Trivia for the fly fishermen and anyone else.

[CharlieBrn]

How old is the oldest known preserved tied fly.  Year!

[Soupy944]

222 years

[Shawgill]

Mine is 9/1979 , tied in Cooke City Mt. ''black ant'' not very pretty but I still have it. I know that  's not what you're looking for but I don't even have a guess for your question.

[CharlieBrn]

Ding ding ding., Short post but you both are right on!  The same yar George Washington was inaugurated.  Good job!

[Shawgill]

You must not be iced up yet either.

[CharlieBrn]

You must not be iced up yet either.

Nope, still waiting. I can sit in the shack in the back yard only so long.  All I NEED for Xmas is ice!!

[MoreTroutPls]

The American Museum of Fly Fishing claims to have a fly tied in 1789 and they claim that is the oldest known existing fly.

http://www.amff.com/fly-fishing-history-collections/flies.html

Since there are numerous mentions of catching fish on a fly as far back as 200 AD, I suspect there may be other old ones around but no way to date them accurately.

[CharlieBrn]

The American Museum of Fly Fishing claims to have a fly tied in 1789 and they claim that is the oldest known existing fly.

http://www.amff.com/fly-fishing-history-collections/flies.html

Since there are numerous mentions of catching fish on a fly as far back as 200 AD, I suspect there may be other old ones around but no way to date them accurately.

Wow, what an awesome tradition we share!!!