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
Sep
18
Wednesday
Method Session – Skagit River Flies – Recommended Dry and Sub-Surface Flies.
Sep
21
Saturday
Fish Out – Rainbow Trout on the Skagit River
Oct
06
Oct 6 to Oct 8
Fish Out – Rainbow Trout at Corbett Lake
Recently Added to Osprey Fly Box
- Younge’s Firefly contributed by Dave Kearney (Steelhead)
- The Chewy McPhail contributed by Ed Stefanison (Nymphs)
- Olive & Copper Chironomid Pupa contributed by Mike Marlowe (Chironomids)
- Minky Booby contributed by Sandy McKinlay (Leeches)
- Jig Bugger contributed by Stuart Donald (Streamers)
- Simply Black contributed by Jock Miller (Dry Fly)
- Christmas Tree Ornament contributed by John Hay (Streamer/Attractor)
- Ken’s Mayfly contributed by Steve Hanson (Nymph)