I'm really new to fly fishing but have an entire summer to learn

Hello I'm a neophyte to the sport of fly fishing and was wondering if I
could glean some information about it.

First off what kind of rod in the 40-70 dollar price range would you
recomend for a petite woman? I saw some of them in the store and they look
too big for the likes of me, yikes!

Secondly, I will be able to travel anywhere in the united states (maybe
alaska) for a 2 week vacation at least, more if I can make my money stretch
and was wondering of any particular places of note. I live in redding, ca
and hear there is some awesome fishing about already.

Lastly, I was wondering if instead of calling up my honey and forcing him to
take me to the woods to teach me fly fishing, he hates teaching me anything
if I could get a book on it and be pretty well off. I learned computers
that way, and look at me now

A book like this maybe?
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/AS...6link_code=xm2

Bunny