There are numerous ways to present a man-made fly as an artificial bait for the experienced fly-fisherman, ranging from flys that float on the surface of the water, to actually throwing a “fly” constructed of long bird feathers and pulling the flyback, underwater to the fisherman, so the fly resembles a minnow. However, the introductory method to fly-fishing is known as “dry-fly” fishing.
The arm motion required of dry fly fishing is very forgiving, and the only pre-requisite the fisherman needs is ample open space behind them, for the “back cast” and a 5 m
inute desire to learn. Any type and length of fly road can be used to learn. The method and arm movement is quite simple. By holding your humerus arm bone parallel to the ground at a 90 degree angle to your side, and moving your forearm back and forth, with a flick of the wrist, you will have achieved the necessary motion to keep the fly afloat in the air long enough so you can place it with a forward cast to the desired location on the surface of the water.
This method of presentation is simple and quickly learned. The method is simply “throwing a fly”, that floats on the surface of the water, and waiting for the fish to break the surface of the water, to give a visual indication for the fisherman to ‘set-the-hook” by simply pulling on the fishing pole, while tightly holding the line. This pulling motion will “set” the hook deep in the fishes lip and then it’s game on!
