Hi folks
After a days beginners course with Peter Hartley at Rutland I am a bit of a a convert from course fishing, maybe not a convert from, but fly fishing has definatly been added to my angling list.
I looks like the credit card is going to get a bashing in the next few weeks and I would like to apologise up front for the stupid questions that I am bound to ask over the next few months.

Cheers guys

Frog

Welcome frog hope you enjoy ..!!

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Hi Frog welcome to the forum before you get to carried away ask questions on the forum about some gear to buy! or just go mad and buy the best of everything
Good luck with your future in flyfishing!

Also search the forums i.e. the tackle one. You will see a wealth of information on what is the best rods and reels in peoples opinions.

You'll also get some good value equipment from poeple who sell through the forum. So:
Pitsford Pirates for great bargain lines
Mick Bell of Bloke for phenominaly priced top class rods
Flash attack flies
Grommit for all things (you get an additional discount for being on the forum.

Good luck

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Carl

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TOMORROW THE TRENT COULD BE YOUR FISHERY! When are YOU going to JOIN THE ANGLING TRUST?

Thanks for the welcome guys
re. tackle buying, I am hanging my nose over the greyflex m2 rod at the moment and I met craig barr at tackle fest this year, he was very helpfull and an allround nice guy. As I said I think the credit card is going to get some abuse soon(as long as the budget holder(wife) dosn't find out)

Hi Frog,

Welcome to the forum.

Don't go out just yet and spend a load of money, as mentioned above, do some homework and decide exacly what you need.

Also, when buying a rod, take someone with you who knows his fly rods, and buy the rod from somewhere that you can test it.

If you've made the step across from coarse fishing, then you'll soon be hooked, and as you've already experienced, when fly fishing you are continually busy and as I have now found myself, you'll probably find that you get bored more easily when you go coarse fishing in future!

One final suggestion is to have a few lessons from a qualified instructor, to get you casting properly, it'll be the best investment you can make in yourself and you're fly fishing!