| A fly lure or Fly, or "pattern", in terms of
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| | fur and other materials on a hook in order
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| sport fishing and fly fishing, is an
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| | to make it attractive to fish. This is made
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| artificial lure tied, most commonly, with
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| | by wrapping thread tightly around the hook
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| thread, feathers, and fur, but may also
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| | and tying on the desired materials.
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| include, lead (for weight), ribbon, tinsel,
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| | Generally, fly patterns are considered
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| beads and other assorted materials.
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| | either "imitations" or "attractors."
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| Fly tying is becoming common practice in
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| | Imitations seek to deceive fish through the
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| fly fishing. Many fly fishers tie their own
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| | life-like imitation of insects on which the
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| flies, either following patterns in books,
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| | fish may feed. Attractors, which are often
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| natural insect examples, or using their own
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| | brightly colored, seek to draw a strike by
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| imagination. The technique involves
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| | arousing a response in the fish unrelated to
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| attaching small pieces of feathers, animal
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| | feeding, or so it is thought.
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