| Fly fishing is one of those outdoor | | | | on a unique meaning in the area of fly |
| activities that has developed a language | | | | fishing. No, it does not refer to |
| all of its own. If you are really going | | | | someone being able to speak another |
| to get hooked, you are going to need | | | | language. It also does not refer to the |
| some insight in to what people are | | | | size of their bank account. Instead, it |
| talking about. | | | | refers to a particular type of stream - |
| There is a great debate in the fishing | | | | one that flows into a bigger body of |
| world as to whether fly fishing | | | | water. Understanding this can help you |
| enthusiasts and regular anglers should | | | | avoid a lot of confusion when people |
| be grouped together and use the same | | | | start talking about an affluent. |
| terms. At first glance, it would seem | | | | Perhaps the most obvious area where |
| so. In truth, people that gravitate to | | | | language has run amuck is, well, the |
| fly fishing tend to stick solely with | | | | flies. If you hear an odd name that |
| it. This, of course, has resulted in the | | | | sounds like slang, it is most often |
| development of a language all their own. | | | | referencing a particular type of fly. A |
| Often, the language actually contradicts | | | | fly, of course, is your "bait". It is |
| some terms that have other meanings in | | | | almost always a man made hook with all |
| the traditional fishing lexicon. | | | | manner of things tied onto it. In |
| Action is a word generally understood to | | | | general, one is trying to create |
| mean whether the fish are biting or not. | | | | something that looks tasty to fish that |
| If they are, the action is good. If they | | | | hunt flies and insects. Common, if odd, |
| are not, well at least you are not at | | | | fly names include Wooly Bugger, anything |
| work. In fly fishing, however, "action" | | | | with the name nymph following it and the |
| is usually used to refer to the pace a | | | | famous Frankenfly. A Frankenfly is what |
| particular fly rod casts a line. Stiffer | | | | you get the first time you try to make |
| rods tend to cast lines faster and | | | | your own fly. It will be horrific, but |
| farther while rods that bend more tend | | | | you will love it since it is yours. You |
| to cast lines slower and shorter | | | | might even frame it. |
| distances. If you tell a fly fisherman | | | | Obviously, this is a relatively modest |
| that the action was good at the river | | | | introduction to the language of the fly |
| today, they will start looking at your | | | | fishing enthusiasts. The best way to |
| rod instead of asking you about your | | | | learn it is to take "action" to become |
| tally. | | | | "affluent". |
| Affluent is another term that has taken | | | | |