Fly fishing: What is it, and why is it so popular? 

Not all fly fishing involves keeping the fly on the surface. That is called dry fly fishing when the fly floats on the surface. There is alot of fly fishing that involves fishing them below the surface of the water. Just to help clarify for those who are interested.

Her double hauls back in the day were no joke.

At 94, wow. She's amazing. It's a tough but graceful sport. With my basic lack of hand/eye co-ordination, the only thing I'd hook is my own face or the back of my head or someone else's head if I tried to cast a fly. I take it Jeff did not catch a thing. Good burn, Dana. Great story! Good job.

My teacher, mentor and friend. Joan Wulff coached me in fly casting, and into a new way of life. She's truly remarkable.

"A River Runs Through It" is my favorite movie of all time. Glad to see it shown here.

"When you find yourself doing something for a passage of time" Well, thats the whole point of fishing in general. I, for example, am such an rookie, I dont catch anything for hours but dont care cause it relaxes.

Awesome fly fishers! Thank you!

I leaned how to fly fish in 1993 when I was 14. I caught a bass my first week on the Verde River in AZ. I haven't fly fished since then. That was my first and only fish on a fly.

Ahh it's beautiful. The great outdoors. 🏔️🏞️🐟

Protect the environment!! It’s part of our roots!! Go green! 👍👍

Lost me at "lure sits on the surface instead of beneath it", completely disregarded nymphing, which is a massive part of the sport

I want to learn. She gave me hope.

Saw this video this morning. 4 hours later. Bought my first fly fishing rod and reel and flys. Might go fishing tomorrow

3:39 LMAO he was NOT listening hahaha 🤣😂

You were actually taught by Joanne Wulff, and learned wrong! 😂

They should have pulled in Tom Brokaw for this. lol

dry flies are for tv shows

Those witches didn’t even let the guy talk in the end

Hmm actually most fish are caught on subsurface flies, called nymphs.

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it was once said........' Give a man a fish, he will eat for a day.........teach a man( or woman) how to fly fish.. they well move to New Zealand '.

Fly anglers use flies subsurface as well as on the surface. In the 1600’s the English used wooden rods not bamboo rods.

Fly fishing is not just flies in one stage, but flies in many stages and not all flies either. The 'fly' in flyfishing can resemble anything that pertains to the type of bait regarding the quarry you are pursuing. There are dry flies, wet flies, nymphs, streamers, poppers and such that all indicate 'fly' for flyfishing. 'Fly' in fly fishing is just the type of bait/lure you are using. It requires skill for both performing the act of flyfishing, as well as tying the flies(baits) used. Some people are avid collectors of flies in fly tying. Fly Tying is more of an art than the function of bait production using natural and synthetic materials.... Of course, tying a fly on a hook helps... LOL!!!

Someone once said that fly fishing is mostly just gadgetry and pageantry and that you can catch a lot more trout using other methods.

A lesson from Joan! Casting or ballroom dancing she can teach me anytime. Still beautiful!

It determined my life basically

watching a River Runs and realized i have no idea how fly fishing workss.

Done it for 18 years. :) And watching peter break the rules for how to cast properly is making me laugh. Using your whole arm? No!

Why is fly fishing so popular that if you go fishing 100 times you won't see one person fly fishing?

1:42 Really? Well, I'm from Utica and I never heard anyone use the phrase 'fly fishing'

I'm 38 am be have been fly fishing since my dad taught me 30 years ago. Tie my own flies, build my own rods... the whole 9 yards lol started tying my own flies when I was 12 and teaching tying and casting classes when I was 16. Lucky enough now to live in the fly fishing mecca of Durango Colorado. More world class trout fishing in 2 hours than one could fish in a lifetime. Everyone I know who's tried to pick it up in the last year went once or twice and gave up. That's okay though, I prefer going by myself.

They have nymphs that sink lol.

you almost never throw a dry fly, if you are not a purist. The fish are usually under the water. Just use a wet fly.

Pretty much all of salt water fly fishing is below the surface. I can think of one place where you can dry fly fish in the salt.

Fly fishing is fun

That reporters casting is terrible lol bro hold onto the dam line.

John Gierach would have been an appropriate choice for this episode as well

She's wrong about one thing and that's "Beautiful, clean water." good luck with that.

90% of a trouts diet is subsurface. If you're only using dries, you're not catching as many fish as you could be. 95%of the time I'm using nymphs with weight

I still don't see what the big deal is

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literally saw that they said fly fishing is the fly on the surface. Trash reporters. Trash writers. Trash everything.

I don't get it .

Anyone else cringe so hard? This just makes y’all look more and more like fake news.

It needs to stop getting so popular. Everyone is now privatizing their water due to too much pressure.

He can’t do it lol

This is so w-hite

It’s not really that fun and it’s very dangerous. You don’t want to try it.

It's not popular. How many times have you seen a a fly fisher? Rarely lol.

Ugh. Now our waters are going to be invaded by a second wave of people trying to “find themselves”.

Doesn’t mean it sits on top of water. Already woke news

But do the fish have masks? If not no thank you.

Hahahaha those two old farts know how to fish although this sport has changed and due to perspective I believe this video is incorrect in portrayal and I think all the newbies should take their gear back so the true fishermen can get back to work .

Don't start fly fishing, it sucks trust me...

Looks like a privileged sport.

I definitely prefer bait fishing. Fly fishing just feels tedious to me.

Fly fishing is not from the us…

We can seriously all look back and cringe at the “pandemic” scam from the past.

Someone once said that fly fishing is mostly just gadgetry and pageantry and that you can catch a lot more trout using other methods.