Article: Fly fishing hits a snag

So, is fly fishing headed for a dunking? And should we blame Brad Pitt and that movie?

If you are a fly fisher in Lancaster County, you've never had as many choices.

There are five shops sprinkled around the county where you can pick up artificial flies or tippet material.

Lancaster County has two fly-fishing-only streams &tstr; three if you count restored portions of Lititz Run managed by the Donegal Chapter of Trout Unlimited.

Yet, the fly-fishing boom cast by the 1992 hit movie, "A River Runs Through It," is over and some fly-fishing aficionados fret about the sport's future.

Some fly shops admit to declining business and some clubs are finding it harder to muster hand-on stream ...

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