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Fly Fishing
Fly fishing is an angling sport in which you use a artificial fly and rod to catch fish. Most anglers use hand tied flies that look a lot like real flies, or some are made to look like lures to draw the fishes attention. Fly fishing can be done in fresh or salt water.

before we can talk about the history we need to know what fly fishing is? The best way I can describe fly fishing is you take a rod with line (more in depth later) and a artificial fly (again more on that later), then cast (you guessed it later for more information) to catch the fish (many types of fish)

History

There is no real pin point date of when fly fishing was created. Experts belive that fly fishing was created on the 2nd century in roman by Claudius Aelianus using artificial fly's. it has taken up many forms through the out the world. from Great Britain they mad more clubs an made it more of a sport. in japan they have 2 different forms that have been made popular to anglers ayu and tenkara. The popularity of fly fishing freally took off in north america around the 20's to 50's especially in Maine and Vermont.

Types of rod

There are many types of rods out there. have you ever see harry potter ? I say this because in the first movie when harry is getting a wand you dont choose the wand the wand choose you. it is no joke you have to go and find a rod that fits you and the best for what you are fishing for. there are many brands with different types of flexibility. You can get any type of rod. fast action, medium action and slow action.


 * 1) fast action:  stiffer rods, better for cast in the wind, some what less physically demanding, can be difficult for beginner, as well not meant for short casting (river that are not as wide and/or streams not meant for crowded areas.
 * 2) medium action: less powerful than a fast action, more flexible than a fast action, line loads (a line load is for casting more later) are intermediate,more forgiving than fast action, the most versatile out of the 3, good for any water and best choice for beginners
 * 3) slow action: the most flexible out of the three, when casting slow action starts a bend 1/4 from the tip and by full backcast you are at a shallow 90 degree, best for catching small types of fish, best used in streams. also not a very good choice for beginner.

Artificial flies

definition: An artificial fly or fly lure is a type of fishing lure. there are endless possibility for Fly's. mostly made of artificial material to mimic insects in the area you are fishing. They are hand made and tied together with a hook that is tied to together to look as realistic as possible.

Casting

There are many types of casting in fly fishing posted is a video describing and explain many of them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOdvCH1vA80

The best way to explain casting is by imagine your painting a white room. and with this brush you want good splatter on the walls, nice dots and not globby, to do this you need to move your shoulder and wrist in precise and quick movements to backcast to fowardcast. when doing this you get the splatter on the wall just right just like your line. if throughout this reading you have went and looked up some of your research you may have found and wondered how do you cast with no weight on your line... thats the thing your line is your weight! your rod is rated at a certain weight like 6wt, you would then get float or sink line (just what they are float line float'son the water and sink line sinks below the water.) of that weight and backer (backer is the line attached to your float line or sink line.) and with your rod and line when then load your line, (going back and forth with the cast each time casting your line out further.)

All of this has led to catching the fish. Smaller fish require less weight and you'll have more fun with a slow action rod.

Below is glossary of different words you use while talking with other fly fisherman.

https://flyfishersinternational.org/Resources/Educational-Resources/Fly-Fishing-Glossary