Hello to all,

Just joined the forum after 'lurking' outside for a while! I've been toying with the idea of broadening my angling experience by doing some fly fishing for a while now. As a coarse angler who mostly enjoys fishing small local (ish) rivers like the Teme, Mease, Lugg, etc, I think targeting the coarse species found in these waters on a fly rod will bring a whole new dimension to my enjoyment of fishing. One of your newer members, Codenamemilo, is a fellow club angler, and it was his expressed interest in doing some fly fishing that gave me the 'push' I needed to take the plunge... ( nice one, mate! )

Fortunately, cnm has already asked a number of the 'novice' questions that I would have asked myself, and the answers received have given me a valuable insight into how to get started. Casting lessons seem to be a 'must', ( we'll be arranging these in the new year ), and tips on fly patterns, presentation, etc, have been a reel (pun!) education!

I'm sure that I will be asking a few seemingly inane 'novice' questions of my own in the future, but with the help and guidance available on the site, hopefully you can turn a lifelong 'float-chucker' into a semi-competent 'fluff-flinger'!

Thanks in advance, best regards, Castaline

Welcome to the forum!

Good luck with your fly fishing.

It's a steep learning curve but well worth it. I haven't been course fishing since I started on the fly.

Welcome to the forum.

Welcome to the Forum.

Jim

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Welcome to The Grumpy Auld Mens Forum, I'm sure you will enjoy.

Welcome matey, looking forward to starting on that long road of enlightenment with you next year

welcome mate ,i to was a course angler untill i tried the fly ,wouldnt consider swapping back now , good luck ,youve made the right choice