| There are many activities that come to | | | | target. |
| society honestly - passed down from | | | | |
| generation to generation through families who | | | | The artificial fly is manipulated through the |
| have created their own traditions surrounding | | | | skill of the fisherman. In dry fly fishing, |
| such customs. Fly fishing - practiced as both | | | | the artificial fly is made to "dance" over |
| a method for catching food and as a hobby - | | | | the water and attract the attention of |
| has been traced back to as far as the 2nd | | | | indigenous fish. In wet fly fishing, flies |
| century. But the more modern method of fly | | | | are submerged in order to attract fish |
| fishing is generally attributed to the | | | | beneath the surface. In either case, the |
| fishing that takes place in Northern England | | | | artificial fly is designed to resemble |
| and Scotland and is used to catch such fish | | | | creatures that would normally attract fish - |
| as redfish, bass, pike, carp, and striped | | | | grasshoppers, insects, and the like. |
| bass. | | | | |
| | | | Ultimately, fly fishing is a long practiced |
| Fly fishing is called such because of the use | | | | art form that requires fishermen to have both |
| of artificial flies as bait. The artificial | | | | skill and creativity. The fisherman - or |
| flies - typically made from a variety of | | | | angler - casts the fly out into the water |
| synthetic material - are attached to the end | | | | using the fly line with one hand while the |
| of the fly rod. The fly rod - along with the | | | | other hand holds steady the fly rod. Casting |
| fly line - is cast out to water. This basic | | | | is not a skill that requires an enormous |
| equipment is what separates fly fishing from | | | | amount of strength; rather it requires a |
| conventional fishing. The rods and lines are | | | | grace and timing that is best taught from |
| lighter than conventional fishing rods and | | | | fisherman to fisherman. Such is the history |
| allow the fisherman to cast them greater | | | | of fly fishing - a method that continues to |
| distances in an effort to reach the intended | | | | be past on from generation to generation. |