Mention the word ?Siberia? and most people think of bleak, frozen tundra stretching for hundreds of miles. Well, this is more or less true in the winter. In the summer, however, much of Siberia is a burst of green with temperatures in the eighties and nineties. As I had failed to bring shorts, this was a bit of a surprise to me.
Living in the city of Chita, I had an opportunity to visit the forest town of Tinda. Tinda is located about a day east of Lake Baikal and was built in the 1950s to act as a lumber town. The communist government haphazardly relocated a hundred thousand people and there they remain today. The area around Tinda is very mountainous and very beautiful. As the winter snows melt, rivers, lakes and creeks spring to life.
While in Tinda, I was invited to go fly fishing with the sons of the people I was staying with. Hilarity was sure to follow since they spoke no English and I was fluent in Russian at about a kindergarten level. Off we went strolling to the apparent local hot spot.
After a 45 minute walk, we came upon a slow moving creek that looked like something you would find in Wyoming. Trees towered over us and cast shadows across the water. Shallow pools of water formed along the bank and I could've sworn I saw more than a few of our slippery friends.
As every person knows, a first timer at anything will always have success. The boys had fished this spot hundreds of times, but I hadn't. By all that is good in the universe, I should've caught 20 while they caught nothing. Alas, evil had the day. I caught nothing, nada, zippo. Nikoli and Oleg, on the other hand, were getting fisher elbow.
Although they caught a lot of fish, I can't tell you what they were. The language barrier was just too much. The fisher were six to 10 inches long and appeared to be related to Mackinaws, but the vodka celebration made this pure speculation.
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In time gone past, anglers just fished for food, but this sport has evolved over the years into a fine art because of all the strategies and refined equipment that goes with it. Anybody who has become involved in the sport of fly fishing knows just how addictive it can be.
Fly fishing is quite different from regular fishing. With normal fishing, you use different kinds of lures and often live bait to catch fish on your line, hook and sinker. When you are fishing with a fly, you use an attracter that resembles a real insect that the fish feed on naturally. The line is longer and you imitate the movement of the insect on top and beneath the water. This makes the fish believes it is preying on an actual insect.
Casting is always a constant activity in flyshing. You cast the fly out on the water and then retrieve it numerous times so that the fish believes the insect is landing on the water and then taking off again - The challenge lies in making the fly look real to the fish in the water. With normal fishing, you cast your line and let it sink until the fish comes around looking for food and when it start biting on the bait it pulls the bobber down into the water, whereupon you will strike and hook the fish.
You can catch some pretty feisty fish using both methods, but when you are fly fishing, you have the opportunity to fight the fish on a very light rod before netting and releasing it. As most Fly fishers practice catch-and-release and are very much into nature conservation, this gives the fish another chance to return to the water without being killed.
Flies that are used in Fly fishing are made out of natural feathers or synthetic materials available to Fly fisherman. For regular fishing the lures are made from latex and plastic materials manufactured in factories for the purpose of fishing. Many avid fly fishermen say that the fish are much more attracted to the natural lure rather than the man-made ones. All this makes fly fishing an amazing rewarding sport.
You can catch fish on a fly just about anywhere, your local pond, the nearest lake, or even your town’s reservoir. When you start fishing, you will want to go where the fish are most plentiful. That means traveling to rivers and streams where fish like trout and salmon are known to hold.
Fly fishing in remote places like Alaska and Canada are great fishing vacation getaways. You can plan a fly fishing trip to numerous destinations including Mexico, South Africa, South America, and even so far as Russia.
The sport of Fly fishing takes skill, finesse, and a lot of patience to get skillful at fly fishing. When you've been out fly fishing once, you'll want to go back over and over to feel that pull on the line of your long rod. This is truly a sport that adds years to your life. No stress and always beautiful surroundings that is easy on the eyes and soul!
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