Talk:Artificial fly

Removed Redirect to Fly Lure and Added Content
Although the term fly lure maybe a recognized British term for artificial flies, it is not well supported in current or historical literature that I can find. Whereas, the term Artificial fly was historically used by both American and European fly fishing writers well into the 20th Century.--Mike Cline (talk) 19:12, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

Merge proposal for Fly lure
Other than the existance of the term: Fly lure (which is not supported by any citations showing it as a term in general use as opposed to Artifical fly), there is nothing in the Fly lure article than isn't covered in the Artificial fly article. The How To stuff is inappropriate in its own right and should be discarded or incorporated into a Trout Fishing article. Personally I feel the Fly lure page need merely be a redirect to Artificial fly. Try as I might, I have really been unable to find any current or historical literature that uses the term Fly lure as a consistent substitute for Artificial fly. Even in online catalogs, the term is not used consistently as a replacement for Artifical fly but mostly as a catch all category for flies not easily placed in the cataloge's other categories. If I am wrong here, please point me in the right direction with some good citations.--Mike Cline (talk) 13:56, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

Removed Techniques Section As Inappropriate
The Techniques Section is in appropriate for this article. The article is about the Artificial Fly, not how to fish it. This content already exists in some form in the Fly Fishing article. In addition it is unsourced and from my experience might be considered wildly inaccurate or biased in many aspects. One could find many dozens of sources that would detail untold number of techniques for fishing an artificial fly.--Mike Cline (talk) 13:32, 20 October 2009 (UTC)

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The Feather Underground
In a glaring omission, this article currently says nothing about the black market trade in endangered bird species to feed the obsession of the traditional fly tying fraternity. Known in some circles as the Feather Underground, this demand for the feathers of extremely rare bird species from many remote parts of the world in order to faithfully reproduce flies authentic to nineteenth century fly recipes, is responsible for driving many vulnerable and endangered birds to the brink of extinction, and placing enormous pressure on many other species. This vast demand for rare, exotic feathers was also responsible for a major theft (with an estimated value in excess of $1 million on the black market) and the ultimate destruction of numerous scientifically and historically significant specimens from the British Museum of Natural History (The Tring Museum branch precisely) in 2009 to fuel this illegal and destructive trade (Source: The Feather Thief by Kirk Wallace Johnson). Is there someone who can knowledgeably add appropriately sourced and referenced material on this subject please? Peter B. (talk) 05:25, 5 April 2023 (UTC)