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Ultralight
Fishing – The Most Enjoyable and Effective Way To Catch Fish
by
Trevor Kugler
Ultralight Fishing
There
are far too many anglers among us who believe that the most effective
way to catch a fish is to go to their local super center, spend fifty
bucks on a decent medium action rod and reel combo, spool said reel
with eight pound test, and be done with it. Although this might be a
popular way to go about the sport of fishing, it's surely not very
effective and most certainly not very fun. Three quarters of the fun of
fishing (at least for me) is fighting my catch.
This is where ultra
light fishing
comes into play. Many anglers think that ultralight fishing means using
equipment the size used in ice fishing with line with the strength of
human hair! This is a fallacy! Ultra light fishing actually means using
equipment that is equal to what the angler is fishing for. For example,
I use four pound test monofilament for most of my trout fishing. Most
anglers think this line is much too "small", but when you think about
it, four pound test monofilament will hold four pounds of weight
without breaking. How often do you hook into a fish bigger than four
pounds while trout fishing? Not very often, if ever. And the more
proficient you become with your ultra light gear, the bigger the fish
you can land. I've personally landed four pound trout on four pound
test, and my mentor would regularly land trout even bigger than that on
four pound test monofilament.
The good thing about
ultralight
fishing is that it doesn't have to be used for trout only. The same
principles can be applied to other types of fishing as well. When I
fish in Canada, for example, I fish for Smallmouth Bass and Walleye.
These fish can grow to larger than the average trout, so I need
something a bit larger than my trout setup. I'll use a medium-light to
medium action rod, spooled with six pound monofilament. With this sized
setup I can land Smallmouth up to five pounds, and Walleye up to seven
or eight pounds. The beautiful thing about this is that it's still
ultra light fishing.
What you will find is that the fish that you catch will put up a proper
fight. You won't simply be "winching" them in. Where's the thrill in
that? I've personally never found any fun ib simply "winching" in a
fish. You'll also find that you get many more bites using line that's
matched to what you're fishing for. The smaller the test of the line,
the thinner and less visible it is, it's as simple as that. I'll give
you a real life example. I was fishing my normal river with live worms
and gang hooks tied on six pound test monofilament. I had been fishing
for about three hours with no bites, when I got snagged and broke my
last gang hook. I had to tie a new one on the river and all I had was
four pound test line, so that's what I used. I began catching trout
after trout, it was crazy, and the only thing that changed was the size
of the line that my gang hooks were tied on! This experience made me a
believer.
What it comes down to, in my estimation, is that ultra light fishing is
using a rod, reel, line, and tackle that's matched to what you're
trying to catch, rather than using equipment that's much too large.
It's as simple as that. Give it a shot and find out for yourself how
much fun ultra light fishing can be.
Trevor Kugler - Co-founder of JRWfishing.com Trevor has more than 20
years of fishing experience, and now specializes in ultralight trout
fishing. Start
Catching more fish Today!!!!
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