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Many holiday goers and vacationers around the world are enjoying fly fishing as a recreation. This is especially attractive to nature lovers because fly fishing takes place in scenic rural places.

Fly fishing is a tricky sport. It involves the use of artificial flies to imitate insects and other small animals are used as bait to attract fish.

There are five kinds of artificial flies that are currently in use. The dry fly is made by imitating insects floating on the surface of the water while the wet fly mimics insects under the water surface. Some species of fish eat other injured fish, so another kind of artificial fly was invented – the streamer fly. Another kind of fly is the terrestrial fly and this kind of fly imitates insects like grasshoppers, crickets and moths that have fallen into the water. The last kind is the nymph fly which is made by imitating insects larva. This kind of fly is more challenging to use by the fly fisher because it is small.

Fly fishing is an old sport, dating back to the second century in Rome. In fact, some of the oldest sports shops are fly fishing shops. The Orvis Company in Manchester Vermont opened in 1856 while the the Farlows of London, was established in 1840.

Today, fly fishing is enjoyed in many places in the United States, United Kingdom, Switzerland, Austria, Scandinavia, Mongolia, Australia and New Zealand. The most beautiful fly fishing spots are in Norway and Sweden.

Some of the popular fish species to catch in fly fishing are:

Salmon – Salmo salar, is a freshwater and marin fish of the family Salmonidae that has pink flesh colors and usually found in the Northen Atlantic costs of North America and Europe.

Trout – a relative of the Salmon in Salmonidae family, the Trout is a popular game fish that is usually found in cool lakes and streams and ar distributed naturally throughout Asia, Europe and North America.

Pike – Pikes are large, slender and voracious freshwater fish species that have long, flat snout. They are natives of Siberia, Eurasia, Western Europe and North America.

Bass – are spiny-finned freshwater or marine fish species of the families Serranidae and Centrarchidae. Many species are native to North America and surrounding waters.

Carp – Cyprinus carpio, is any of the species belong to the family Cyprinidae and a native to Asia but is widely introduced in tropical and temperate waters. In many countries, carp is an important fish food.

Panfish – is a small freshwater non-game foodfish that usually eaten fried. This kind of fish has striking similariy to Yellow Perch due to it size and many fishermen are confused.

Tarpon – Megalops atlantica, is commonly found in the Atlantic Ocean. It inhabits warmer waters and have a compressed body and large silvery scales. Tarpons commonly weigh up to 200 pounds and could grow to as long as 8 feet.

Red fish – refers to several species of fish of genus Sebastes and is used for food. Sometimes, it is called ocean perch or rosefish.