06-04-2010, 03:44 AM
WOW what a loaded question. Too bad you do not live close to me I would take you to cabelas and Sportsmans warehouse to get you rigged up.
To start get yourself a good rod and reel. I would say spinning (open face) rod and reel. About medium light. For example Walmart carries a shakespeare Excursion graphite spinning rod for around $15. a 6 foot rod will do. I have played with these rods and I can say I like the action. To match a reel with it go for an abu garcia open face spinning reel like an Avocet II. Then put some monofilament line on it. I use Trilene XL 8 lb test. A good all around line. After you get the rod then go get yourself a tackle box to put the stuff in. Lots of choices from soft side bags to hard side plastic boxes. Get one that will match your style of fishing. Usually the bags will have several smaller boxes inside of it. The box can have either trays, boxes, or trays and boxes.
Here is a list of basic stuff to get:
Snap swivels sizes 7 and 10
snaps (clips) size 10
sinkers: split shot and bullet
bait hooks size 6 and 8, and 12
a few small bobbers (the red and white ones)
a few small clear bubbles
get a small spool of 6 lb test line to use as leader
get some flies like woolly buggers size 6, and some wet flies (find a local fly shop to help you there)
Spoons: Red with white stripe
spinners
Spinner baits (used for bass) in chartreuse, chartreuse/white, and white.
Jig heads: 1/16 oz, 1/4 oz
Jig bodies (grubs) in 2 inch and 3 inch. I you get the smaller jig heads like 1/32 oz then you will need the 1 inch grubs
size 1/0 offset worm hooks
berkley power worms or similar type bait
These are all basic ones then you can get into the more detailed baits. As my wife puts it "she only likes the pretty ones" . I know it is wierd but she catches fish.
With other baits like the crank baits and spinners try to match the colors of fish in your area. Such as perch, trout, shad etc...
Tools: get a pair of needle nose pliers to help with the removal of hooks, I would look for the stainless steel ones. They also help to cut line. Hemostats for the removal of small flies and other small hooks. Also if you plan on keeping fish you might want a stringer. I prefer the metal ones with the metal clips.
Some people have the scales but not a necessary item. Bass proshops [url "http://www.basspro.com/"]www.basspro.com[/url] has a gripmaster II lip grippers that can help hold a fish if you like. They run about $10 (cheapest price I have found). Goto the basspro and [url "http://www.cabelas.com/"]www.cabelas.com[/url] websites and request their master fishing catalogs. These will have descriptions of every bait, rod, and reel out there almost as well as other accessories like tackle boxes etc... If you find that you want to do some float tubing there is a forum here just for that. We can help you out with gearing up for that when you are ready.
I know there is a lot out there and can be confusing but with time and patience you will get what you need. Like I said, I wish you were close by so that I could help you out more on a personal basis. I am in UT and travel to Colorado weekly for work.
Once outfitted we will then start working on how to rig all this stuff up so you can catch a few fish.[cool]
Hope all this helps!!!!
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To start get yourself a good rod and reel. I would say spinning (open face) rod and reel. About medium light. For example Walmart carries a shakespeare Excursion graphite spinning rod for around $15. a 6 foot rod will do. I have played with these rods and I can say I like the action. To match a reel with it go for an abu garcia open face spinning reel like an Avocet II. Then put some monofilament line on it. I use Trilene XL 8 lb test. A good all around line. After you get the rod then go get yourself a tackle box to put the stuff in. Lots of choices from soft side bags to hard side plastic boxes. Get one that will match your style of fishing. Usually the bags will have several smaller boxes inside of it. The box can have either trays, boxes, or trays and boxes.
Here is a list of basic stuff to get:
Snap swivels sizes 7 and 10
snaps (clips) size 10
sinkers: split shot and bullet
bait hooks size 6 and 8, and 12
a few small bobbers (the red and white ones)
a few small clear bubbles
get a small spool of 6 lb test line to use as leader
get some flies like woolly buggers size 6, and some wet flies (find a local fly shop to help you there)
Spoons: Red with white stripe
spinners
Spinner baits (used for bass) in chartreuse, chartreuse/white, and white.
Jig heads: 1/16 oz, 1/4 oz
Jig bodies (grubs) in 2 inch and 3 inch. I you get the smaller jig heads like 1/32 oz then you will need the 1 inch grubs
size 1/0 offset worm hooks
berkley power worms or similar type bait
These are all basic ones then you can get into the more detailed baits. As my wife puts it "she only likes the pretty ones" . I know it is wierd but she catches fish.
With other baits like the crank baits and spinners try to match the colors of fish in your area. Such as perch, trout, shad etc...
Tools: get a pair of needle nose pliers to help with the removal of hooks, I would look for the stainless steel ones. They also help to cut line. Hemostats for the removal of small flies and other small hooks. Also if you plan on keeping fish you might want a stringer. I prefer the metal ones with the metal clips.
Some people have the scales but not a necessary item. Bass proshops [url "http://www.basspro.com/"]www.basspro.com[/url] has a gripmaster II lip grippers that can help hold a fish if you like. They run about $10 (cheapest price I have found). Goto the basspro and [url "http://www.cabelas.com/"]www.cabelas.com[/url] websites and request their master fishing catalogs. These will have descriptions of every bait, rod, and reel out there almost as well as other accessories like tackle boxes etc... If you find that you want to do some float tubing there is a forum here just for that. We can help you out with gearing up for that when you are ready.
I know there is a lot out there and can be confusing but with time and patience you will get what you need. Like I said, I wish you were close by so that I could help you out more on a personal basis. I am in UT and travel to Colorado weekly for work.
Once outfitted we will then start working on how to rig all this stuff up so you can catch a few fish.[cool]
Hope all this helps!!!!
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