re: Tell Me About Fly Fishing

I posted this in the last fly fish thread, and got well actually'd, but this is for a guide for someone just getting into it

I'm at the beginners stages of getting into fly fishing, last year I went and talked with the guys at Orvis and they gave me a lot of useful info, they also do a class on Saturday mornings at some point if you're near one.


The gist of what I was told was:

3wt set up for pan fish (think ultra light)
5wt set up for trout and smaller bass (medium to light)
8wt set up for big bass and redfish (heavy to medium heavy)


The rod is much more important than the reel.
Orvis's beginners combo has a really good rod, but a pretty terrible reel.
Cabelas had a beginners combo with a RLS+ reel, which I'm told is a good reel, but the rod is bad, this is the combo I went with (RIP Bargain Cave)
In hindsight I'd have gone with the Orvis combo

You won't know the difference in good and bad until you get into more expensive stuff though