fly fishing, the fishing reel is attached to the back end of the rod. With a bait casting reel, the reel is mounted above the rod and needs to support the heavier lures. Sea fishing reels can be either kind, but usually fly fishing is done in fresh water so sea reels more commonly thought of as bait casting.
Clearly, fishing rods and reels are dependent on the type of fishing to be done, as are the lures, flies and bait used. All types of fishing have great following and popularity, it is up to the fisherman what type he prefers – the relaxation and closeness with nature of fly fishing, or the excitement and work of deep sea fishing. Whatever type is chosen, the right equipment, including reels, must be chosen as well.
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