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    The Humpy fly is a popular and effective dry fly used by fly anglers for trout in fast-water conditions. In The Professionals’ Favorite Flies (1993) Lefty...
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    Fly fishing is an angling technique that uses an ultra-lightweight lure called an artificial fly, which typically mimics small invertebrates such as flying...
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    An artificial fly or fly lure is a type of fishing lure, usually used in the sport of fly fishing (although they may also be used in other forms of angling)...
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    Howard Augustine Wheeler Jr. (born October 23, 1938), nicknamed Humpy Wheeler, is an American motorsports executive and businessman. He is best known...
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    Fly tying (also historically referred to in England as dressing flies) is the process of producing an artificial fly used by fly fishing anglers to catch...
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  • Dry fly fishing is an angling technique in which the lure is an artificial fly which floats on the surface of the water and does not sink below it. It...
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    fly fishing and fly fishing library collections see: Bibliography of fly fishing For fly tying, fly tackle, regional guides, memoirs, stories and fly...
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  • Fly line is a fishing line used by fly anglers to cast artificial flies using a fly rod. Fly lines evolved from horsehair lines described by Izaak Walton...
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  • Fly fishing tackle comprises the fishing tackle or equipment typically used by fly anglers. Fly fishing tackle includes: Artificial flies - ultralight...
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    Western-style fly fishing, the two techniques developed independently of each other, with tenkara being purely Japanese in origin. In addition, fly fishing...
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  • an organized voice for fly fishers around the world; they represent all aspects of fly fishing, which include the art of fly tying, casting, and protection...
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    fly fishing and fly fishing library collections see: Bibliography of fly fishing For species related fly fishing literature see: Bibliography of fly fishing...
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    Dry-Fly Fishing in Theory and Practice (1889) is British author and angler Frederic M. Halford's second and most influential book on dry fly fishing. It...
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  • Fly Fishing: Memories of Angling Days, also published as Fly Fishing by J. R. Hartley, is a fishing book by British angling author Michael Russell under...
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  • on flats is often done with baits, lures or light spinning tackle, or by fly fishing. Weather changes, such as barometric pressure and ambient temperature...
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  • The Catskill Fly Fishing Center and Museum is a nonprofit, educational organization dedicated to: preserving America's fly fishing heritage; teaching...
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    memoirs, stories and fly fishing fiction see: Bibliography of fly fishing (fly tying, stories, fiction). For species related fly fishing literature see:...
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    The Alexandra wet fly is an artificial fly. Also known as the Lady of the Lake, the fly was named by English angler Major William Greer Turle to honour...
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    The American Museum of Fly Fishing is a museum in Manchester, Vermont, United States, that preserves and exhibits artifacts related to American angling...
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    Royal Coachman (category Dry fly patterns)
    dry fly Royal Wulff – a hair wing dry fly Royal Humpy – a hair bodied dry fly Royal Sakasa Kebari – a reverse tied soft hackled tenkara wet fly Royal...
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  • Joan Salvato Wulff (born 1926) is a fly fisher. In 1951, she won the national fly-casting distance title, an all-male competition, and was a National...
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    Drew Chicone (category Fly fishing)
    saltwater fly designer, fly fisherman and fly casting instructor. He writes books and magazine articles demonstrating how to tie saltwater fly patterns...
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    The Woolly Bugger is an artificial fly commonly categorized as a wet fly or streamer and is fished under the water surface. It is a popular and widely...
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    Fly Fishing, first published in 1899 by English author and diplomat Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon (1862–1933), is a book about fly fishing...
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    The Adams is a traditional dry fly primarily used for trout. It is considered a general imitation of an adult mayfly, flying caddis or midge. It was designed...
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    Jack Gartside (category Fly tyers)
    "Jack" Gartside was an American fly tyer and fly fishing author. Considered one of the most talented and innovative fly tyers of the modern era, Gartside...
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  • Fly Fishing Team USA (abbreviated as FFTUSA) is a competitive fly fishing team representing the United States in national and international competitions...
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  • must-have items that changed the face of racing. Also in this episode: "Humpy" Wheeler is the former president of the Charlotte Motor Speedway, and although...
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    A bamboo fly rod or a split cane rod is a fly fishing rod that is made from bamboo. The British generally use the term "split cane." In the U.S., most...
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    Dave's Hopper (category Dry fly patterns)
    an artificial fly used for fly fishing, designed to imitate adult grasshoppers and other Orthoptera species. It is considered a dry fly terrestrial pattern...
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