Fly fishing was practiced at least as early as the second century by Macedonian anglers some disagree that fly fishing could have originated even earlier with the Chinese. Over time Western fly fishing has appeared with its own cultural image. This is going to be due to many factors, including the Yankee romanticizing of Western culture often together with some brilliant selling by early Western fly fishing entrepreneurs.
It is potentially the white sands and turquoise waters that galvanize dreams of a Robinson Crusoe-esque sort of existence - the sole difference is the fashionable, upmarket, yet relatively inexpensive, beach lodges that abound for the lazy, sun-soaking visitor on an epic African vacation. Though the state is still hard at work in an effort to reconstruct itself after a unpleasant and savage civil war, Mozambique and her folk are way more than welcoming to holiday makers. Pop in at the Souk Souk, the centralized market of the port town of Pemba, and you'll be bewildered at the quality and craftsmanship of their hereabouts produced humanities, crafts and standard silverware this market also uncovers the heat and effervescence of the locals. If you've got the need to emulate the great Ernest Hemingways personality in the Old Man and the Sea and are gunning for a maritime prize, the waters off Bazaruto offer superior Black Marlin stocks but if casting circles in the air is more alluring, why not try salt water fly-fishing where, rather than trout or bass, the sought-after bone fish is prepared for the pan. Whether the image is totally rooted in truth isn't crucial.
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