People have been fly fishing for years. In its beginnings, people would use flies to fish with for food, but then it turned into a sport and now anglers fly fish for both food and sport. Fly fishing is a traditional angling method that uses artificial flies for lures that are made of materials like fur and feathers. Fly fishermen use a series of casting moves meant to imitate the bug on water. Learn the terminology in fly fishing and what it means. Discover what gears to catch a good fish.