The Joy of Fly Fishing in New Brunswick

Fly Fishing has been a favourite sport of many for centuries, including myself, although for me it has been centuries quite yet. While this method of angling is generally used for catching trout and salmon, many other fish species are targeted also, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass and chain pickerel being a few I love to fly fish for.

Some I have yet to try is fly fishing for saltwater species. I would love to make a few casts for some shallow water species like the snook. Not sure if I would survive a round with a tarpon but I would be willing to give it a shot too. I’m pretty sure my little fly rod would give out before I would, so I would have to get a new fly rod and of course saltwater tackle.

Fly Fishing Equipment Types And Uses

Waders – Fly fishing waders are essential to keep the fisher dry and warm. The main types of waders are either the full body wader or hip waders for shallow waters.
Body waders come in either high tech lightweight materials or in neoprene, the latter being best in cold conditions.

Reels – Your choice of fly reel will be determined on where you fish and the type of fish you decide to target. If you plan on fishing small streams the best setup will be a three to five weight combination of rod and reel. For the most, an fly rod, reel and line combination of seven to nine will handle bigger fish found in lakes or larger rivers. Fly fishing for gamefish like marlin require serious fly fishing equipment with high quality reels such as big game sage fly reels

Rods – In the same way as fly reels, your rod needs to be matched to the conditions and target fish. Fly rods are weighted from numbers one through to twelve, one being ultra light and twelve being very strong and heavy. Your fly rod and lines are the most important fishing tools, always buy the best you can afford, I can highly recommend sage fly fishing equipment.

Fly Fishing Vessels – Other than using a traditional runabout boat there are there flotation devices to allow the fly fisher to get closer and quietly to his prey. These include float tubes and single man pontoon boats.

Fly Lines – Appointing the correct line for the fly rod and reel is also significant. Without properly matching your fly fishing equipment you will not get the best casting distance. By using for instance a number 7 rod and a number three line is a poor match and will cause casting problems, therefore all of your lines, reels and rods must match to the relative weight number. While reels aren’t so important, the line and rod should be the same, or you can get by buy using one weight different. With a quality no 7 rod for example you should be able to cast a number eight fly line with ease.