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Posted on 11/29/14 at 4:49 pm to Bama and Beer
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TFO, Temple Fork Outfitters makes a very good rod for the money.
Sorry, I assumed you actually paid attention to other post in this thread.
I guess you are too busy calling the inquisitive dumb.
This post was edited on 11/29/14 at 4:51 pm
Posted on 11/29/14 at 5:16 pm to BooDreaux
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Best advice I can give is find you an certified fly fishing instructor LINK and take lessons.
Terrible advice.
Watch a youtube video, it isn't something worth spending money on. I hadn't fly fished in 15 years and picked it right back up. Never was hard to learn to begin with.
Posted on 11/29/14 at 5:24 pm to LSUintheNW
quote:
Terrible advice.
Watch a youtube video, it isn't something worth spending money on.
Developing bad habits/techniques are inherently more apt to happen if one doesn't get taught correctly in the beginning. Trying to correct them later is a bitch. Would you try to teach yourself how to swing a golf club efficiently?
Lefty Kreh/Andy Mill/Bob Clouser/Joan Wulff all advocate taking lessons by the way....I'll trust them.
This post was edited on 11/29/14 at 5:27 pm
Posted on 11/29/14 at 5:30 pm to Bama and Beer
OP, get lessons and a Temple Fork rig.
Posted on 11/29/14 at 5:37 pm to LSUintheNW
quote:
Watch a youtube video, it isn't something worth spending money on. I hadn't fly fished in 15 years and picked it right back up. Never was hard to learn to begin with.
This. Get an inexpensive rig for a couple hundred max and see if you like it. You can spend thousands to look like you know what you're doing but that isn't the point of fly fishing.
Posted on 11/29/14 at 6:42 pm to RogerTheShrubber
Thanks to all for the advice.
Please keep contributing with all of your fly fishing tips, recommendations, and or advice.
I have fished my whole life and am pumped to finally start fly fishing.
Please keep contributing with all of your fly fishing tips, recommendations, and or advice.
I have fished my whole life and am pumped to finally start fly fishing.
Posted on 11/29/14 at 6:46 pm to BooDreaux
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Would you try to teach yourself how to swing a golf club efficiently?
I did and I did pretty good. Of course I think comparing the two is a bit much. Golf took years to shoot 85. I learned how to efficiently cast a fly rod in weeks and that was when we had no internet. Just practice practice practice.
This post was edited on 11/29/14 at 6:49 pm
Posted on 11/29/14 at 6:53 pm to LSUintheNW
I don't recommend teaching yourself either.
Just too much frustration learning on the knots and basic casting. It's an easy hobby to get fed up with and resent you ever did it.
I know little river outfitters in Townsend does some great classes for a few hundred that does the basics. I am sure there are similar fly shops near you that will do the same. Get to use good equipment and have a great time with knowledgable people. It's really not that much money and gives you a good start.
Just too much frustration learning on the knots and basic casting. It's an easy hobby to get fed up with and resent you ever did it.
I know little river outfitters in Townsend does some great classes for a few hundred that does the basics. I am sure there are similar fly shops near you that will do the same. Get to use good equipment and have a great time with knowledgable people. It's really not that much money and gives you a good start.
Posted on 11/29/14 at 7:11 pm to Dam Guide
Knots is the easy part imo. To each their own. Depends on how determined you are and how much you value money. I'd see taking classes as a waste of it, but that's me. Even if I was rich I wouldn't do it.
Eta...I will say that once I had it down I'd agree with paying for a guided trip to really learn something. Unless you had friends who can help.
Eta...I will say that once I had it down I'd agree with paying for a guided trip to really learn something. Unless you had friends who can help.
This post was edited on 11/29/14 at 7:13 pm
Posted on 11/29/14 at 7:13 pm to BooDreaux
quote:
Developing bad habits/techniques are inherently more apt to happen if one doesn't get taught correctly in the beginning. Trying to correct them later is a bitch. Would you try to teach yourself how to swing a golf club efficiently?
I went a few times with people who knew what they were doing, read a bit, watched some videos. It's not difficult.
Posted on 11/29/14 at 8:01 pm to CBandits82
Hillbilly Master Race checking in
Ok, OP..
