# Fly Fishing Simulator HD — user reviews > 163 indexed App Store user reviews of Fly Fishing Simulator HD by Pishtech LLC, rated 4.40/5 from 372 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/fly-fishing-simulator-hd/id1187773953/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/fly-fishing-simulator-hd/id1187773953.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 274 · 4★ 47 · 3★ 19 · 2★ 7 · 1★ 25 ## What do users think of Fly Fishing Simulator HD? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🚀 Realistic and addictive gameplay - 👍 Excellent fly tying feature - 🚀 Smooth and responsive controls - 👍 Beautiful and immersive visuals - 👍 Helpful tips and guidance **Cons** - 🐛 Occasional crashes and freezes - 💰 Paywall for additional rivers and content - 🔍 Limited free fishing locations - 🔍 Difficulty finding specific fish species **Commonly reported bugs** - Crashes when catching large fish - Difficulty restoring purchases on new devices - Upside-down screen orientation on some devices **Most requested features** - More free fishing locations - Ability to create and share custom rivers - Addition of more fish species (e.g. pike, bass, carp) - Improved fish fighting mechanics - Vibration feedback when fighting fish - Metric unit support for international users ## Newest reviews (17 of 163) ### 4/5 — Great but has its flaws *2026-08-28, version 5405* Great game 1 issue I’m having is with the river creation when I try photograph a site the image is upside down and flipped ### 2/5 — Not working *2026-08-26, version 5405* Awsome but it will not let me make my own sight I watched the video about it and it still does not work ### 4/5 — More free stuff *2026-02-14, version 5405* I really like the game it's addicting but I only have three rivers and I am just asking if you can make some rivers free for broke people like me ### 4/5 — This game is great *2026-02-14, version 5405* It had lovely places to fish I just thing they could use pounds for the fish as well ### 4/5 — Love the game. Minor issues. *2025-11-27, version 5405* I have played this for 2 years and it taught me to fly fish. I now do so enough I have offers to guide. It’s great. Only issue is that the real often disappears and it doesn’t come back. I’ll stop and it’ll randomly appear again. ### 5/5 — Made me bust *2025-11-14* I have never played a more realistic fishing simulator in my life. the amount of fish I was able to catch made me ejaculate on the spot. Best game ever. Would recommend. **Developer response:** I've had some interesting reviews before, but this is a new one. I'm glad you found the app so... stimulating. Thanks for the 5 star feedback! ### 5/5 — Absolute Masterpiece *2025-11-13* Easily the best fishing game ever made. Game design that hasn’t gotten old after 9 years of playing the game. Inspired me to start fly fishing. You can tell how much passion went into this charming and nostalgic experience, and I can’t tell you how amazing it is that the developers are still updating it, even today. Phenomenal game, nothing else like it. **Developer response:** Thanks so much for that glowing review! Anything you feel it's missing that would earn a fifth star? ### 5/5 — chs chill cho ae *2025-10-10, version 5405* gem ổn nhung cần nhiều map với nhiều thể loại cá hơn thiết t thành pro khi nào ko hay r thấy chán lại xóa phát triển gem hơn đi ### 5/5 — Freezing *2025-07-25* Almost every time I cast or reel it stalls for a few seconds it’s very annoying other than that love the game can you fix please **Developer response:** I'd be happy to look into that. Please email me at support at pishtech dot com. Thanks! ### 5/5 — Amazing *2025-07-20, version 5399* My favorite game ever ### 5/5 — Hello *2025-07-13, version 5399* This is the best game ever its so simple and easy it’s not hard or complicated ### 4/5 — Great game *2025-06-09* This game is great and the package is totally worth it but the amount of fish species is small. **Developer response:** Are there specific species you're hoping to see? Right now there are rainbow trout, brook trout, brown trout, cutthroat trout, steelhead, Chinook salmon, landlocked Atlantic salmon, arctic grayling, bluegill, crappie, largemouth bass and smallmouth bass. I'm currently working on adding bull trout, and I expect to add northern pike this year, and possibly musky, rock bass, and walleye. ### 5/5 — Great, fun, and an overall spectacular idea *2025-05-28* As soon as I played the game for the first time I thought to my self “what a great idea it is to take real videos of the river and fish”. Honestly this game is great and after reading about the developer I instantly bought it. Like why not support this guy and his amazing game to let him be able to do the thing he loves. You know what they say “do what you love and you’ll never work a day in your life life” and I believe Paul is doing that every day. Not to mention you learn real tips along the way!GREAT GAME WOULD DEFINITELY BUY THE EXTRA RIVERS! **Developer response:** Wow - Thanks for that amazing review! I consider myself really lucky to be able to work on fishing apps like this. I really, really aprpeciate your kind words and your support! ### 5/5 — THIS IS THE GREATEST GAMES EVER!!! *2025-05-27, version 5399* I really like this game it reminds me of fishing at are ranch but I would like to request that their are more free fishing spots because I can’t afford it, but over all it is the GREATEST GAME IVE EVER PLAYED I haven’t played a game this good in years. P.S. I’m a nine year old and I don’t make much money doing chores. