Paddlefish
05-17-2008, 06:57 PM
Though I've been tossing flies (not always into the trees) since the late 60s, I've been inactive :hoboy: for a number of years and feeling out of touch.
Now I'm in the process of setting up a couple of fly fishing combos for a couple of beginners. You know, your basic, generic do-everything (yeah, right) fly fishing combo. (Think trout first, both river and lake.)
Personally, I always tended toward 6-inch bull trout streamers, heavily wieghted #4 nymphs, weighted steelhead flies, and even the occasional bass bug, so I normally used a WF line.
The combos I'm setting up are an 8 1/2-ft #7 rod and a 9-ft #5-6 rod.
Recommendations, please, for a happy beginner's experience?
Thanks much for any suggestions.
Now I'm in the process of setting up a couple of fly fishing combos for a couple of beginners. You know, your basic, generic do-everything (yeah, right) fly fishing combo. (Think trout first, both river and lake.)
Personally, I always tended toward 6-inch bull trout streamers, heavily wieghted #4 nymphs, weighted steelhead flies, and even the occasional bass bug, so I normally used a WF line.
The combos I'm setting up are an 8 1/2-ft #7 rod and a 9-ft #5-6 rod.
Recommendations, please, for a happy beginner's experience?
Thanks much for any suggestions.