I am here to aid you in your quest, without reading the thread and all the bullshite B$b posted, (I've seen his cast, he looks like Joe Namath throwing a deep ball
), I can tell you that if you live in s. La, I would go with a salt/fresh 8# combo from cabela's.. do this so you can return it easily if you have problems
remember, this is your first real rod and reel combo.. no need to break the bank
Also, film yourself casting so you improve your rythem..
Welcome to master race fishing, friend
Ok, OP..
I am here to aid you in your quest, without reading the thread and all the bullshite B$b posted, (I've seen his cast, he looks like Joe Namath throwing a deep ball
), I can tell you that if you live in s. La, I would go with a salt/fresh 8# combo from cabela's.. do this so you can return it easily if you have problems remember, this is your first real rod and reel combo.. no need to break the bank
Also, film yourself casting so you improve your rythem..
Welcome to master race fishing, friend
Posted on 11/29/14 at 8:55 pm to CBandits82
Well worth buying a quality fly rod. Most have lifetime warranties. I recommend any Sage 9' 5wt rod. Great trout rod. Head to the Slide Inn on the Madison River next summer. Ask for a guide named Starr. He will put you all over da fish.
Posted on 11/29/14 at 9:48 pm to LSUintheNW
quote:
Knots is the easy part imo. To each their own. Depends on how determined you are and how much you value money. I'd see taking classes as a waste of it, but that's me. Even if I was rich I wouldn't do it.
Just checked, the one day course at LRO is $125, $250 for two days. If you can't afford/that cheap to have the opportunity to learn with good equipment and good teachers, maybe you should pursue a different hobby.
Drift boat trips/fishing trips out west get pricey in comparison.
This post was edited on 11/29/14 at 9:51 pm
Posted on 11/29/14 at 10:12 pm to Dam Guide
quote:
Just checked, the one day course at LRO is $125, $250 for two days. If you can't afford/that cheap to have the opportunity to learn with good equipment and good teachers, maybe you should pursue a different hobby.
Just find a friend who does it, go with them. It's how most of us learned to hunt, fish, bowl, golf, etc.
Posted on 11/29/14 at 10:21 pm to RogerTheShrubber
quote:
Just find a friend who does it, go with them. It's how most of us learned to hunt, fish, bowl, golf, etc.
Yeah, thats a good way to do it if you know someone.
If he doesn't, which I assume is why he is asking the Outdoor Board, lessons are a better option than just going off on your own. More likely to stick with it as well.
This post was edited on 11/29/14 at 10:24 pm
Posted on 11/29/14 at 10:41 pm to Dam Guide
You in chatt?
Come on up.
I am building a Jason Cajune drift boat.
Come on up.
I am building a Jason Cajune drift boat.
This post was edited on 11/29/14 at 11:09 pm
Posted on 11/29/14 at 11:42 pm to Dam Guide
quote:
Just checked, the one day course at LRO is $125, $250 for two days. If you can't afford/that cheap to have the opportunity to learn with good equipment and good teachers, maybe you should pursue a different hobby.
Ummmm....I learned without having to pay anything. I guess I can use that 250 on all my other expensive hobbies.
I take it you're a teacher there, or someone you know is. Amirite?
Posted on 11/29/14 at 11:56 pm to LSUintheNW
LRO is a good operation fly fishing is not an easy thing to pick up yes you can teach yourself but there is much more to learn in a lesson than casting weight, leader, Tippet , sinking or floating line etc a lesson will not kill anyone. It's money well spent fly fishing is not for everyone learning the importance of entomology alone will run most people off let alone all the other variables. Fly fishing is not expensive but like most hobbies you can spend plenty of money but it will not land anymore fish than cheep equipment but if you don't know how to use either neither one will work.
Posted on 11/30/14 at 12:25 am to Cracker
Holy run on sentences.
Let's leave it at I disagree. If anyone wants to spend their hard earned money on a lesson that's their business. I don't think it's necessary in this day in age of information we have online.
Let's leave it at I disagree. If anyone wants to spend their hard earned money on a lesson that's their business. I don't think it's necessary in this day in age of information we have online.
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