Thinking of getting in to fly fishing...

[tsolomon]

Originally Posted by shilala

My old man put a fly rod in my hands when I was a kid and sent me through the mountain laurel to hunt native brookies, hanging up my line and rod for an hour before I got to the water. All it did was made me hate fly rods.

I can relate to this, a friend of my grandfather taught me to fly fish for Crappies on little streams in Northern Virginia, but I caught more trees and bushes along the banks then fish. I haven't touched a fly rod for 30 years, but I plan on getting back into it this summer. My current plan is to take some lessons this spring and hope that I can try some equipment before buying it.