据已掌握的有关假蝇钓鱼的最早的资料表明,这项运动早在2,300多年以前的周朝就出现了。因此,当人们要求垂钓者说明其热衷于假蝇钓鱼的理由时,许多人都会引证因这项运动而产生的丰富而古老的文学,就不足为怪了。从蒲卢塔克在《安东尼生平》中提到的在尼罗河捕鱼、老蒲林尼的《博物志》、15世纪的经典著作——朱利安·伯纳夫人的《论钓鱼》、运动的圣经——17世纪艾萨克·沃尔顿的《高明的垂钓者》到诸如约翰·多恩、杰拉尔 The earliest available data on fly fishing indicate that the sport emerged as early as 2,300 years ago in the Zhou dynasty. So while people are asking anglers to justify their interest in fly fishing, it is no surprise that many people cite the rich and ancient literature that resulted from the sport. Fishing in the Nile, Polanyi’s “Museum of Chronicles,” a classic from the 15th century, “On fishing” by Julianne Berner, from Plutarch in The Life of Anthony, Bible - 17th Century Isaac Walton’s “smart angler” to such as John Donne, Gerald