Help getting started.

Thanks to everyone who took the time to help us out. My son and I will
be taking a "road trip" to a fly shop first (probably a long trip but
sounds like it will be well worth it). We will stay away from Ebay and
buy new, but modestly priced equipment -- maybe at the fly shop we
visit or from another source.

I am curious. There are reasonably priced combination outfits targeted
at beginners like my son and I. The ones that I found online were in a
fairly consistent price range that we could afford. Are any of these
better than others? Or any that we should stay away from?

Redington Crosswater Series
Orvis Streamline Series
Cabella's Genesis
Bass Pro - Hobb's Creek
Temple Fork Outfitters (TFO) -- NXT outfit

"Ken Fortenberry" wrote ...
Daniel-San wrote:
"vincent p. norris" wrote ...
Oh, be sure to get sunglasses for the both of you and never cast
a fly line with a hook attached without wearing them.
Excellent advice, but be sure to get *polaroids*. You can see *into*
the water much better.

Umm... "polarized" me thinks.

Vince is showing his age. The first polarized sunglasses on
the mass market were called polaroids.

Shows you what I know, eh?

So it's like calling
a copy machine the Xerox machine or paper tissue a Kleenex.
Folks know what you mean.

I get Kleenex, Xerox, Jell-O, and most others, but had no idea that the
first polarized glasses were made by Polaroid. Figured it was a typo. Like I
said, shows you what I know.

Dan
....who is perhaps showing his own age?

Daniel-San wrote:
"Ken Fortenberry" wrote ...

Daniel-San wrote:

"vincent p. norris" wrote ...

Oh, be sure to get sunglasses for the both of you and never cast
a fly line with a hook attached without wearing them.

Excellent advice, but be sure to get *polaroids*. You can see *into*
the water much better.

Umm... "polarized" me thinks.

Vince is showing his age. The first polarized sunglasses on
the mass market were called polaroids.


Shows you what I know, eh?

So it's like calling

a copy machine the Xerox machine or paper tissue a Kleenex.
Folks know what you mean.


I get Kleenex, Xerox, Jell-O, and most others, but had no idea that the
first polarized glasses were made by Polaroid. Figured it was a typo. Like I
said, shows you what I know.

Dan
...who is perhaps showing his own age?

Ray Ban introduced the first polarized sunglasses in 1936. The Polaroid
Corporation wasn't founded until 1937.

--
Cut "to the chase" for my email address.

Daniel-San (Rot13) wrote:
I get Kleenex, Xerox, Jell-O, and most others, but had no idea that the
first polarized glasses were made by Polaroid. Figured it was a typo. Like I
said, shows you what I know.

Oh yeah, "Cool Ray Polaroid" shades. They came with a little tag that
had a small 1/2" dot of polarized material in the middle. You could
turn the tag 90 degrees to see the polarizing effect.

FWIW, that's still the best way to pick out polarized sunglasses from a
rack where they're mixed in with regular shades. Pick up an ugly pair,
turn them sideways, then select a better looking pair from the ones on
the rack that go opaque.

Joe F.

"mdk77" wrote in message
oups.com...

There are reasonably priced combination outfits targeted
at beginners like my son and I. The ones that I found online were in a
fairly consistent price range that we could afford. Are any of these
better than others? Or any that we should stay away from?

Redington Crosswater Series
Orvis Streamline Series
Cabella's Genesis
Bass Pro - Hobb's Creek
Temple Fork Outfitters (TFO) -- NXT outfit

I don't know Bass Pro but do know Cortland and
L.L. Bean (and the others) as suppliers. All offer
starter outfits at two or three prices. All are probably
competitively i.e. fairly priced. But consider also:

1. It is worth more than a few bucks to choose
a fishing rod that you simply like, even if you
cannot say exactly why -- therefore more desirable
to choose in a store from an array of rods you can
wave about and perhaps dry-cast with.

2. It is more enjoyable to get started as soon
as the weather permits than to spend a month
hesitating about how to save $20.

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

mdk77 typed:
snip
Cabella's Genesis

Check out the Three Forks series rods, as well.

Temple Fork Outfitters (TFO) -- NXT outfit

I've heard good things about the TFO rods, but haven't tried any myself.
--
TL,
Tim
-------------------------
http://css.sbcma.com/timj

On 11/29/06 2:02 PM, in article , "Tim J."
wrote:

mdk77 typed:
snip
Cabella's Genesis

Check out the Three Forks series rods, as well.

Troll.

:-)

Bill

William Claspy typed:
On 11/29/06 2:02 PM, in article ,
"Tim J." wrote:

mdk77 typed:
snip
Cabella's Genesis

Check out the Three Forks series rods, as well.

Troll.

Yeah, I thought about that prior to the post, but the truth must be told.
;-)
--
TL,
Tim
-------------------------
http://css.sbcma.com/timj

On Wed, 29 Nov 2006 15:38:09 GMT, Ken Fortenberry
wrote:

Daniel-San wrote:
"vincent p. norris" wrote ...
Oh, be sure to get sunglasses for the both of you and never cast
a fly line with a hook attached without wearing them.
Excellent advice, but be sure to get *polaroids*. You can see *into*
the water much better.

Umm... "polarized" me thinks.

Vince is showing his age.

I have so damn much of it, it's hard to conceal.

The first polarized sunglasses on
the mass market were called polaroids. So it's like calling
a copy machine the Xerox machine or paper tissue a Kleenex.

Yep, I do that too. But I don't refer to any camera as a "Kodak," as
many grownups did when I was a kid. I don't recall ever saying
"horseless carriage," either.

vince

I get Kleenex, Xerox, Jell-O, and most others, but had no idea that the
first polarized glasses were made by Polaroid. Figured it was a typo. Like I
said, shows you what I know.

Yer fergiven, Dan. I was young once; and sometimes, I can almost
remember what it was like.

vince