Over the years we've had several discussions on what makes a fly a fly
and a lure a lure. It's pretty well summed up below in a piece from
Wikipedia.
If it takes a fly rod and fly line to cast it, it's a fly. If it takes
the weight of the lure to cast it, its a lure. Therefore fly rods cast
flies and spinning / casting rods cast lures. In fly fishing, fish
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fish> are caught by using artificial flies
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_fly> that are cast with a fly
rod <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fishing_rod> and a fly line. The fly
line (today, almost always coated with plastic) is heavy enough in order
to send the fly to the target. This is one of the main differences
between spinning and bait rods, which use the weight of the lure to
cast lures, and a weight on the line to cast bait, etc
Artificial flies can vary dramatically in all morphological
characteristics (size, weight, colour, etc.). Artificial flies are
created by tying hair, fur, feathers, or other materials, both natural
and synthetic, onto a hook with thread. The first flies were tied with
natural materials, but synthetic materials are now very popular and
prevalent. The flies are tied in sizes, colours and patterns to match
local terrestrial and aquatic insects, baitfish, or other prey
attractive to the target fish species.
Casting - Flies vs Lures
Unlike other casting
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casting_%28fishing%29> methods, fly
fishing can be thought of as a method of casting line rather than lure.
Non-flyfishing methods rely on a lure's weight to pull line from the
reel during the forward motion of a cast. By design, a fly is too light
to be cast, and thus simply follows the unfurling of a properly cast fly
line, which is heavier and tapered and therefore more castable than
lines used in other types of fishing.
to read the entire Wikipedia piece, click on the link below:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fly_fishing
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