Going to give Fly Fishing a go..! Any advice?

You got the combo for $130? It's regularly about $240 at the Cabelas store, great deal.
My advise would be to go to Cabelas or Bass pro and talk to one of those guys in the fly department. I talked with a guy at Cabelas a while back who is also a fly fishing instructor. He talked with me for around and hour and a half about everything I needed to know. Really valuable information from casting to what line I needed, the type of knots to tie, leaders, etc. Stuff I would have had zero clue about without talking to him

Very solid advice from BP...take note.

As for flies for bass/bream. Little surface poppers work well, clauser minnows work well.

I agree with Don

for bream I like small poppers and the adams fly. That red tail seems to turn bluegill and greensunfish on.

for bass I like wooly buggers, spun hair poppers, pencil poppers, and clousers.

I like the foam ants and bugs for panfish too.

Sometimes I will use that as a float and have a trailer fly sinking below.

sounds similar too: The cast is in the forearm not the wrist or hands. The rod is casting the line not you casting a fly. Let the rod fully load on the backcast before bringing it back forward. Practice getting that in the air loop right and don't worry about where the cast lands to start with.







btw I found fly fishing for dummies was actually a good read.



bbvdd, How close are you to Pensacola? I get the wood to there for free Aug3-6th

Thanks guys, there are man differant options as far as flies go. Guess I'll just have top buy a few and see what the fish like..! Solid information in here, I plan to try it out Saturday. Fly Rod comes in tomorrow. I'll be practicing in the yard a lot..!

For casting, use the 10-2 (like a clock), don't break your wrist, use sudden stop motion for momentum and line turnover.

When I was learning, I practiced in my backyard all the time. The best way to practice is to tie a little fluff of or use a very brightly colored, visible fly and cut the hook tip off. Find something to aim at while you're practicing, like a frisbee or something on the ground. Try to land the fly near/in the frisbee.

For flies,

Bass - hair bugs, big foam poppers, baitfish imitations, etc.

Bream - smaller poppers, foam beetles, hoppers, dry flies, terrestrial patterns. Bream will hit almost anything.

Nothing more fun than catching tons of bream on a tiny fly rod. I keep a 6'6" 2 weight around just for bream.