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Post by haggai on Aug 24, 2006 23:31:15 GMT 8
Is fly fishing in here viable?
I do luring mainly in reservoirs for last few months and am enjoying the sport as a hobby. But I have not seen anyone do fly fishing so far. Where do they fly fish? I find this site interesting and members appear to be passionate in this passtime and if there are sufficient legal grounds to enjoy this sport, I may give it a try. Making flies and use them to fish make a more complete enjoyable passtime unlike luring. What are your views?
Salom
Haggai
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Post by roastroys on Aug 25, 2006 1:20:47 GMT 8
Is fly fishing in here viable? I do luring mainly in reservoirs for last few months and am enjoying the sport as a hobby. But I have not seen anyone do fly fishing so far. Where do they fly fish? I find this site interesting and members appear to be passionate in this passtime and if there are sufficient legal grounds to enjoy this sport, I may give it a try. Making flies and use them to fish make a more complete enjoyable passtime unlike luring. What are your views? Salom Haggai Been a lurer myself.....I must say i enjoy fly fishing more then luring. The satisfaction when you catch a fish with the fly u tied yourself is lovely....and i never had so much fun and satisfaction on fly fishing before until i pick up the sport...the feeling cannot be discribed bro....and the companion is wonderful...try it and be prepared to be poison big time!!!!! |
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Post by alberto on Aug 25, 2006 9:59:01 GMT 8
Is fly fishing in here viable? I do luring mainly in reservoirs for last few months and am enjoying the sport as a hobby. But I have not seen anyone do fly fishing so far. Where do they fly fish? I find this site interesting and members appear to be passionate in this passtime and if there are sufficient legal grounds to enjoy this sport, I may give it a try. Making flies and use them to fish make a more complete enjoyable passtime unlike luring. What are your views? Salom Haggai Dear Haggai, Fly fishing has been around in Singapore since the late 70s if I'm not wrong. So its viable and throughly enjoyable. I have been fishing for the past 36 years and have been fly fishing for the past two. There is no going back. Its changes you and the way you fish and your outlook on what fishing is all about much like how God changes your life. Its just how much poison you can take before you succumb  regards and salom Alberto |
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Post by hiromilizard on Aug 25, 2006 12:33:24 GMT 8
Hi there!!,
First you will enjoy tying your flies, then u will enjoy trying out your fly, then you enjoy a fish on the the other end of the long wand, if you dun catch anything, you still will very much enjoy perfecting every cast you make....
grab a fly set and try it for yourself. thats the best way to get yourself poisoned
;D
Jason
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Post by azlan123 on Aug 25, 2006 21:50:22 GMT 8
hi haggai, at least you are in S'pore with a whole bunch of guys who will help you and bring you along in their expeditions, be it s'pore reservoirs, pay-pond, or into m'lasia. i am a beginner myself, and has been in Hk for quite awhile, yet these brothers will jump in to help and make you feel at home. yesterday, i was at the reservoir next to my place pacticing again. a man and his 3 kids camke along, and made a comment "look at the silly man, what a stupid way to fish, i'm sure he'll catch nothing" i was so flabagasted, even when its was not fishing season yet (1 more week), took out a fly tied it on, and cast it in the water, hoping to catch a fish to show the guy wrong. caught nothing ofcouse. point is, fly fishing is an art-form, its poise, grace, and poetry. fly-fishing is a ritual, a process, a life-passion. cheers  |
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Post by haggai on Aug 25, 2006 23:59:23 GMT 8
Thanks Buddies for your comments. Wow, such consuming passion and conviction in your tone. It seems to be an addiction that will challenge other forms of fishing.
Here's whys:-
1. I like fishing - have been fishing on & off for many many years, mainly handline, offshore but as age catches up, it can be hard work, tiring & messy though it always gives much satisfaction & fun.
2. When you fish, it seems at that moment nothing else matters. You are so taken up in what you do, your expectation of a nibble...a bite...what's biting...is that a grouper, a golden snapper......do I tug now, slowly or strike it before you lose it? Yes, you try to feel it ever so gentlely not to lose the fish. So...oooo absorbing, you forget your worries, concerns, the work, the project, its timeline!!!
3. And so, I find fishing a very good way to get away from every other thing ...a very good way to unwind, destress from the week's busy works.
4. Last year, after stopping fishing altogether for a long time, I decided to restart anew. Much of the equipments in the store still there but not applicable. I wanted to try surf casting. Yes to get away and do something alone... Bought a couple long rods/reels and tried to cast as far as possible to do the distance, very quickly swithing from spinning reels to multipliers. Then it is every Sats at changi, getting baits, replenishing the lines, weights etc.
5. Yes, it's fun & I am enjoying it but alas the morning after getting up with sore shoulder, back... from the distance castings. It's hard work doing surf casting! Then while net-surfing, discovered FK forum and found need to change and try luring. Within days, own 5, 5 1/2, 6, 6 1/2 ' spinning rods, different light cast/spinning reels. Lures ? collected 40, 50 of them? Many late, late nights, playing with the toys...
