I've been a member of this forum for a month,I've read a few books on fly fishing,I've watched a couple of dvd's and today I was supposed to be having the first of two casting lessons prior to kitting myself out and attempting to catch my first trout on the fly.The weather today caused the cancellation of my first session of tuition which as put things back a week,I've got bloody cabin fever.

Its a lifetime of learning, one week will soon pass, hope you enjoy it (the fishing).

__________________
Please look at and sign this e-petition. http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/13978

go practice.

First lesson is most important and better to enjoy it than wish it was over due to weather conditions.
Well done to the Instructor who did 100% right for you.

__________________
Kevin

I'm a 'good caster,' with either a single hander, or a 2-hander. And you're on the river .... and you couldn't find your own butt with two hands and a road map.

Welcome to real life!

fae

Screw that! Get some gear and go fishing. Nobody has ever caught anything waiting around the house for the weather to change. OK, well, I heard about some guys catching something in a town in Alaska while they were waiting for the weather to change, but that's a different story.

And before somebody bleats that you'll teach yourself bad habits, again, screw that. You've already got the ultimate bad habit: You want to fish, you're reading about fishing, you're watching fishing DVDs. You've spent time doing everything except actually fishing. It doesn't get any worse than that.

Fishing badly is scientifically proved to be 100% better than not fishing at all.

Anyway, lessons are vastly over-rated, IMO A lesson teaches you how to cast, fishing teaches you how to fly fish. Remind me again, what's the name of this sport? Oh, yeah, it's fly fishing. You can learn to cast whenever, why waste perfectly good fishing time waiting around for the fair weather casting instructor?

Get a rod and reel and a day ticket somewhere and hit the freaking water. Fishing is more fun than waiting around for lessons.

Grouse

Fred, we're getting some conflicting reports on this point.

Was it, or was it not, you who, while casting a 2-hander, managed to sink a hook into a golden retriever just a week or so ago? Now I'm going to assume here that you weren't actually out there fishing for golden retrievers at the time, this being the closed season for them in Oregon and all . . .

Grouse

Brilliant i remember the story

can still remember my first cast lesson was on the grass down at the beach the amount of folk that stopped and stared was unsettling at first as I felt a bit stupid with a fishing rod on a feild with the odd bit of shouting from kids and stuff but just thought sod them all. It was worth all the embarressment and more good luck with the weather on the rest of your lesson`s and its worth it when that special first fish takes your fly you`ll feel like a kid with a new toy and no soap in the world will wash the smile from your face

__________________

A Day With The Wife Or A Day Out Fishing Umm Please Dont Make Me Choose She`ll Not Like It

Fred,

You're not selling these to a local Vietnamese restaurant after you "catch" them are you?

__________________
www.paypalsucks.com