Fly Fishing Around The World

Fly fishing is a popular sport around the				England and Scotland also saw the development
world. With a history dating back nearly				of wet-fly fishing around the same time.
2,000 years it should not be surprising that				However, anglers in Southern England strongly
many of the world's cultures have adopted				favored dry-fly fishing and tended to look
various styles of fishing for their sport				down on wet-fly fishing as an inferior
fishing activities.				perversion of their sport. It continues in
				England and the same chalk streams can still
It's a sport where the basics can be learned				be fished today though most access is through
in a few hours with a guide but where the				privately owned and managed land.
advanced techniques of the masters will take
years of dedicated effort. This combination				American anglers in the Catskill Mountains
of factors helps to keep people interested in				area of New York began experimenting with
fly fishing for many years.				dry-fly design in the late 1800s. These
				anglers began designing artificial flies to
It's also diverse enough that it works well				mimic the native insects that the trout
for quite a variety of fishing conditions. It				naturally fed on. Like Isaac Walton, some of
will serve you well whether casting a fly				these anglers wrote about their adventures.
into a small, mountain trout stream in North				These publications served to further interest
America and Europe or whether casting for				in the sport. The American fly fishers were
bonefish in the Caribbean. The sports				also more open than their English
flexibility has served to make it a popular				counterparts to experimenting with wet-fly
sport option around the world.				fishing.

The earliest records of fishing with				Fly fishing interest has continued and grown
artificial flies record that Macedonian				considerably in the United States and in
fishermen used six-foot rods with six-foot				Canada, The development of fiberglass
lines to fish. These fly fishermen crafted				manufactured fly rods following World War II,
artificial flies using a hook decorated with				along with synthetic line and leaders, made
red wool and insect wings.				the sport more affordable for many anglers.
				Inland fishing is frequently done with dry
Interest in fly fishing increased in England				flies on streams and rivers. Coastal fishing
and Scotland throughout the years though				often involves wet-fly fishing in bays or
little was written until 1496 with the				surf. It has also been adapted by bass
publication of The Treatyse On Fysshynge With				anglers.
An Angle. The 1653 publication of The
Compleat Angler by Isaaak Walton contained				Many Caribbean and southern-hemisphere
several chapters on fly fishing. The				locations are popular saltwater fly fishing
publication of these books, along with the				destinations. Fly fishers travel great
information they contain, demonstrates that				distances to fish for bonefish and tarpon.
fly fishing was an established fishing sport				Other southern-hemisphere locations like
by the time of their publication. The				Belize offer both freshwater and saltwater
development of fly fishing clubs throughout				fly fishing
England in the 1800s served to further
develop and popularize the sport.				It is a growing sport around the world. There
				has probably never been a better time to
The chalk streams of Southern England were				start it than today. The basic equipment to
well suited to dry-fly fishing with their				start fly fishing is more affordable than
shallow waterways and weeds that grew in the				ever and the worldwide opportunities for it
water to just below the surface. Northern				are just about limitless.

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