Artificial fly facts for kids
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. 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.
There are thousands of different fly patterns (kinds) available. Many imitate a particular insect a fish might recognize. Other patterns don't look like any insect, but attract fish anyway.
Types
- Dry flies are meant to float on top of the water.
- Wet flies are designed to sink to the bottom of the water.
- Streamers (called lures in British English) sink to imitate small fish in the water.
- Terrestrials either float or sink. They imitate insects found on land.
Images for kids
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Classic 19th-century artificial fly – The Triumph
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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.,
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Frontispiece from Bowlker's Art of Angling (1854) showing a variety of artificial flies
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Illustration of a large Pike fly (1865)
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Orvis Royal Coachman
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Blue-winged Olive Quill (BWO)
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Partridge and Orange soft-hackle
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Pheasant Tail Nymph
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Clouser Deep Minnow – A popular streamer pattern used for both fresh and saltwater fishing
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Mouse Fly, imitating a small mammal
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Bluegill streamer EP style
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Clouser deep minnow, saltwater variation
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Traditional Crazy Charlie
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Stu Apte classic Tarpon fly
