04-22-2015, 11:42 PM
What I'd recommend, before you even buy a starter kit, is to do a few other things.
Take a casting class/lesson so you can understand what the equipment does, or is supposed to do. You'll be able to cast more than one set-up, learn the terminology, and the importance of each component. If you learn to cast correctly, at the beginning, you'll catch onto everything else much more quickly and enjoy it instead of snapping off flies and picking out tangles. You can then try a couple set ups and buy one.
Try to "buddy up" with someone knowledgeable for a day or two on the water, for the same reasons above. Might cost you little to nothing. Spring for a few flies, lunch, and gas maybe.
If you could swing a day of guided fishing, that would be invaluable, even though it may be a few hundred bucks out of your pocket for a day. It would cut your learning curve exponentially, you'd catch fish the first time out, and have a tremendous head start. Casting, bugs, leaders, knots, landing fish, and a host of other things you can be exposed to in a short time by an expert. Find someone to share the cost, and you won't ever regret it.
Just buying a starter outfit, rigging it up from instructions or youtube, and heading for the nearest pond or river isn't the best way to get started. There's plenty of gear as has been mentioned, all good recommendations. Just don't put the cart before the horse, or however that goes!
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Take a casting class/lesson so you can understand what the equipment does, or is supposed to do. You'll be able to cast more than one set-up, learn the terminology, and the importance of each component. If you learn to cast correctly, at the beginning, you'll catch onto everything else much more quickly and enjoy it instead of snapping off flies and picking out tangles. You can then try a couple set ups and buy one.
Try to "buddy up" with someone knowledgeable for a day or two on the water, for the same reasons above. Might cost you little to nothing. Spring for a few flies, lunch, and gas maybe.
If you could swing a day of guided fishing, that would be invaluable, even though it may be a few hundred bucks out of your pocket for a day. It would cut your learning curve exponentially, you'd catch fish the first time out, and have a tremendous head start. Casting, bugs, leaders, knots, landing fish, and a host of other things you can be exposed to in a short time by an expert. Find someone to share the cost, and you won't ever regret it.
Just buying a starter outfit, rigging it up from instructions or youtube, and heading for the nearest pond or river isn't the best way to get started. There's plenty of gear as has been mentioned, all good recommendations. Just don't put the cart before the horse, or however that goes!
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