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Thr ugh ut r rd d h t r men have f h d n an ff rt t provide f d f r th m lv and th r families. However, f h ng f r food n t the only motive m n has. Th f n t n that m ll n f individuals have for fishing n be r b d t a d r to utw t th f h. It l provides n fr m th tribulations we all x r n v r d . S rt -f h ng ul r in lm t v r untr of th w rld nd a t m practiced b m ll n . When m n first b g n t f h he u d a Gorge r th r th n a hook (h k came later). A G rg n t d f a piece of w d, bone, r t n that had b n h r n d t both nd . The rl t h k were m d fr m bone b ut 3000 years g n the uth of Eur . Th w r f a m l d gn, but similar to modern-day h k . E rl r f r n t f h ng with rod and l n n be found n th n nt Eg t n t mb paintings. Th f r t flies w r r du d ft r man discovered, much t h surprise, th t v r ng th h k w th f th r tricked th f h t t k . Th technique used b these rl f h rm n was to m l l the artificial fl n the water's surface. In the b g nn ng, f h rm n d d not u a r d t ll; th u d simple h nd lines n t d. Th f und that th m t ff nt w t use a h nd l n was fr m boats. Th n xt d v l m nt w t t th l n t a h rt branch. And th w h w rods r m n d for m n r . It w n't unt l th 4th ntur th t l ng r j nt d r d w r u d. Th first references t fishing w th fl r g n t d n Engl nd in th 13th century. Th fly was described a h k tied w th feathers nd w used f r f h ng tr ut nd grayling. Many credit the f r t recorded use f an rt f l fly t th R m n Cl ud u A l nu n r the nd of th 2nd ntur . H d r b d th r t of M d n n ngl r n th A tr u R v r: ...they h v l nn d a n r for the fish, nd get th b tt r of th m b th r f h rm n' r ft. . . . Th fasten red wool. . . round a h k, nd f t n t th w l two f th r wh h gr w under a k' w ttl , nd which in l r r l k w x. Th r rod x f t long, and their l n th m l ngth. Then th thr w th r n r , nd th fish, ttr t d and m dd n d by th color, comes tr ght t it, th nk ng from the r tt sight t g n a dainty m uthful; wh n, h w v r, t n t j w , t ught b the hook, and nj a bitter repast, a t v . In h b k F h ng fr m th E rl t T m , h w v r, W ll m R d l ff (1921) g v th credit t M rt l (M r u V l r u Martialis), b rn some tw hundred r b f r Aelianus, who wrote: ...Who h n t n th ru r , decoyed nd killed by fraudful fl ... . According to th writers of th t m , it was not unt l th nd of th 15th century that fly f h ng was r t d as a sport b the u r classes f England. An exact d t wh n fishing nd fl fishing w r f r t r t d f r sport d ff ult t establish. However, n article entitled The Treatyse f Fysshynge w th an Angl wh h b tr d t n w nn d b th known Dame Jul n Berner, r r f a nunn r n r L nd n, and published n th Book f St Alb n n 1496 is often u d t d t th birth f rt-f h ng. It the earliest on fly fishing

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