Most men and women who have taken up fly casting and practiced it to any extent usually rate it as the most pleasurable of fishing methods, the most sporting, and the most fascinating. The light weight and beauty of the equipment, the delicacy and grace of the casting, together with the charm of the artificial fly patterns, put fly fishing out in front of all other methods. There is nothing more exhilarating than being out on a cool mountain stream early in the morning with the fresh mountain air with the anticipation of catching a handful of nice rainbow trout to cook on the grill that evening. This sport is also a excellent way to spend the day with friends.

Fly fishing is quickly becoming the preferred method for trout anglers in Helen Georgia. Trout anglers have been flocking to the cool clean mountain rivers through out the North Georgia Mountains for decades, but the sport has just recently started becoming popular among even the younger generations. Not only do you have the Chattahoochee River that runs through the Alpine city of Helen Georgia, just a few miles outside of Helen Georgia is the states Chattahoochee Wild Life Management Area. The Chattahoochee Wildlife Management Area (WMA) is more wildernesses, less commercialized, and much more quiet and peaceful, and makes the perfect area for fly fishing.

The fly fisherman does not have to capture, store, and carry messy baits alive or dead. If the fish he captures isn't needed as food or is undersize, it can be restored to the water unhurt, to live, gain weight, and be more desirable another day.

Fly fishing is good conservation, especially on trout water. The fly fisherman are able to restore to the stream a small trout without harm; while the small trout having been gorged by a hook baited with a worm is so badly injured that few of them live after being restored to the water. Thus fly fishing is a sound conservation measure. Also, fly fishing is not an art hard to acquire. It can be easily and quickly learned by anyone.

Try fly fishing as a new sport, its great moderate exercise, the scenery is relaxing, trout are an excellent healthy food source, and it's relatively inexpensive.

You can typically start with a fly fishing package purchased from a local sporting good store for less than One Hundred dollars which includes everything you need to get started, even a beginners DVD. You also have the option of paying a fly fishing guide usually around two hundred dollars to take you out for a beginners training session that usually lasts anywhere from two to four hours. You can find fly fishing guides in many local newspapers, craigslist, or your local outfitters.




Brent Thomason is a writer on many outdoor subjects, and manages a Helen Georgia website Helen Georgia