Introduction to Fly Fishing

Fly fishing is a distinct and ancient angling method, most renowned as a method for catching trout and salmon, but employed today for a wide variety of species including pike, bass, panfish, and carp, as well as marine species, such as redfish, snook, tarpon, bonefish and striped bass. There are many reports of fly fisherman taking quite unintended species such as chub, bream and rudd while fishing for 'main target' species such as trout. There is a growing population of anglers whose aim is to catch as many different species as possible with the fly.

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1. Overview of Fly Fishing
2. History
3. Methods
   • 3.1 Fly fishing for trout
   • 3.1.1 Fishing in cold water
   • 3.1.2 Dry fly trout fishing
   • 3.1.3 Nymphing for trout
   • 3.1.4 Still water trout fishing
   • 3.1.5 Playing trout
   • 3.1.6 Releasing trout
4. Saltwater fly fishing
5. Artificial flies
6. Fly rods
   • 6.1 Sizes and usage
   • 6.2 Bamboo and split cane
   • 6.3 Synthetic fly rods
7. Fly lines
8. Fly reels
9. Fly fishing knots