Tuesday, April 26, 2011

The History Of Fly Fishing

By Michael Vyse


Fly fishing is a kind of fishing which incorporates the usage of a fake fly in order to attract a fish. The fishing poles which are used are usually made of a light carbon fiber and feature lines that are a lot heavier and larger than normal ones. The "flies" are created and produced to look like little insects and other creatures that fish might find appetizing. The pastime can be accomplished in both salt and fresh bodies of water and can be followed back to the 2nd century.

The biggest difference between normal and fly angling is the placement of weight. In the bait method, the weight of the hooked bait carries the remainder of the line to a specific area while the weight in fly fishing is found in the slightly heavier line. The artificial lures are usually between one and ten centimeters wide and are made to look like insects, crustaceans, or little fish. Angling using a fly is also accomplished without an edible bait, not like other methods.

The items can also be manufactured from fur, feathers, hair, and other synthetic materials and attached to a hook. Although they are made to look like living creatures, they are often given bright and vibrant colors. This is to help them attract the attention of fish like salmon or bass. In fact, most lure manufacturers can market flies which are specifically designed to catch certain kinds of fish.

Most historians attribute the very first fly lure to rural Roman fisherman in the second century. The men's actions were noticed and documented by a well known poet who described them fastening wool feathers to the ends of their lines in order to attract nearby fish. For their part, the fish were said to have been so drawn to the makeshift lures that they quickly swam directly to them.

Fishing handbooks were released in Britain in the fourteen hundreds that described all of the proper fly types one should use to catch certain fish. During the nineteen hundreds, clubs for fly fishers began popping up all over the countryside and clearly made it their solemn duty to develop a better lure that could remain on the water's top rather than just sinking to the bottom.

In North America and Japan, the angling method became more prevalent during the late eighteenth century. Anglers of this era wrote extensively over their techniques and theories and their published works helped increase the popularity and awareness of the sport in both countries.

Works of fiction by the popular writer Mr. Hemingway, in the 20s, mentioned this type of angling that, along with the recent upgrades to the lure and pole design, helped solidify the sport's place in history.

Catching a fish this way, unlike with bait angling, requires that the line be cast much differently. A fly fisher must cast their line rather than the lure. This is because the fly is too light to be case on it's own. Cast placement, for this fishing type, is left up to the line.




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