Fly lure - Definition and Overview

A fly lure is in terms of sport fishing and fly fishing, a lure designed to resemble a water insect.

The fly lure is perhaps the lure with the most variations; many fly fishers make their own, either by real nature examples of insect, books or their own imagination.

The technique involves attaching small pieces of feathers, animal fur and other materials on a hook in order to make it resemble an insect. This is made by wrapping a line tightly around the hook's neck and wrapping the line over the desired material, if needed, a finish oil is added to improve floating ability.

Based on the behavior of the insect the lure is to resemble exist four main categories: dry fly, wet fly, a nymph and a streamer fly.

The fly lure may be used with a normal sport fishing rod, but a special fly fishing rod is often preferred. The fly fishing technique involves whipping out some fishing line in the air and letting it go at the right moment over the river and then letting the fake fly float on the water with the currents.