Artificial fly
lure used in angling - fly fishing
An artificial fly or fly lure is a type of fishing lure. It is usually used in the sport of fly fishing. Artificial flies imitate insects or other things fish eat.[1] Artificial flies are made by fly tying. This is an art in which furs, feathers, thread or any of very many other materials are tied onto a fish hook.[2]
An Adams dry fly, the most popular fly for over 30 years.
There are thousands of different fly patterns (kinds) available.[3] Many imitate a particular insect a fish might recognize. Other patterns don't look like any insect, but attract fish anyway.[3]
Types
change- Dry flies are meant to float on top of the water.[1]
- Wet flies are designed to sink to the bottom of the water.[1]
- Streamers (called lures in British English) sink to imitate small fish in the water.[4]
- Terrestrials either float or sink. They imitate insects found on land.[4]
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Bunyan Bug, made famous in the movie A River Runs Through It -
A muddler minnow fly pattern -
Drawing of Royal Coachman Wet Fly -
A red tag sinking fly -
A grizzley king wet fly -
Parachute Adams dry fly -
Royal Wulff Dry Fly - A Classic Attractor Pattern -
A Terrestial Dry Fly Imitating a Common Grasshopper -
A Mickey Finn Streamer fly
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Fly types". Cabela's.com. Archived from the original on 12 May 2015. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
- ↑ Wakeford, Jacqueline (1992). Fly Tying Tools and Materials. New York: Lyons & Burford Publishers. pp. Preface. ISBN 1-55821-183-7.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Flies". Fly Fishing for Beginners. Archived from the original on 10 July 2015. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "An International Glossary of Fly Fishing Terms". The English Fly Fishing Shop. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
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