What is the difference between spin or conventional casting and fly casting?
” With spin or conventional casting you are casting a very heavy lure or bait rig attached to an almost weightless line. With fly casting, it s just the opposite. That is, you re casting an almost weightless lure (any weighted eyes, lead etc. is relatively insignificant) attached to a heavy line. Thus, it s the weight of the line and not the lure that has to be considered when fly casting. “What is fly line?” For the most part, fly line is braided Dacron line (usually 30 lb. test) covered with a synthetic rubber coating. The coating is thicker over some parts of the line and thinner over others. This is what gives the fly line it s weight. In recent years several fly lines have been developed that use monofilament instead of Dacron as the core material. Usually these lines have a clear coating and are used to reduce visibility in the water. Fly lines are typically 30 to 40 yards in overall length. Some lines are much less but those usually fall under the category of a Shooting Head (se
