"Steve Homer (M0KQU)" wrote:

Im New to fishing and would like some advise on where to start.

General FFing on-line:

Nice sections on equipment, assembly, and the basic knots:
http://www.associatedinternet.com/fl...01/default.htm

Some good stuff, although the text is cutesy in places:
http://www.flyanglersonline.com/begin/101/

Good knot site:
http://www.killroys.com/knots/knots.htm

Nice sections on lines ("Fly Line Anatomy"), leaders ("Leader Calc"):
http://globalflyfisher.com/fishbetter/

Some interesting articles geared for beginners:
http://www.fishandfly.co.uk/beginners.html

Books:

Trout Fishing by Joe Brooks. An absolute classic. Out-of-print, but
you can no doubt find a copy on http://www.abebooks.com

The Orvis Fly-Fishing Guide by Tom Rosenbauer. Straight-forward, solid
info.

Curtis Creek Manifesto by Sheridan Anderson. Very simple, with
cartoon-like illustrations, but a lot of folks say it helped them when
they were beginners.

Good source of fly-fishing books:
http://www.wildadv.com/fishing.html

Good "Fireside reading"
- A River Never Sleeps, by Roderick Haig-Brown
- The Habit of Rivers, by Ted Leeson
- Year of the Angler and Year of the Trout, both by Steve Raymond
- Trout Madness, by Robert Traver
- Fishless Days, Angling Nights, by Sparse Grey Hackle

Gear:

Kaufmann's Streamborn: http://www.kman.com

EZ FlyFish: http://www.ezflyfish.com/ezflyfish/

The Fly Fishing Shop, Welches, OR: http://www.flyfishusa.com/

Feather Craft: http://www.feather-craft.com/2004MAster/

Dan Baileys: https://www.dan-bailey.com/

Hunters Angling: http://www.huntersangling.com/

Cabela's: http://tinyurl.com/2xtjb