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<blockquote data-quote="dennishoddy" data-source="post: 715063" data-attributes="member: 5412"><p>That is a good group to get into with. I think they put on seminars for new fly fishers.</p><p></p><p>I use a 6w rod thats medium priced. Works for my early skill level. </p><p></p><p>CONFESSION TIME: I've been pretty much self taught, and not very good but I tried to learn from the internet, and so on.</p><p></p><p>This spring the wife and I went to Broken Bow and fished the Lower Mountain Fork just before the floods and record releases.</p><p></p><p>I hired a local guide to "teach me how to really fly fish".</p><p>It rained like holy heck during the 1/2 day trip, but I didn't care. We put on our rain gear, and started at the evening hole, working our way below the park. As the water got cloudy, we moved to the side that wasn't cloudy. I would have left, but thats not how streams work. I really didn't care if we caught fish or not....just needed to know how to do it and what it took to catch them.</p><p></p><p>My recommendation is to do just that. He taught me how to "mend" , how to cast longer, how to cast accurately, how to cast with trees/grass behind you, stripping a streamer, and a whole bunch more. If your a "died in the wool" bass fisherman like I was, it will negate every thing you know when trout fishing.</p><p></p><p>I was taught to keep the rod high on bass to let the rod take the shock. The guide had me point the rod to the streamer, and keep the tip on the water while stripping the line, and then raise the rod on the strike.</p><p></p><p>I have lots of practice to do<img src="/images/smilies/biggrin.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" data-shortname=":D" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dennishoddy, post: 715063, member: 5412"] That is a good group to get into with. I think they put on seminars for new fly fishers. I use a 6w rod thats medium priced. Works for my early skill level. CONFESSION TIME: I've been pretty much self taught, and not very good but I tried to learn from the internet, and so on. This spring the wife and I went to Broken Bow and fished the Lower Mountain Fork just before the floods and record releases. I hired a local guide to "teach me how to really fly fish". It rained like holy heck during the 1/2 day trip, but I didn't care. We put on our rain gear, and started at the evening hole, working our way below the park. As the water got cloudy, we moved to the side that wasn't cloudy. I would have left, but thats not how streams work. I really didn't care if we caught fish or not....just needed to know how to do it and what it took to catch them. My recommendation is to do just that. He taught me how to "mend" , how to cast longer, how to cast accurately, how to cast with trees/grass behind you, stripping a streamer, and a whole bunch more. If your a "died in the wool" bass fisherman like I was, it will negate every thing you know when trout fishing. I was taught to keep the rod high on bass to let the rod take the shock. The guide had me point the rod to the streamer, and keep the tip on the water while stripping the line, and then raise the rod on the strike. I have lots of practice to do:D [/QUOTE]
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