On Oct 12, 11:52*am, Family-Outdoors wrote:


If anyone has any tips on this process I'd love to hear.

The best advice you've gotten so far is to teach where catching fish
is as certain as is possible. After all, the point of the whole
exercise is to look cool......while catching fish, right?


The stuff about family members/loved ones versus disinterested
professionals? eh. Depends on who the people are. Those who are
incapable of behaving like civilized human beings with people who are
close to them do not necessarily speak for the world.

As for propagating bad habits, everyone does that to one degree or
another. And fly casting ain't rocket science.
There's many a weekend duffer who will outshine many a "pro."

Toys are fun. They are also almost invariably instructive. One of my
favorites is a wooden dowel with a bit of yarn, light cord, or heavy
string tied to the end. Actually, it's a good idea to vary among
them. During commercials or, better yet, during the boring parts
between commercials, the student simply plays with the makeshift whip/
flyrod, the object being to make the string fall in a nice stright
line, dead ahead. Easy enough. Now increase the length of the
cordage. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat........

And watch, front and rear, to see what the stuff is doing.

giles.