6. There's little doubt it will now be a lifetime passtime... ie you lose friends but never, never your fishing toys to play with.
7. So, do I start with fly fishing...it seems so consuming and addicting? I will hear more? Meanwhile will seek first to acquire a used set because this art can be very expensive!!!
Salom (Peace, Mine God Shall Supply...)
Haggai
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Post by marcjoshua on Aug 26, 2006 1:25:23 GMT 8
Here's an idea, if u aren't gonna use any of your surf items or any misc stuff, sell it off to help fund ur fly fishing! haha! but of course this is a mere suggestion and i mean no offence to you.  Flyfishing for me is destressing and a wonderful hobby which has brought along many a friend! Hope it wil for you too. btw it isn't expensive once u do the math. save a little here an there and get good products with life time warranty or just good products recommended by the guys here and u wun regret. but u should have a buddy so u can spur each other on. |
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Post by roastroys on Aug 26, 2006 1:31:42 GMT 8
bro....go down to Coho and ask Henry for help. He will bring you to the opposite field and let u try out the casting....see if you like it. But prepare to get abit of screaming which does help a little. ;D
Whether this sport is expensive is how much you willing to spend. Spend within your budget and i believe there are equipments that are quite reasonably priced.
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Post by azlan123 on Aug 26, 2006 10:55:45 GMT 8
hi haggai, greetings. marcjosh is right, sell some of the "old-stuff". we tend to over buy whenever we try something new anywhere. your list seems to proof this . begin by asking the brothers on the web. they are here to help and always willingly. it can be confusing: rod (length & pieces, line weight), reel (small or large arbour, for corresponding rod line-weight, mainly what waters and fish are you going for), backing (for the reel approx. 7 - 10 kg type), line (colour, type - floating/intermediate/sinking, structure - double-taper, weight-forward, line weight to correspond to rod & reel), leader and tippet (type of fish you are going for, river or pond, line strength basicly 4 - 2 kg), then the fly (depending of river/pond, fishing going for, thus: dry/floating, wet'submerge/sinking, type: water insects/terrestrials/rughetta/grubs etc). for flies best used in s'pore & m'laysia ask the guys on the web, alberto & his brothers are great at this, see alberto's journey & his flies ;D. remember i am a freshy myself. fly-fishing is art in motion. get to the spot you want to fish in. focus and merge with your environment, sense it (weather, daylight condition, water-type - river/stream/pond, fishi-feeding habit at the moment), focus and "no-mind", your casting becomes an extension of your being . It does not matter if you get the fish or not (you will be rewarded). do not rush into it by buying everything and going straight to the pond to fish inmmediately on acquiring your outfit. It is the commitment to the perfection of the art that must come first. the spirituality of fly-fishing is in the casting, the (tying, when the time is right) the selection of the fly,the approach. artform is in this process, the doing, and of being at one with your environment cheer bro eric |
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Post by Chee Yung on Aug 26, 2006 12:29:45 GMT 8
Hi Haggai , Welcome to our little corner where art and fishing is spoken in one breath... ;D... Nah just kidding... I beg to differ that you should sell all your other stuff because I also have all the other stuff except a cupboardfull of lures . Why dont I sell my spin, ultralite, baitcasting, jigging, pole, handline and surf gear? Well, they have sentimental value and who knows if my kids want to use them in future. Just took out my spin set and had a session fly spinning with my daughter and it was great fun! Also broke out my surf gear a few months ago just to see if the pendulum still doesn't result in crack-offs.. it was great fun too. Life is too short to be a purist . That said, dont EVER come near my bamboo blackhole...hehehehe... you have been forewarned ;D ;D Enjoy your journey. cheers CY |
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Post by haggai on Aug 27, 2006 1:18:11 GMT 8
A very big thank you to all great buddies for your advices.
I will go get myself a set of gears and be back for more consultation.
Thank you again.
Salom
Haggai
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Post by haggai on Sept 2, 2006 22:15:32 GMT 8
Hi CY
Instead of selling my equipment, I would like to start off with a good used set.
Can you advise how to go about this or should I wait for the sales offer post by memebers?
Salom
Haggai
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Post by marcjoshua on Sept 18, 2006 22:58:27 GMT 8
hey go check out Se Wai's shop. hes got some 2nd hand stuff which is in pretty good condish. also not that ex. try a eavier set too like a 6-7 or maybe even higher. the heavier the weight, generally the easier to feel the rod load. if that is rubbish, all u sifus out there pls correct me if the info is wrong. haha. i'm still learning too! cheers and have fun. i know i am! |
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Flyfishing for me is destressing and a wonderful hobby which has brought along many a friend! Hope it wil for you too. btw it isn't expensive once u do the math. 