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