Fly Fishing Flies

The Fly Fishing Flies - The Bait - An Artificial Fly

Fly fishing is the sport of catching fish using fly fishing flies which are hooks tied with fur, feather and other artificial materials. Fly fishing is the art of presenting an artificial fly, terrestrial insect imitation or fish to a trout, salmon, sea trout or other fish.

Artificial fly fishing flies are created by tying hair, fur, feathers, or other materials, both natural and synthetic, onto a hook with thread. The first fly fishing flies were tied with natural materials, but synthetic materials are now extremely popular and prevalent. The fly fishing flies are tied in sizes, colors and patterns to match local terrestrial and aquatic insects, baitfish, or other prey attractive to the target fish species.

In fly fishing, fish are caught by using artificial fly fishing flies whuch are hand tied that are cast with a fly rod and a fly line. For fly fishing the fly line (today, almost always coated with plastic) although you can purchase incredible fly tishing silk fly lines still. For fly fishing the fly line is heavy enough in order to send the fishing fly to the target fish. This is one of the main differences between spinner and bait rods, which use heavy weight on the line to cast lures, bait, etc. Artificial fly fishing flies can vary dramatically in all morphological characteristics (size, weight, colour, etc.).

Unlike other casting methods, fly fishing can be thought of as a method of casting line rather than lure. Non-fly fishing methods rely on a lure's weight to pull line from the reel during the forward motion of a cast. By design, a fly fishing fly is too light to be cast, and thus simply follows the unfurling of a properly cast fly fishing line, which is heavier and tapered and therefore more castable than lines used in other types of fishing.

Fly fishing is an art form. Casting a single fly of team of 2 or 3 fly fishing flies is not as easy as it looks. Rolling a fishing fly so it lands on the water perfectly in front of a hungry trout is the true art of the fly fisherman.

Fly Fishing Flies

In broadest terms, fly fishing flies are categorized as either imitative or attractive. Imitative fly fishing flies resemble natural food items. Attractive fly fishing flies trigger instinctive strikes by employing a range of characteristics that do not necessarily mimic prey items. Fly fishing flies can be fished floating on the surface (dry flies), partially submerged (emergers), or below the surface (nymphs, streamers, and wet flies.) A dry fly is typically thought to represent an insect landing on, falling on (terrestrials), or emerging from, the water's surface as might a grasshopper, dragonfly, mayfly, ant, beetle, stonefly or caddisfly. Other surface flies include poppers and hair bugs that might resemble mice, frogs, etc. Sub-surface flies are designed to resemble a wide variety of prey including aquatic insect larvae, nymphs and pupae, baitfish, crayfish, leeches, worms, etc. Wet flies, also known as streamers, are generally thought to imitate minnows, leeches or scuds.

Fly Fishing - History

Fly fishing has been about for over 2000 years. In his book De Natura Animalium, Claudius Ælianus (170-230 A.D.), often called Ælian, mentioned fly fishing for trout for the first time. He explained that fly fishing was practiced on the river Astræus in Macedonia.

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