| Fly fishing can be a really exciting and rewarding | | | | is really important to help attract fish. Another of |
| hobby. Fly fishing was not really heard of until | | | | the more popular materials needed for tying your |
| about near the end of the 2nd century when a | | | | flies is thread. For best results you should use a |
| Roman, named Claudius Aelianus, first used this | | | | synthetic variety because the thread seems to |
| method of fishing on the Astraeus River. In fly | | | | be more durable, no matter how natural the color |
| fishing, the fisherman catches fish with flies that | | | | of hackle or hair sometimes a little spark of color |
| are made with hair, feathers and other materials. | | | | in the thread is what catches the fish's attention. |
| The most common fish that are caught this way | | | | Having good thread can mean the difference |
| are trout and salmon. | | | | between a successful trip and a bad trip. |
| Some of the most common materials needed for | | | | There are many different fly configurations that |
| tying flies are hackle feathers from a rooster. | | | | vary by size, color and what type of hook you |
| The hackle is what gives fishing flies their organic | | | | will use. Using a fly pattern and basic materials can |
| look and their intricate color patterns. Hair from an | | | | help a fly fisherman make flies that they prefer |
| animal such as a deer, elk and beaver helps to | | | | to use and help them to have success in their |
| copy the natural shape and color of an insect. This | | | | next fishing trip. |