How to Fly Fish : Selecting the Right Fly Fishing Line & Reel

Sinking fly lines are good for deep water fishing, but floating fly lines are best for most other fly fishing situations. Learn how to select the right basic fly line plus get tips on leader loops and how to tie a clinch knot in this free outdoor sports video lesson.

Expert: David Dirks
Contact: web.mac.com/dirksoutdoors
Bio: David Dirks is the weekly outdoor columnist for the Time Herald-Record (www.recordonline.com under the Sports section), one the leader newspapers covering the lower Hudson Valley New York area.
Filmmaker: David Dirks

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• sports
• fishing
• boat
• fish
• outdoors
• flyfishing
• boats

[sundogforlove]

I noticed expert village is not answering any questions

[AppleIphoneLife]

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[FootballCat21]

I'm a beginner, and not very equipped. Could I use regular plastic fishing line as my leader?

[jitskid831]

Thanks good stuff.

[PATrapper182121]

Iant that also similar to the trilene knot???

[MrNarwhals]

@gunkid47, try X4 - X6

[gunkid47]

im a beginner learning on my own i wanna fly fish for trout basically 13-23 inches whats the best line for that situation?

[natsinca]

That was very helpful, thank you

[jomarsison2211]

very good, thank you

[Zollaganzi]

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