The Sublime Pleasure of Fly Fishing

Fly fishing has a history stretching back to theto need additional fishing equipment like supplies
ancient Greeks, whose historians record peopleand tackle, and even fishing apparel like mesh
fishing for "spotted fishes" with fixed-line woodenvests and waders. If you're making your own
poles. They used for bait wound with cloth andflies, that opens up a whole other can of worms,
animal hair -primitive fishing flies. More than 2,000involving the specialty materials and tools required
years later, people still fly fish, and they're stillfor making decent flies. Finally, if you're fishing
catching those "spotted fishes" and many otherdeep water, you'll need to take a look at fishing
types besides. Fishing venues have expanded toboats too.
include lakes, rivers, and even the ocean. With aStalking your fishy prey
continual flow of new adherents and constantAny veteran fly fisherman knows that fishing is
technological advancement, fly fishing is likely toless about putting fish on the table and more
go strong as long as there are still fishes outabout being comfortable with Mother Nature.
there to catch.There you are: suited up in vest and waders,
Flyfishing gearcreel at your side, tackle safely tucked away.
These days, our fishing flies either comeYou've selected the perfect flies, and you're fly
ready-made or we make them ourselves; we'verod is ready for action. Now you're ready to slip
got all kinds of specialized tools and fishing clothinginto nature's timeless waters, where the trout (or
with which we pursue our art; and our fly rodstarpon or sunfish or bonefish) await. If you don't
are made of graphite, with nifty fly fishing reelscatch any fish, that's all right - you've had an
designed to extend our reach well beyond a fewopportunity to enjoy alone time with yourself, to
feet. Taken together, these comprise a seriousejoy nature, and to practice your casting. And
fisherman's basic fly fishing gear. You're also likelythat's what it's all about.