| When you think about fishing for walleye, fly | | | | set of hackle pliers, scissors, and a bodkin. It is |
| fishing is probably one of the furthest tactics | | | | more important when creating your fishing |
| from your mind. However, you can use sinking | | | | equipment to have quality materials than to have |
| lines, streamers, and some conventional | | | | lots of them. However, when you become an |
| techniques like vertical jigging to make walleye fly | | | | expert at creating a tied fly, you can use a cheap |
| fishing work for you. Keep in mind, however, that | | | | feather and still come out with almost equal |
| fly tying is an art, and you'll have to learn each | | | | quality. |
| pattern one by one before you can put the flies | | | | To get started, you only need one brown and |
| into practice. The first thing to do is learn the | | | | one black-and-white grizzly feather. You may be |
| basics and build upon that knowledge as you | | | | able to find a package with half a brown neck and |
| progress in your walleye fishing activities. | | | | half a grizzly together by companies such as |
| There are several types of flies that can be used | | | | Metz, saving you money and providing you with |
| in walleye fly fishing, including a wet fly, a caddis | | | | enough feathers for a starting point. Now it's time |
| fly, a mayfly, a nymph, and a streamer. These | | | | to really go shopping. Here are your other basic |
| are the basic types, and when you decide to | | | | needs to begin your project: deer, elk, and |
| delve into the art of fly fishing, you'll probably | | | | muskrat hair; a squirrel tail; a hare's mask; a |
| want to stick with these basics for a long time, | | | | couple of turkey feathers; two packages of |
| getting them down before moving on to any | | | | marabou feathers, one black, one brown; a spool |
| other kind of pattern (there are thousands of | | | | of black thread; brightly colored chenille; two |
| patterns that you don't even want to think about | | | | spools of tinsel, one flat silver and one gold wire; |
| at this point). | | | | some lead wire; a cake of dubbing wax; and |
| You'll need to learn about appropriate sizes of flies | | | | standard-shank hooks in sizes 10 to 20, as well as |
| to use before beginning, so compare them to | | | | long-shank hooks in sizes 4 to 10. |
| typical baits and lures that you would use for | | | | With these items, you have everything you need |
| walleye. The equipment you'll need to get started | | | | to tie the five basic patterns you should start |
| is quite basic. You'll want to have an inexpensive | | | | with for fly fishing. |
| but sturdy vise, a bobbin that rolls smoothly, a | | | | |