Starting Out

Hi all
I am looking at taking up fly fishing but as I have no real experience I
would like to know what you guys would regard as the best way to learn the
techniques etc. Would the best way be to take a weekend fly-fishing course
or join a club and try to pick it up from members? Thanks for any help you
can give me.
Nick G

Nick G wrote:
Hi all
I am looking at taking up fly fishing but as I have no real
experience I would like to know what you guys would regard as the
best way to learn the techniques etc. Would the best way be to take a
weekend fly-fishing course

Yes.

or join a club and try to pick it up from members?

Yes.

Both are good methods in concert with one another. Also, find nearby ROFFians
and sponge off of them. Works for me.
--
TL,
Tim
http://css.sbcma.com/timj

On Wed, 6 Oct 2004 11:51:34 +1000, "Nick G"
wrote:

Hi all
I am looking at taking up fly fishing but as I have no real experience I
would like to know what you guys would regard as the best way to learn the
techniques etc. Would the best way be to take a weekend fly-fishing course
or join a club and try to pick it up from members? Thanks for any help you
can give me.
Nick G

Either of those would be fine.

Trust that you don't want to start learning on your own, unless, like
me, you just enjoy standing around in cold water in pretty scenery
whether fishing or not. You'll pick up bad habits and won't catch
many fish that way, at least at first. And catching fish is a biggie
for most who go fishing, fly or otherwise.

Cyli
r.bc: vixen. Minnow goddess. Speaker to squirrels.
Often taunted by trout.

http://www.visi.com/~cyli

"Nick G" wrote in message
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Hi all
I am looking at taking up fly fishing but as I have no real experience I
would like to know what you guys would regard as the best way to learn the
techniques etc. Would the best way be to take a weekend fly-fishing course
or join a club and try to pick it up from members? Thanks for any help you
can give me.
Nick G


Hey Nick:

Get a meduim good quality starter kit (another post here would give you some
ideas for that) and go play around on your own a few times. Once you have
enough of an idea of the mechanics, take a weekend course (you'll get a lot
more for your money by waiting until you've practiced a bit beforehand) and
be sure to make friends with some other newbies. Then go fishing with them
as often as possible, until you all have an even better idea of the
mechanics of it all. Then start hanging around with folks who catch fish.

--riverman

riverman Get a medium good quality starter kit (another post here
riverman would give you some ideas for that) and go play around on
riverman your own a few times. Once you have enough of an idea of the
riverman mechanics, take a weekend course (you'll get a lot more for
riverman your money by waiting until you've practiced a bit
riverman beforehand) and be sure to make friends with some other
riverman newbies. Then go fishing with them as often as possible,
riverman until you all have an even better idea of the mechanics of
riverman it all. Then start hanging around with folks who catch fish.

I think this reply should be made part of the FAQ. :-)

--
Jarmo Hurri

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or just use .

Here's a link to the ROFF FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions)
www.cs.nmsu.edu/~jcook/ROFF/FAQ.html

Hope this helps.

Aloha,
Jack

"Nick G" wrote in message
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Hi all
I am looking at taking up fly fishing but as I have no real experience I
would like to know what you guys would regard as the best way to learn the
techniques etc. Would the best way be to take a weekend fly-fishing course
or join a club and try to pick it up from members? Thanks for any help you
can give me.
Nick G

On Wed, 6 Oct 2004 11:51:34 +1000, "Nick G"
wrote:

Hi all
I am looking at taking up fly fishing but as I have no real experience I
would like to know what you guys would regard as the best way to learn the
techniques etc. Would the best way be to take a weekend fly-fishing course
or join a club and try to pick it up from members? Thanks for any help you
can give me.
Nick G


I'd strongly recommend a copy of Mel Kreiger's Essentials of
Flycasting video. It's terrific and a great place to get started
casting if you can't make a class somewhere near you.