Fly fishing
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Fly fishing is an angling technique that uses an ultra-lightweight fishing lure called an artificial fly, which typically mimics small invertebrates such as flying and aquatic insects to attract and c
Man fly fishing in the Sava.
Fly rod and reel with a brown trout from a chalk stream in England
Izaak Walton's The Compleat Angler, published in 1653 helped popularize fly fishing as a sport. Woodcut by Louis Rhead, 1900.
Trading card of the Ustonson company, an early firm specializing in fishing equipment, and holder of a royal warrant from the 1760s.
Mayfly
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Mayflies are aquatic insects belonging to the order Ephemeroptera. This order is part of an ancient group of insects termed the Palaeoptera, which also contains dragonflies and damselflies. Over 3,000
Fly fishing
…them in colour is a method of presentation that can be seen in most fly-fishing literature today. The book was mostly about the aquatic insects—mayflies, caddisflies and stoneflies—that trout and grayling feed on and their counterpart artificial imitations. About half the book is devoted to observations…
Rhithrogena germanica subimago on Equisetum hyemale
Adult Atalophlebia with the cylindrical dorsal or turban eyes visible
Mayflies (known locally as shadflies) swarm briefly in enormous numbers in Ontario.
Rainbow trout are among the main predators of mayflies.