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Need help with picking out a starter up Fly setup.
predator_hunter
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I am new to fly fishing. I live where Norfork river runs into White river in Arkanasa. And the trout fishing is great. We have browns rainbows brooks and cutthroat trout and can fish yr around. I am looking at a 5wt rod and reel with weighted floating line. I have look at the
rod
Orvis Streamline 8'6 5wt rod
St. Croix 9'0 5wt
Scott 9'0 5wt used
Drake Big Horn 9'0 5wt
G Loomis 9'0 5wt used
reel
Scientific Anglers concept 2
58
56LA
model 456
Ross Flycast2
Scientific Anglers Fly line WF5F
IF anybody fly fishes and can help me out. I will take all the help i can get thanks PH
rod
Orvis Streamline 8'6 5wt rod
St. Croix 9'0 5wt
Scott 9'0 5wt used
Drake Big Horn 9'0 5wt
G Loomis 9'0 5wt used
reel
Scientific Anglers concept 2
58
56LA
model 456
Ross Flycast2
Scientific Anglers Fly line WF5F
IF anybody fly fishes and can help me out. I will take all the help i can get thanks PH
Comments
I fly fish and am not a expert will be doing more this fall in your area.as i winter in camden ar. have a friend int the area of the white river by mt. home.have used the st croix and like them i use a 5 level its a old combo from eagle claw in a alum.tube i got in the 60's.tks hedge
Good Fishing.
The biggest thing I can say is get a good pole. Then work on the reel. don't get sucked into the 'brand name' gig and spend three times as much for a reel as you would a cheapie because all it's doing is holding line. Some are actually made better but you will have to see for yourself which ones have the better construction and why.
Personally, I wouldn't go whole hog on a fly fishing rig unless you decide you like it. That advice will save you a couple hundred bucks to start with. I fish with a 8'6" Guided Series and a Phlueger self retracting reel. I have seen reels running near $200 bucks that don't do anything more than what the cheap old Martins did for $14.99.
Now, in order to decide you like fly fishing you will need to do a little study on presenting your fly...whichever type it is, to the fish. What flies of each type work where and when. And how to get that fly to the fish so he will think it is food. Contrary to popular belief fly fishing is fishing...it isn't first and foremost an artform. It's FISHING...you are putting something in front of a fish that he thinks he needs to eat. One of my favorite books is "Prospecting for Trout". it's a straightforward introduction to flyfishing and why we do it{obsessive, compulsive...you needn't go there}. Eventually you will get to appreciate great casting, tying of flies, and all the other things that we enjoy about fly fishing, but first you need to learn how to catch some fish doing it or it won't interest you much, or cause great frustration, to the point where you quit. I learned out of necessity because when I moved to Montana from Nevada I found that trout didn't really care about spinner's and spoons and such all that much...They did think a mosquito(ha ha suckers..took your picture) was a tasty looking meal. Thus it began in Lewistown, Montana that I converted to fly fishing as my primary means of duping unkowing Osteichthids into temporarily giving up their freedom for my photo op. I do eat them sometimes but I find it's more fun to chastize them and send them back to school where they should learn a thing or two.
So,(not drooling anymore) I suggest starting cheap, learning to cast finding the flies that work, reading up on methods, i.e. dry, wet, streamers. Then working up to some of the better equipment. Once you decide to upgrade the less expensive stuff is less worrisome in the hands of your "I can blow it up" nephew. Meaning you won't cry so hard if he takes your three year old $20 pole and shatters it as opposed to your $200. St. Croix and shatters it. Better still is take the high dollar reel and lay it in the sand... Nothing will ever be right with you again once you have started this obsession.