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Starting with a few variations of these 3 lures will keep it simple and most importantly get your line in the water doing some fishing instead of figuring

Definitely not a flipping real

I do not think that loops are the best way to join two parts of the fly line set up, but they sure are easy to use, and until you are really competent with a flyrod, you'll be pleased to know that a leader can be changed in a jiffy, without tying any knots

This gives it salt resistance (when salt crystals dry inside your braid they damage it a little bit each time, but not so much with this)

Catch-and-release Using Tackle: Use barbless hooks so you can easily release your catch

Dip nets may be used to land legally caught fish