06-03-2009, 08:21 PM
i really wish i would have had someone teach me or taken a class. i taught myself, in the front lawn of the barracks at cannon AFB in clovis NM. three weeks after i got my first rod i was fishing the san juan, with zero clue what to do, but happened to run into a younger guy (mid 30's at the time) that saw i was getting pissed. he stopped fishing, threw his rod in his truck came right next to me and said "young man this is your first fly fishing lesson." i caught one 5 inch trout, but he told me thats a big feat considering thousands of people fish the san juan with alot more skill then i have and have never caught anything.... i was instantly hooked on fly fishing, and then spoiled sight casting to mid teen salmon in washington.... anyway, i learned a roll cast from a video and accordsing to this guy, it looked like a monkey ^%%^^*& a football. he corrected me, and then i just made myself proficient!
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