| There are numerous kinds of flies that are utilized | | | | of fish bulging into the water without breaking the |
| for fly fishing. But in general, these fly fishing flies | | | | surface is known as nymphing. This means that |
| can be categorized into five main kinds - dry flies, | | | | the fish is eating the natural nymphs as they are |
| wet flies, streamers and buck tails, terrestrials, | | | | coming out of their shell. Hence, this is what the |
| and nymphs. The main reason why a fly needs to | | | | nymph fly is copying. |
| be used for fly fishing is to imitate an insect that | | | | As opposed to nymphs, this type of fly does not |
| the fish would want to eat. Hence, this method | | | | copy an insects life cycle. Streamers and buck tail |
| increases one's chance of caching a fish. | | | | flies are larger in size and characterize fish bait like |
| This kind of fly copies insects that are floating | | | | sculpin minnows. This procedure often needs |
| above the water. Fish are naturally sensitive in | | | | more manipulation of rod and line. Meanwhile, the |
| any kinds of motion produced on their water and | | | | difference between streamer and buck tail flies |
| on how the current is moving the insects that fish | | | | lies on feather and hair. The former has tied with |
| want for food. If the dry fish imitating an insect is | | | | feathers while the latter are tied with hair |
| moving opposite the current, the fish will | | | | completely. |
| recognize such movement and will consider the | | | | This type of fly differs from the other flies used |
| dry fly as a foreign body hence will leave the fly | | | | for fly fishing in the manner that it imitates land |
| alone. | | | | insects that have fallen into the water. Examples |
| This is considered as the oldest form of fly fishing | | | | of terrestrial insects being imitated by terrestrial |
| dating back to Macedonian people. This type of fly | | | | fly are grasshoppers and ants. |
| imitates an insect that has been drowned or is | | | | Aside from the five main types of flies, there |
| drowning. This refers to the kind of insect that is | | | | exist numerous kinds of fly that can be utilized |
| fished below the water level. Experts believed | | | | for fly fishing. There are some that can be used |
| that these types of insect are seen by the fish | | | | as combination of one or more from the main |
| as a drowning adult insect. However, other school | | | | categories while there are some that do not |
| of thought argued that fish consider them as | | | | meet any kinds of the mentioned fly fishing flies. |
| nymph. | | | | One important point that one needs to consider |
| An insect stage occurring between and egg and | | | | when getting into fly fishing is not how a person |
| adult life cycle is called as the nymph. This type of | | | | looks at the fly but how the fish will look at it. |
| fly can be seen below the water surface. The act | | | | |