Just curious

[Catcherman.]

Just curious of what people's opinion is on what is technically a fly to you? Is using plastic, foam, rubber, and other synthetics still a fly? What about jig heads?? Is a marabou or micro jig a fly??
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[Paulpro]

A Tru fly I consider is one you make using your own two hands not to mention your brain and using natural fibers found in nature,such as Deer Hair,which I like.
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[url "http://youtu.be/OcWqCocoUBg"]http://youtu.be/OcWqCocoUBg[/url]
edit to add picture =)

I don't fly fish by the way..te-he!

Edit #2 shout out to flygoddess for teaching my dat casting a fly is considered "spinning a fly"
I didn't know dat!
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[albinotrout]

I would guess that a fly to me is what I would want to use on a fly rod. I have a couple of purchased flies that look like jigs but are not quite from the way they were tied. [fishin]
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[flygoddess]

If you can cast it with a fly rod, and it has no taste or smell.......[]
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[fishinfudd]

I like your description. Nice and simple. I bet some could, and will make this very complicated.
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[flygoddess]

Well you have your purist that think it is "fly" fishing which means flying insects or dries. Old English it is nymphing all the way. But that was bamboo rods and either silk or level line.
Since we have come out with fiberglass and graphite rods and a different line for every day of the week.
Flies have changed for the needs as well. Fingernail flies, beads, buggers with propellers. Plus taking flies tied with feathers or fur and then covered with a coat of plastic. Even have diving blades for flies. Instead of tying the wing cases and making legs out of pheasant tail, there is molded foam and even rubbery molds that just require securing them to a hook.
However, the idea of a Fly Rod, Reel, and special line that makes it possible to toss a #32 40 feet or better, add the leader and the tippet....now that is fly fishing.[]
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[fishinfudd]

Exactly why I was impressed that you chose to K.I.S.S. At the end of the day it's about catching fish on a fly rod and thats all that really matters. I was taught by a dry fly only purist at 8 years old and didn't start to nymph until my early twenties. I will always be partial to dries, but nymphing definitely produces more for me.
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[flygoddess]

I kinda think nymphing was the first of fly fishing, the dry thing came later. English did have this down way before us Yankees[]
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[fishinfudd]

Many think it's the other way around. I have not ever researched it, but if anyone would know it would be you. Most wonder what came first the chicken or the egg.
Not us sickly addicted fly fishermen. We care more about what came first, the wet or the dry.[]
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[flygoddess]

Here is some more that helps make sense, the older nymphs were tied with out thread. Just wire and wool.
Then through Tenkara into the mix.....[crazy]
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[Kim-n-Kota]

According to the Complete Angler documentary - dapping with actual live mayflies was the first "fly fishing."

[url "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLPlJGcwXc0"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLPlJGcwXc0[/url]

Now does THAT count as a fly?? []
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[flygoddess]

Bait fishing
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[chickscanfish2]

I'm with flygoddess on this one. If you can cast it with your fly rod, no smell or taste (i'll add: NOT ALIVE) it's A-OK!!! []
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