Comments on: experts at fly fishing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?

By: mariobebe

mariobebe — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 02:36:31 +0000

Good to see that you want to start fly fishing. Much better than Nasty fishing. Do not buy that reel! Where are you located? I have some new rods that would suit your needs.

By: Bilbo50

Bilbo50 — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 02:00:45 +0000

Hi, A great site for beginners is http://www.betterflyfishing.com

By: jduck1979_16feb03

jduck1979_16feb03 — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 01:13:23 +0000

In fly fishing, the reel isn’t as important as it is in other forms of fishing, as it’s just there to provide somewhere to put the line………..

As for the rod, I’d suggest this Berkley:
http://www.sportco.com/ProductCart/pc/viewPrd.asp?idproduct=40819&idcategory=336

Or importing from the UK:
http://www.mullarkeys.co.uk/fishing/fishing-rods-(including-kits-and-combos)/trout-fly-fishing-rods/0/shakespeare/4184/
http://www.mullarkeys.co.uk/fishing/fishing-rods-(including-kits-and-combos)/trout-fly-fishing-rods/0/abu-garcia/4323/

I can also recommend this book to help you get started:
http://astore.amazon.com/wormdanglecou-20/detail/1580112331

By: AIRFLOW

AIRFLOW — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:38:56 +0000

Fisher_King has given you some great advice, the reel you suggest with “auto wind” is only suitable for picking up the loose line and will not retrieve a fish, i must also point out that buying cheap in fly fishing doesn’t work, get the best quality WF fly line you can.

By: Fisher_King

Fisher_King — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:06:53 +0000

I’m not an expert, but I have Fly-fished for 25 years.

That auto-reel would be fine for small Trout & Panfish, but if you hook into a bigger fish your gonna have issues.

Here’s a better cheaper reel that is great for a beginner F-fisherman:

Pflueger Medalist 1500-
http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/links/link.jsp?id=0011204311109a&type=product&cmCat=SEARCH_all&returnPage=search-results1.jsp&Ntt=pflueger+fly+reel&Ntk=Products&sort=all&Go.y=11&_D%3AhasJS=+&N=0&_D%3Asort=+&Nty=1&hasJS=true&_DARGS=%2Fcabelas%2Fen%2Fcommon%2Fsearch%2Fsearch-box.jsp.form1&Go.x=13&_dyncharset=ISO-8859-1

In Flyfishing, the rod is the most important aspect, so buying a rod cheaper than $50 is a mistake.

Here are some options:
http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/links/link.jsp?id=0052677320499a&type=product&cmCat=SEARCH_all_NYR&returnPage=search-results1.jsp&Ntk=Products&sort=all&Go.y=7&_D%3AhasJS=+&Nty=1&hasJS=true&No=18&nyr=1&Ne=46&Ntt=fly+rod&N=48&_D%3Asort=+&_DARGS=%2Fcabelas%2Fen%2Fcommon%2Fsearch%2Fsearch-box.jsp.form1&_dyncharset=ISO-8859-1&Go.x=23

http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/pod/horizontal-pod.jsp?_DARGS=/cabelas/en/common/catalog/pod-link.jsp_A&_DAV=MainCatcat20431-cat602038&rid=&indexId=cat602038&navAction=push&masterpathid=&navCount=3&parentType=index&parentId=cat602038&id=0029781

Http://www.cabelas.com has decent entry-level outfit’s and rods.Go do a search for Fly-rods at Cabelas…..