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A number of years ago I was attempting to teach my wife's cousin to
flyfish. We were on the Mascoma River in central NH, and the kid was a
tolal newbie to any type of fishing. I gad rigged him up with a 5 wt
glass rod, overlined with a 6 wt line to make short casting easy. I was
explaining the niceties of the roll cast to him, while he let his line,
with a Wooly Bugger attatched trail in the current. I told him to raise
his rod tip in preperation for the cast, when a 10" rainbow grabbed the
fly. I said, "There you go...just keep doing that".

Actually, the lessons continued, and he caught a couple more fish by
more conventional means that day. Next morning, he was "too tired" to
get up at 5:00, and that evening he balked at fishing until dark, ("too
many bugs"), and as far as I know, he never fished again.

George Adams
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Fly fishing would not be my first choice for a raw beginner. I think its
something a person draws themself into like some archane kinda zen thing.
It can be taught, but only to somebody who is truly interested in it.

Actually sounds like you did pretty good with it.


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Bob La Londe
http://www.YumaBassMan.com