04-13-2008, 03:24 AM
Welcome Justin,
I"m pretty new also so this is just my opinion. The most important is the fly line. Get the best you can afford. My wife gave me the ScientificAnglers 9ft 5/6 rod with their concept 58 reel. It is pretty forgiving I think and it was around 100.00 for the combo. There are better stuff for sure but this works great for me. I can cast it 40-50 ft with no problem and that is good enough for me. I will upgrade sooner or later, but this one works fine. As far as flies go just start with a few proven patterns( hares ear,phesant tail,woolly bugger, wd40 iswhat I started with.Once I learnedd to use these I expanded. I know there is a ton of flies out there and it can be very confusing when starting out. Just start slow and dont get overwhelmed with stuff. Whew! Guess I should shut up. Drop by Willow Pond at the outing and I will let you try my stuff if you want.
Will be there tuesday most of the day. Good luck.
pa
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I"m pretty new also so this is just my opinion. The most important is the fly line. Get the best you can afford. My wife gave me the ScientificAnglers 9ft 5/6 rod with their concept 58 reel. It is pretty forgiving I think and it was around 100.00 for the combo. There are better stuff for sure but this works great for me. I can cast it 40-50 ft with no problem and that is good enough for me. I will upgrade sooner or later, but this one works fine. As far as flies go just start with a few proven patterns( hares ear,phesant tail,woolly bugger, wd40 iswhat I started with.Once I learnedd to use these I expanded. I know there is a ton of flies out there and it can be very confusing when starting out. Just start slow and dont get overwhelmed with stuff. Whew! Guess I should shut up. Drop by Willow Pond at the outing and I will let you try my stuff if you want.
Will be there tuesday most of the day. Good luck.
pa
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