Fly fishing tackle comprises the fishing tackle or equipment typically used by fly anglers. Fly fishing tackle includes:
- Fly rods - a specialized type of fishing rod designed to cast fly line and artificial flies
- Fly reels - a specialized type of fishing reel designed to hold fly line and supply drag if required to land heavy or fast fish.
- Fly line - a specialized form of fishing line that is designed to allow easy casting with a fly rod
- Terminal tackle not including artificial flies used to connect the fly line to the artificial fly
- Accessories - tools, gadgets, clothing and apparel used by the fly angler for maintenance and preparation of tackle, dealing the fish being caught as well as personal comfort and safety while fly fishing. Includes fly boxes used to store and carry artificial flies.
Read more about Fly Fishing Tackle: Fly Reels, Fly Lines, Terminal Tackle, Accessories
Famous quotes containing the words fly, fishing and/or tackle:
“We walk on molten lava on which the claw of a fly or the fall of a hair makes its impression, which being received, the mass hardens to flint and retains every impression forevermore.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“It is long ere we discover how rich we are. Our history, we are sure, is quite tame: we have nothing to write, nothing to infer. But our wiser years still run back to the despised recollections of childhood, and always we are fishing up some wonderful article out of that pond; until, by and by, we begin to suspect that the biography of the one foolish person we know is, in reality, nothing less than the miniature paraphrase of the hundred volumes of the Universal History.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“Play with your fancies: and in them behold
Upon the hempen tackle ship-boys climbing;
Hear the shrill whistle which doth order give
To sound confused; behold the threaden sails
Borne with th’ invisible and creeping wind.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)