Better Presentation with Ultralight Fly Fishing

Want to improve your success while fly fishing? If you haven’t already, have you considered Ultralight Fly Fishing?

I have been fishing with ultralight fishing gear since I was a kid. Going out on the weekends, fishing for Trout, fishing for Bluegills, I had much more success than most of the other fisherman I ran into while fishing and I attribute that to using ultralight gear. 

Fishing success is closely related to how good of a presentation you can achieve when offering your fly to the fish. In many situations, especially in heavily fished waters where fish are under a lot of fishing pressure, a bad presentation will spook the fish resulting in a slow fishing day for you. I have had many days when I caught many more fish than my friends I was fishing with, perhaps that was from developed skill, perhaps just from luck but most of the time I was always fishing with lighter fishing gear than anglers I was fishing with or near. 

With Ultralight gear, it’s easier to make a better presentation than with much heavier gear that most anglers fish with. When I say heavier gear I am talking about outfits that most anglers already consider light, such as a 5wt fly fishing outfit which most anglers have as their first set that they purchased when getting started in fly fishing. I have had many fishing days where even a 4wt or 5wt outfit is much more than you need to use and is more likely to spook fish. Consider using a lighter outfit, perhaps a 3wt outfit or if you’re like me, a 1wt or 2wt outfit.

Now some of you will say, ‘that’s too light, I like catching BIG fish!’. With the new technologies used in fly rod manufacturing, such as the Snowbee Prestige G-XS 7’6” 1wt and 7’ 2wt fly rods (which I helped design!) are strong enough to handle bringing in a BIG fish in minimal time without stressing out the fish. While fishing Hot Creek in California a while back using the Snowbee 1wt rod, I hooked into a 22” Brown Trout and managed to land that fish in only 7 minutes! The fish was not in any way stressed out and was released quickly to be caught another day.

So if you want to increase your success in catching more fish on your trips, consider using a Ultralight Fly outfit, you won’t be disappointed!

If you would like more information, don’t hesitate to contact me and I will be happy to discuss options and methods with you!

Cheers and tight lines!

Frank Burr
@goldentroutdude