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. Good bye. ### 5/5 — Great game! *2025-05-17* Been playing for years and purchased the game immediately! Sometimes photos can be a bit repetitive but it’s understandable and overall is a brilliant game! **Developer response:** Thanks for that review! The app uses a collection of photos for each fish species, representing a variety of sizes. I have many more for most species, but I limit the number I include to keep the app size from getting too big. I really appreciate the feedback and support! ### 5/5 — Fun *2025-05-07, version 5394* Straight forward but a lot of depth in the details. Good game, you can tell the creator put a lot of thought into the simulation aspects. ### 3/5 — Good game but *2025-05-03* I don’t like that I have to Get the entire game for more maps maybe extra free rivers would be nice **Developer response:** I'm an indie game developer making my living from my apps. That means I need to either put a lot of ads in the apps or save most of the content for people who can afford to spend a few dollars to support my work. The complete package includes hundreds of rivers and thousands of fishing sites, and works out to pennies per site, but you can also add individual rivers for around $1.49 each. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Stupid *2026-07-31, version 5405* I can’t even fish and it’s stupid ### 1/5 — Horrible *2026-05-23, version 5405* Doesn’t work at all absolutely terrible, I was really disappointed ### 1/5 — Keeps crashing *2025-08-08, version 5399* So I bought the Premium version and now I can’t even load the game on my phone without it crashing. It was fine before but as soon as I purchased premium it started doing this. It won’t even let me get into the app. ### 1/5 — Gema *2024-09-17, version 5353* Gema như đb ### 1/5 — Was fun *2024-08-18, version 5340* It started out good you could catch some big ones now the more you play the less chances of a nice size fish so I’ll not play for a few months and see what happens ### 1/5 — Purchases from previous app *2023-06-08, version 5276* It’s a shame that the developers couldn’t carry over purchases from the previous game. Everything has to be a subscription anymore so I’ve had this app for a total of five minutes and I’ll be deleting it. ### 1/5 — Peccato *2021-04-04, version 5226* Non so perché non funziona più l audio, e il mulinello non recupera più quando agganci un pesce 🤷🏻‍♂️ i phone X ### 1/5 — Terrible game *2020-06-26* I don’t even call this a game, it is the most terrible fishing game that I’ve ever played. I spent 2 hrs trying to find the right lure, nothing worked, whereas in real life I know what to use but it seems to me that the maker doesn’t really know a bow fishing that much. What an utter embarrassment. You can try it out but you won’t be amused whatsoever. This game embarrasses me. I can’t even give it one star. Sorry. ### 1/5 — Keeps crashing *2020-06-08, version 5215* I upgraded to this version and it keeps crashing while loading the 5th area of the very first sight. I’ve tried everything I could think of to get it to load but nothing I’ve done works. I really enjoyed the simulator before this one but unfortunately this one had been a bust for me. ### 1/5 — Took my money and nothing happened!!! *2018-11-08, version 5140* Great game, lots of fun! But I made a purchase and nothing happened. It shows that it took my money. Please help! Also, it says purchase any river or package and the ads will be gone. I made the purchase and I still have ads. 5 stars if you give me my money back and fix this!!! ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Fun as hell *2026-07-14, version 5405* This game is a hidden gem it helps me visualize how to tie flys or try new patterns without having to use up my materials the fishing it self works great the casting mechanism works great the graphics could be better but it definitely helps cure my boredom would recommend ### 5/5 — So nice. *2026-06-11, version 5405* Lately real fishing has been hard to do with my busy schedule and this app is incredibly relaxing and fun. The only thing I would change is I would love a way to favorite certain fishing locations so that I can find them easier. Just a little heart to tap and a list to go to. Also there is an issue when creating your own locations, if you edit one thing everything else goes back to default mode and you have to re-edit everything. That's something that could be fixed. Otherwise this app is my favorite. ### 5/5 — 5/5 *2026-05-12* Good game, probably should add saltwater fly fishing **Developer response:** I'd love to add saltwater fly fishing. Right now the animation system doesn't handle surf well (I just returned from a trip experimenting with that) but relatively calm flats might work well. In time I hope to develop an animation system that can deal with surf without increasing the size of content packs too much. Thanks for the review! ### 5/5 — … *2026-04-15, version 5405* I can’t get online to download other rivers ### 5/5 — Extremely fun! *2026-03-14, version 5405* This game is very fun and the effort put into it is amazing. I also appreciate that this game is ad free, which makes it perfect for car rides. This game is very detailed and accurate. I very much recommend this game! ### 5/5 — Fly fishing dream *2026-02-26, version 5405* Awesomeness on the fly fishing game anytime the itch comes here’s the place to satisfy the itch. ### 5/5 — Great game with on suggestion *2026-02-04, version 5405* Hey man I absolutely love your fly tying game and fly fishing game but I was wondering if their is a way that you could add thread after the first initial pass and if you can add a type of resin to clear coat nymphs. And can you add a feature to display hatches on the background so you don’t have to get the hatch then tie the fly ### 5/5 — Great game add more fish! *2025-12-16, version 5405* Overall I love this game loved it so much I bought the premium version but the game needs more fish like lake trout, pike, largemouth bass, char, and bull trout. All of these should be added but besides that I love the game loved ### 5/5 — Awesome *2025-12-07* Great game **Developer response:** Thanks so much! I'm glad you like it! ### 5/5 — A pleasant surprise *2025-12-01* Bravo my good fellow for creating such a wonderful project, which we may all also enjoy! Best of luck to you in this world **Developer response:** Thank you so much! I really appreciate your kind words and support! --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-08.*