Syllabus
What you need to know in order to be a fly fishing expert
Hard Tackle
- Rod anatomy/components
- Reel anatomy/components
- Line
- Backing
- Leader
- Tippet
Casting
- Forward cast
- Back cast
- Roll cast
- Switch cast
- Puddle cast
- Over your other shoulder cast
- Side-arm cast
- “Chuck -&- duck”
- Shooting line
- Single haul
- Double haul
- Right hand vs. left hand casting and reeling/retrieving line
- Stripping in line
- Distance
- Agility
- Accuracy
Wading:
- Waders
- Wet wading (no waders)
- Boots
- Staff
- Cleats
- Layering underneath waders
Flies
- Suggestive/imitative (Monet) vs. realistic (Rembrandt)
- Wet
- Dry
- Streamer
- Droppers
- Terrestrials
- Line to fly knots
Gear
- Lines
- Tippet
- Leaders
- Knots
- Vest & packs
- Lanyard
- Hat
- Polarized sunglasses
- Toys & gadgets
Fish
- Freshwater
- Saltwater
- Warm water
- Cold water
- Bait fish
- Migratory
Entomology
- Insect orders
- Life cycles
Water
- Reading water
- Free stone
- Tail water
- Still water – ponds & lakes
- Limestone/Spring
- Tidal
- Stream etiquette
Misc..
- Books
- Topographical maps
- Websites
- Stores
- People
- History
- Nets
- Cameras
- First aid
