| Fly fishing is a sport that has been around for | | | | honored the traditional methods of fly fishing. |
| hundreds of years but nobody really knew about | | | | They were appalled by the American practices of |
| it until the last couple of centuries when it gained | | | | fly fishing which involved all members of society |
| popularity in Britain and in the United States. For | | | | no matter what their social ranking and also |
| some, fly fishing is just "that thing where they | | | | involved the attempt to improve upon the |
| fling a big long fishing line over their heads and try | | | | traditional methods of the sport. The American fly |
| not to catch themselves on it." For others fly | | | | fishers are famous for constructing new rods, |
| fishing is "the subject of a movie that had Brad | | | | new line and new reels. |
| Pitt in it" you know the one, from a long time | | | | The best way to learn how to fly fish is to find |
| ago?? For the fly fishing enthusiast though, fly | | | | yourself a good fly fishing guide as this is a sport |
| fishing is a sport and the best way to educate | | | | that is not easily learned from books. It is better |
| others on fly fishing is with a fly fishing guide. | | | | to go out to the water with your fly fishing guide |
| This article aims to be a very basic fly fishing | | | | and have him or her teach you the basics of |
| guide and will take you through some of the | | | | casting, reeling and landing your fish. |
| history of fly fishing as well as a basic overview | | | | Basically to fly fish you have to know how to |
| of how to fly fish. | | | | cast. If you don't know how to cast, you will need |
| The earliest writings of fly fishing that have been | | | | to find a fly fishing guide who can show you how |
| found so far are dated around the second | | | | because you just can't learn how to cast from |
| century AD. After that there is a gap of roughly | | | | the written word. There are two types of casts |
| thirteen hundred years as the next fly fishing | | | | you will want your fly fishing guide to teach you: |
| writings that we know about were published in | | | | the "C" cast and the "J" cast. |
| the late 1400s. After those writings were | | | | In the event that you can't find a good fly fishing |
| published, the sport lost notoriety until the | | | | guide, there are lots of fishing courses available |
| nineteenth century when the British elite fell in | | | | that you can take. A quick search through the |
| love with the sport. In the late 1800s, fly fishing | | | | internet will locate a fly fishing class in your local |
| became very popular in Britain and it quickly | | | | area. Once you learn how to fly fish, you can be |
| became the sport of choice among the British | | | | a fly fishing guide for others. The sport is |
| upper class and well-to-do society members. It | | | | incredibly popular and growing by the day. |
| wasn?t long before very elite fly fishing clubs | | | | Tired of fumbling with your rod and reel? |
| were formed. These clubs were small and | | | | |