10-22-2010, 02:55 AM
in addition to the great advice given by riverdog and FG you may want to do a couple of other things..
one.. if you can find a local ff'ing club and go and talk to them.. and a local fly shop as well.. you get a wealth of information from those two places.. especially on what gear to get and the best places to fish.. lots of clubs offer free or minimal fee workshops on casting, entomology, fly tying etc..
another thing to do (and FG got you started) is to look up videos on line.. there are some great videos on all types of casting, and fly tying, and line and rod selection etc... spend some time gathering information and then ask around for confirmations..
as FG said a lot of what you will do is roll casting.. especially on smaller streams and still waters (shoreline fishing especially).. take the time to learn the roll cast.. and maybe segway into spey casting for single handed rods (info on the internet)... my son in law still casts his fly rod like a spinning rod.. lol.. I keep telling him to slow it down and just do roll casts and he looks at me and says thats what Im doing.. lol..
lastly.. there is a wealth of information and experienced anglers on this forum (and others) so dont hesitate to ask questions and then take that advice out to the water and practice..
as for the Tenkara.. Ive been sorely tempted to get one myself but as FG and RD said learn the basics first and then look at the possible applications of tenkara fishing on the waters that you fish... for example Id love to use tenkara fishing on some of the small streams in TN with my son in law.. perfect place to use a limited line on a long rod and let it drift to the fish that I never seem to be able to get my fly too.. :-)..
good luck and please us up to date on your progress.. especially if you get into some fish....and we love pictures.. :-)
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one.. if you can find a local ff'ing club and go and talk to them.. and a local fly shop as well.. you get a wealth of information from those two places.. especially on what gear to get and the best places to fish.. lots of clubs offer free or minimal fee workshops on casting, entomology, fly tying etc..
another thing to do (and FG got you started) is to look up videos on line.. there are some great videos on all types of casting, and fly tying, and line and rod selection etc... spend some time gathering information and then ask around for confirmations..
as FG said a lot of what you will do is roll casting.. especially on smaller streams and still waters (shoreline fishing especially).. take the time to learn the roll cast.. and maybe segway into spey casting for single handed rods (info on the internet)... my son in law still casts his fly rod like a spinning rod.. lol.. I keep telling him to slow it down and just do roll casts and he looks at me and says thats what Im doing.. lol..
lastly.. there is a wealth of information and experienced anglers on this forum (and others) so dont hesitate to ask questions and then take that advice out to the water and practice..
as for the Tenkara.. Ive been sorely tempted to get one myself but as FG and RD said learn the basics first and then look at the possible applications of tenkara fishing on the waters that you fish... for example Id love to use tenkara fishing on some of the small streams in TN with my son in law.. perfect place to use a limited line on a long rod and let it drift to the fish that I never seem to be able to get my fly too.. :-)..
good luck and please us up to date on your progress.. especially if you get into some fish....and we love pictures.. :-)
MacFly [cool]
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