what are lure and flyfishing ?

Answer 1

Lure fishing & Fly fishing, are basically forms of fishing with artificial baits.

Lure fishing involves the use of a lure rod + either a "fixed spool" (spinning reel), or small multiplier ("baitcasting reel") to cast out & reel in a device made up from various materials, the idea basically being to try fool a predatory species of fish (Bass, Pike, Perch, Walleye / Zander, etc) into thinking it's a sick or injured fish = one easy meal for them to pounce on.
Some good examples of these lures + tips on lure fishing in general can be found at:
http://www.esox.co.uk
http://panthermartin.com
http://stormlures.com
http://www.rapala.com

Flyfishing is slightly different, as uses special actioned rods to cast out & retrieve a hook that's been tarted up to resemble some sort of insect, and as there's practically bugger-all weight in that hook, all your casting weight is inside your special flyline (which is almost like washing line compared to the monofilament used in regular fishing). As the flyline is so thick, too thick to attach directly to the artificial fly in fact, it's attached by a length of standard Monofilament, or more often these days some stuff called "Flurocarbon".
Some examples of flies, and the equipment used can be found at
http://www.fishtec.co.uk/index_fishtec.cfm

Answer 2

Lure fishing is fishing with any artificial contraption on the end of the line to try to get a fish to bite (as opposed to using some sort of bait which the fish would get nutritional value from). Fresh water bass fishermen tend to call their lures "baits" just to confuse matters, but unless they're using real worms, minnows, crawdads, etc., they're lure fishing.

Fly fishing is a specialized form of lure fishing, where small light lures called "flies" (because they often try to imitate insects) (which are generally made by fastening hair and feathers to hooks) are cast with a special type of rod/reel/line combination, where the weight of the line (rather than the lure) is used to make the cast.

One advantage of lure or fly fishing is that the fish generally figures out it's bitten something fake as soon as it bites, so it doesn't swallow the lure. As a result it's generally hooked in the lip, making it easy to unhook and release the fish unharmed.

Answer 3

Lure and fly fishing fisherman use artificial lures and flies concocted from a variety of materials. That is it in a nutshell. I'm sure me and couple others reading your question could go on for hours....

Fly fishing is best because it takes more skill and patience to catch a fish on a fly than with say, bait.

Bait fishing is so messy. You have to get the bait. Either catch it, or kill it yourself. Then you have to bait the hook with whatever you are using for bait. Then you go home smelling like fish and the bait. Stinky Poo. LOL

But for real. Lures and flies are artificial reproductions of what you would normally use as bait. It is muc more fun to use them, and requires some education and skill.

In other words, using lures and flies as a means to catch fish can make you a smarter, better person. Just ask anyone who fly fishes a lot how smart they were before they started, and how smart they are now. Usually people are smarter after a few years of lure fishing. Anyone can throw bait out and catch fish.

Answer 4

Both lure and fly fishing are methods of angling which attempt to fool the fish into biting a non-natural bait. "Lure fishing" typically involves spinning or casting gear and the lures can range widely in size, shape, color and weight. Flyfishing involves the use of fly fishing gear, and is typically limited to small, un-weighted to lightly weighted lures which are (typically) designed to imitate the appearance of a natural food.

There are exceptions on both ends, as you can fish with very small, light to weightless lures with ultralight fishing gear, and can likewise fish large, heavy flies for marlin, tuna etc.

The major difference between the two is the method of casting. Lure fishing uses monofilament or other fishing lines, and the weight of the lure is used to pull the line off the reel and carry to the target.

Because flies are typically as light as possible, they can not be used to cast fishing line, so for flyfishing a different type of line, called flyline, is used. Flyline is denser than standard fishing lines and the action of fly casting uses the weight of the flyline to carry the fly to it's target, opposite of lure fishing.

Lure fishing lines are typically classified by breaking strength, i.e. 2#, 8#, 20#, etc. Flylines are classified by weight per unit of length and by action (floating, sinking, intermediate) and type (weight forward, double-taper, level) and would be indicated by labels such as WF-4-S (weight forward, line class 4, sinking).

Tight lines!