06-02-2009, 01:33 AM
I'm going to offer a slightly different suggestion.
First off, I side more with Mac on this than with the others. A bubble & fly rig on your spinning rod will at least give you the idea of what it's like to catch a fish on a fly. It is not, as others have said, quite the same as traditional flyfishing. But it's a start.
Where I really differ, however, is with the idea of buying cheap equipment to learn on. It's not the best route to go, because you are just as likely to become turned off to flyfishing when you can't accomplish the basic tasks.
What I suggest, instead, is that you buy the materials to build your own rod. That will cost you a little more than the el cheapo kits. But you'll 1. have a rod that you're really proud of, and, 2. you will learn why a fly rod is what it is.
Once the rod is built, you can then invest in an inexpensive reel (the reel, in most flyfishing, really is unimportant), and a mid-range line that won't set you back a whole lot.
You'll then be ready to learn flyfishing with the right equipment. And when you catch your first fish on a rod you built yourself, well, there's no other high like it.
Brook
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First off, I side more with Mac on this than with the others. A bubble & fly rig on your spinning rod will at least give you the idea of what it's like to catch a fish on a fly. It is not, as others have said, quite the same as traditional flyfishing. But it's a start.
Where I really differ, however, is with the idea of buying cheap equipment to learn on. It's not the best route to go, because you are just as likely to become turned off to flyfishing when you can't accomplish the basic tasks.
What I suggest, instead, is that you buy the materials to build your own rod. That will cost you a little more than the el cheapo kits. But you'll 1. have a rod that you're really proud of, and, 2. you will learn why a fly rod is what it is.
Once the rod is built, you can then invest in an inexpensive reel (the reel, in most flyfishing, really is unimportant), and a mid-range line that won't set you back a whole lot.
You'll then be ready to learn flyfishing with the right equipment. And when you catch your first fish on a rod you built yourself, well, there's no other high like it.
Brook
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