01-23-2012, 05:37 AM
I'm going to go out on a tangent here: consider a tenkara rod, especially if you think you'll spend most your time with him on creeks and rivers. They're inexpensive (the better ones from Tenkara USA are about $135, the less expensive ones from Fountainhead are as low as $50--I hae one of each and think both are fine). Add a FlyGoddess leader or even a 12' piece of fluorocarbon line and you're fishing.
My 10 and 8 year old daughters both caught fish on Tenkara rods last summer. They were making nice rhythmic casts and landing size 16 renegades where they wanted them on a Uinta Mountain stream within about 5 minutes.
It's very simple and keeps the focus more on where you're placing your fly and what it's doing in the water than on line management, etc.
Downside is if you're stillwater fishing, it has it's limitations due to the length of line. It'll still work okay on a lot of Uinta mountain lakes where the fish rise near shore.
Mike
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My 10 and 8 year old daughters both caught fish on Tenkara rods last summer. They were making nice rhythmic casts and landing size 16 renegades where they wanted them on a Uinta Mountain stream within about 5 minutes.
It's very simple and keeps the focus more on where you're placing your fly and what it's doing in the water than on line management, etc.
Downside is if you're stillwater fishing, it has it's limitations due to the length of line. It'll still work okay on a lot of Uinta mountain lakes where the fish rise near shore.
Mike
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