CHAPTER 1 GOING FLY-FISHING You’re standing in an icy mountain stream You pull the tip of your fly rod over your shoulder Then you cast your fly into the swift water up ahead The stream’s current drags the fly back toward you You feel a nibble on the fly so you pull your line to set the hook Fly-fishing is a great way to explore the outdoors 5
As you pull a fish leaps out of the water It’s a massive rainbow trout The trout tries to dart away but you hold firm You fight against the fish and gradually reel it in closer Finally the trout tires itself out You use your net to scoop it out of the water People have enjoyed fly-fishing since ancient times In (cid:141)(cid:141) CE a Roman author described people fishing with fake flies in southern Europe Centuries later in the early ƒ (cid:141)(cid:141)s British anglers fly-fished for trout and grayling along the banks of rivers and streams During the next century this method of fishing spread throughout the rest of Europe By the late 6
An angler fishes on the Isle of Arran in Scotland in the ƒ (cid:141)(cid:141)s ƒ (cid:141)(cid:141)s fly-fishing was a popular sport among England’s upper classes European immigrants brought the sport to North America They fished the broad rivers of the continent’s eastern coast 7
