Help getting started.

mdk77 wrote:

My 14 year old son and I would like to try fly fishing.

For complete starter outfits, you might try.....

A little more than $200: http://www.ezflyfish.com/ezflyfiou1.html

A little less than $200: http://www.ezflyfish.com/tfonxtflyrod.html

When it comes to books, you can't go wrong with The Curtis Creek
Manifesto. Good information presented elegantly and entertainingly.

http://tinyurl.com/yl83mh

- JR

For complete starter outfits, you might try.....

A little less than $200: http://www.ezflyfish.com/tfonxtflyrod.html

Unlike JR, I'm cheap, cheap, cheap ! After I read several favorable
comments in this newsgroup about Cabela's Three Forks fly rods, I
bought one-- a 7'6" 3-wt. Two of my friends bought them, too.

Normally $59, they were on sale for $39. I also bought a Cabela's
reel for about the same price, and a weight-forward line, again for
about $39. Total cost, barely over a hundred bucks.

I liked it so well I also bought a 5 wt.

In the current Cabela's catalog, you can buy a Three Forks rod for
$49; or a rod AND a reel for as little as $79; a Cabela's line will
cost you another $36.

If you and your son discover you don't like fly fishing, you won't be
out very much. If you do, you can buy "better" rods. But I often catch
one of the above-mentioned friends, who owns several Sage and Orvis
rods, using his cheapie Cabela's rod instead.

vince

"vincent p. norris" wrote in message
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For complete starter outfits, you might try.....
After I read several favorable
comments in this newsgroup about Cabela's Three Forks fly rods, I
bought one-- a 7'6" 3-wt. Two of my friends bought them, too.

Normally $59, they were on sale for $39. I also bought a Cabela's
reel for about the same price, and a weight-forward line, again for
about $39. Total cost, barely over a hundred bucks.

I liked it so well I also bought a 5 wt.

In the current Cabela's catalog, you can buy a Three Forks rod for
$49; or a rod AND a reel for as little as $79; a Cabela's line will
cost you another $36.

If you and your son discover you don't like fly fishing, you won't be
out very much. If you do, you can buy "better" rods. But I often catch
one of the above-mentioned friends, who owns several Sage and Orvis
rods, using his cheapie Cabela's rod instead.

Like your friends, although I own Sage, G. Loomis, and St. Croix rods (among
others), I find my self doing most of my trout fishing with my 7'6" Three
Forks 3 wt.
with the Cabela's reel. However under no circumstances would I recommend
getting the Cabela's brand line.

I bought my Three Forks as a package - rod, reel, line, backing, & tapered
leader - for $89 IIRC. I threw the line away after only a couple of uses.
Even the $20 Aquanova line made in Canada (avail @ several sites on the
Web) is far superior to the Cabela's line.

Bob Weinberger

Like your friends, although I own Sage, G. Loomis, and St. Croix rods (among
others), I find my self doing most of my trout fishing with my 7'6" Three
Forks 3 wt. with the Cabela's reel.

Glad to hear some confirmation!

However under no circumstances would I recommend
getting the Cabela's brand line.

I bought my Three Forks as a package - rod, reel, line, backing, & tapered
leader - for $89 IIRC. I threw the line away after only a couple of uses.

Sorry to hear you had back luck with the line, Bob. I've been using
my 3 wt. line for several years and an 8 wt for even longer, with no
problems.

Even the $20 Aquanova line made in Canada (avail @ several sites on the
Web) is far superior to the Cabela's line.

Thanks for posting that info, Bob. I'm glad to know about that, and
I'm sure others are too. When I need a line, I'll give Aquanova a
try.

vince

vincent p. norris wrote in
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Like your friends, although I own Sage, G. Loomis, and St. Croix rods
(among others), I find my self doing most of my trout fishing with my
7'6" Three Forks 3 wt. with the Cabela's reel.

Glad to hear some confirmation!

However under no circumstances would I recommend
getting the Cabela's brand line.

I bought my Three Forks as a package - rod, reel, line, backing, &
tapered leader - for $89 IIRC. I threw the line away after only a
couple of uses.

Sorry to hear you had back luck with the line, Bob. I've been using
my 3 wt. line for several years and an 8 wt for even longer, with no
problems.

Even the $20 Aquanova line made in Canada (avail @ several sites on
the Web) is far superior to the Cabela's line.

Thanks for posting that info, Bob. I'm glad to know about that, and
I'm sure others are too. When I need a line, I'll give Aquanova a
try.

....I had the same experience with the Cabelas line, threw it away and
bought their 25 dollar line, good stuff, probably on a par with Cortland
333 line. One thing I have not seen mentioned when recommending the 3
Forks rods (any weight it seems) their slow to medium action is preferred
over faster action for someone learning to cast. I love all my 3 Forks
rods for that reason. A suggestion, if you're going to go for the Three
Forks, the 8' 5 wt is a light, sweet rod for use on gills/crappie yet
will handle the occasional bass that comes along. This assumes you're not
fishing in thick weeds or a stump field. ;-)

Frank Sr.
Freaked out in Fremont