CHAPTER 1 GOING FLY-FISHING You’re standing in an icy mountain stream You pull the tip of your fly rod over your shoulder Then you cast your fly into the swift water up ahead The stream’s current drags the fly back toward you You feel a nibble on the fly so you pull your line to set the hook Fly-fishing is a great way to explore the outdoors 5
An angler fishes on the Isle of Arran in Scotland in the ƒ (cid:141)(cid:141)s ƒ (cid:141)(cid:141)s fly-fishing was a popular sport among England’s upper classes European immigrants brought the sport to North America They fished the broad rivers of the continent’s eastern coast 7
