Tim J. wrote:

Ethan typed:

Exactly, I'm sure there are wonderful guides out there, who do a great
job educating newbies. The real reason I didn't go in Vail was I
thought it would be a waste of my money and possibly discouraging too,
certainly not that I was afraid of looking like a fool. If looking
like a fool was a problem I couldn't set foot out my front door!

On my honeymoon my wife and I went flats fishing with an excellent
guide out of Tavenir FLA, mind you, we were spin fishing with live
bait. I'm fairly good with a spinning rod and reel, but for some
reason that day I was all thumbs out on the flats of Florida Bay!
Something about sal****er fishing is just different than wading in
your home smallmouth stream. We caught one small Permit, IIRC. To
this day we laugh about our 300 dollar fish. Next time I use a guide
I want to be able to handle what he tells me to do, and on a Fly Rod,
I've got some learning to do between now and then.

-Ethan

Ken Fortenberry wrote:

Bob Weinberger wrote:

...
Guides regularly get total newbies to flyfishing as clients, and
any guide worth his/her fee will be quite adept at teaching a
beginner how to flyfish, including casting lessons.

While that may be true of some guides it is by no means true
of all guides. If you're a total newbie and don't even know
how to cast be sure to mention it before hiring a guide.

--
Ken Fortenberry


Oh, I forgot - *NEVER* toppost, especially when replying to Mr. Fortenberry.

aw hell tim...

btw, rachel gives an a+ on the dvd, esp. music. very impressive to us
rubes. but, for some reason, we couldn't get it to load in the dvd
drive of computer...worked fine on the tv dvd though. anyway, you got a
fan of your work. thanks again.

jeff