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Angling for Catfish
September 29, 2007 |
One of the most exciting freshwater fish that you can try fly fishing is the catfish, which can be caught in wide lakes and big river in most parts of the world.
Catfish, as can be seen in the picture, have rather elongated body, which skin that is leather type rather than scaly. It possesses a rather flat shaped head with its famous whiskers found visible on the mouth area.
One of the smaller catfish species is the White Catfish, which can be caught quite easily because of its relative light weight of 4 to 6 pounds. Still, most will surely give you a good fight before you can land one. The fact is that if you are a first timer when it comes to trying to fly fish for catfish, then the white is highly recommended species to pursue.
Forget it if you encounter one of the biggest freshwater fish that exist, which is the Wels catfish. This species can actually grow up to 500 pounds in weight. You better think twice about angling this type of fish, unless you are really looking for the toughest, most exciting fly fishing adventure that you can ever have.
