Artificial fly
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]
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
- 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]
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
Artificial Fly Media
Classic 19th-century artificial fly – The Triumph
First known illustration of a fishing fly from 4th. edition (1652) of John Dennys's The Secrets of Angling, first published in 1613, probably the earliest poetical English treatise on Angling.,
Frontispiece from Bowlker's Art of Angling (1854) showing a variety of artificial flies
Illustration of a large Pike fly (1865)
References
- ↑ 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.
