Outdoors & Adventure · Part of Fishing
Fly Fishing
The line carries the weight, and the cast itself is the craft
The fundamental difference is physical: the fly weighs almost nothing and the line is what carries it, so casting is a skill practised on its own, and hours of casting on grass is the standard way in. The setting is usually a stream and you stand in it, in waders. The kit is expensive and does not cross over.
First stepTake a casting clinic at a fly shop or club, practise on grass first, and lay out ten metres of line straight.
Barriers
Cost to start
$50–300
Going deep → $2k–10k
Alone or with people
On your own
Effort
You will sweat
Without a teacher?
Best with a class
One session takes
Half a day
same as parent · Fishing
Where
A special place
Why people take it up