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Nature lovers, outdoor fun enthusiasts, environmentalists and vacationers are hooked into fly fishing as a sport. People from different walks of life – from students, businessmen, medical professionals, writers and technology exports – are integrating into their holiday schedules some time for fly fishing. They want to enjoy action while enjoying the beauty of nature and breathing fresh mountain air.

Fly fishing is a fishing method that involves the use of a rod, line, reel and artificial flies – fish lures that are made to imitate the look for small animals and insects.

There are many fly fishing destinations around the world. In the United States, the northern part has the most number of fly fishermen. Many fly fishermen consider the West Yellowstone as the center for fly fishing North America. Alaska is famous for its abundance of fish. Some of the more famous bodies of water for fly fishing are Henrys Fork River in Idaho, Bitterroot and Madison Rivers in Montana, Oregon’s North Umpqua and Rogue Rivers, Owens and the East Walker Rivers in California, Lee's Ferry on the Colorado River in Arizona and White River in Arkansas.

The Scandinavian countries of Norway, Sweden and Finland are the most popular destinations in Europe. Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Yugoslavia and Austria are especially known to be good spots for trout fishing. England is the home of Farlows of London, and 1840 fly fishing shop that is famous for its supplies of flies. Famous fly fishing river destinations are also found in England. These rivers are River Test, River Itchen, the Kennet, the Lambourn, and the Avon.

In New Zealand, Lake Taupo is famous around the world famous for trout fishing. New Zeland is also famous for its spectacularly beautiful natural sceneries with wide open spaces and steep tussocks and glacier peaks. Top trout fly fishing locations in New Zealand can be found in Central Otago, Maniototo, Southern Lakes, Fiordland, South Westland, Northern Southland, and the MacKenzie Country.

The states of Tasmania, New South Wales and Victoria in Australia have great fly fishing places and beautiful sceneries. Fishing waters in Australia include Great Lake, Dee Lagoon, Lake Rowallan, Lagoon of Islands, Lake Skinner, Mersey River, Derwent River.

Mongolia is a favorite destination for exotic fly fishing adventures. It is very famous for its taimen fish, which is known to be the largest salmon in the world. The taimen can weigh as much as 200 pounds and is ferocious predatory species. Mongolia has outstanding rivers that are unspoiled even today. These rivers include Onon, Herlen, Amur, Barkh, Balj, Kherlen, Khanui, Tamir, Orkhon, Eg, Selenge, Bugsey, Delgermoron and Ider.

In Japan, fly fishing is a fairly new sport which was probably introduced by the military men from the United States who were based in Japan when it was occupied right after world war two. Japan has a traditional fly fishing method called Tenkara. This method is used only by professional fresh water fishermen. Some popular fly fishing destinations in Japan include Katsura River, Mountain stream in Nagano, Tokyo Yozawa Fly Fishing Area, Kyushu Green River and Nikko Yukawa.