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5 Types of Fly Fishing Flies

Although most flies represent water insects,fly fishing. It dates back to descriptions
a terrestrial fly is made to imitate a landof  the  early  Macedonian  people.
insect that has fallen into the water. The
two most common terrestrials that areA nymph is the stage between an egg and the
imitated for fly fishing are the ant and theadult in the life cycle of an insect. In fly
grasshopper.fishing, flies that resemble nymphs are
growing popularity. The nymph fly is just
Although there are hundreds of types ofbelow the surface of the water. When a fish
flies used for fly fishing, most of them fallbulges the water without breaking the
into five specific categories, or types.Âsurface, he is nymphing. This means that the
These types are dry flies, wet flies, nymphs,fish is eating the natural nymphs just as
streamers and buck tails, and terrestrials.they are emerging from their shell. This is
The main purpose of the fly is to imitate anwhat  a  nymph  fly  imitates.
insect  that  the  fish  wants  to  eat.
Streamers and buck tail flies do not imitate
A dry fly imitates a natural insect that isany part of the insect's life cycle. These
floating on the top of the water. Fish aretypes of fly fishing flies are much larger
very sensitive to any motion of their waterand represent small bait fish such as
and how currents move the insects they wantsculpin minnows. The main difference between
for food. In fly fishing, if a dry fly istheses two types of flies is that streamers
moving even slightly against the current, theare tied with feathers, and bucktails are
fish will have nothing to do with it. Thetied completely with hair. Fly fishing that
fly may look like something the fishuses these two types of flies generally
recognizes but it is not acting the same anrequires more rod and line manipulation. The
insect would. The fish recognizes it asmovements are supposed to duplicate the
something foreign in the water and leaves itmotions  of  the  little  fish.Â
alone.
Besides these basic five categories of flies,
In fly fishing, a wet fly is imitating athere are many other kinds of flies that are
drowned, or drowning, natural insect andused for fly fishing. Some of them are a
is fished below the water surface. No onecombination of one or more of the basic
is sure if the wet fly is seen as a drowningcategories and some do not fit into any
adult insect or a nymph from the perspectivegroup. The most important thing to remember
of the fish. Most fly fishermen today seem tois that it doesn't matter how the fly looks
believe that it is seen as a nymph. Becauseto you, the fisherman. It matters how the fly
of this less and less wet flies are beinglooks to the fish.
sold. Wet fly fishing is the oldest form of



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