Fly-fishing: the art of catching fish using an artificial fly as bait, a weighted line and a long flexible rod.
The sport was perhaps more eloquently defined a century and a half ago:
“Fly fishing may well be considered the most beautiful of all rural sports. For, in addition to the great nicety required to become proficient in the art, it is also absolutely requisite, for its successful attainment, to study much and long… how to adapt and blend the various materials used in the construction of a fly; how to select your flies, thus carefully and correctly constructed, in accordance with the state of the sky, the colour of the water, and peculiar habits of fish in different rivers.“
Frank Forrester in his book, “Fish and Fishing“
Next Up on the Calendar
May
14
Wednesday
REGULAR MEETING – Agenda to be determined.
May
21
Wednesday
METHOD SESSION – Dubbing Materials & Techniques
Jun
06
Jun 6 to Jun 10
FISH OUT – Rainbow Trout at Knoff Lake
Recently Added to Osprey Fly Box
- Booby Vampire Leech contributed by Bruce Brandhorst (Leeches)
- Black Pennell contributed by Martin Swain (Nymphs)
- Moose Hair Skater contributed by Anton Pasternak (Dry Fly)
- Coho Flasher contributed by Craig Graham (Salmon)
- Coho Jig contributed by Sandy McKinlay (Salmon)