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In the 19th century, the sport of fly fishing began to develop into its modern form with the formation of fly fishing clubs in England. At this time the first complete books were written describing the types of equipment used and the methods for tying the various types of lures. The sport was very elitist at this time. It was thought to be a “gentleman’s sport”, and certain methods of fishing were considered proper while other methods were looked down on as being uncouth. It is thought by many that the modern techniques of fly fishing were developed as a solution to a rather specific fishing circumstance. In many of the rivers in Southern England, fish lived among rather high growing weeds and a method was needed of dropping lures on the surface among the weeds without snagging the hooks. The method of “presenting” flies was the solution to this particular problem and the success of the procedure led to its use in other fishing circumstances.

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