NcHippie

Let's get technical for a minute. Have you ever been admiring your fly rod/reel and ever wondered how exactly this crap works? Well, it's actually quite simple. Since there is no weight to carry the line out of the rod like on a baitcaster the fly line itself must act as a weight… let me elaborate. There are several types of fly line on the market but all of them work the same. The type of line include Weight Forward (WF) , Double Taper (DT) , and Level Taper (L) . There are a few more types of line out there but they are irrelevant to the beginner fisherman. Before I go into how each fly line works and their uses I want to explain how fly line works. When using a fly rod you are not actually casting the leader and fly. In Fact you are casting the line itself. The weight of the line and taper in some cases is enough to shoot your line out 90 feet. Think of the fly itself as just the cherry on top of an ice cream sundae of a perfect presentation. Weight Forward (WF): ...