Went fishing last week for the first time in 24 years at Newmills. Started off bait fishing with my 6 year old son and a friend, got bored with that then went off and bought a £30 fly kit from the shop as I had done it a few times as a youngest.
Forgot just how hard it is to get the technique right, was all over the place snagging here, snagging there
Well the up shot of it was by the end of the day I had only caught 1, son 2 (his first time fishing, proud dad) mate 6. This is how I found this forum, searching for a place to help me out and by what I've seen over the past week I've came to the right place.
First thing I done when I got back was buy a rod from that web site place, a Flextec CDX66. Sure it's worth £40 but certainly not the £100 odd quid that they quote. With that in mind I'm after some advice on a reel and line, I'm not made of money so can any of you guys advise on a half decent reel for up to £60 and a dry and wet line up to £40 each, the rod weight is 5/6.

Look forward to contributing to the forum.

Cheers

Alex

Hello Alex & welcome Good on ya for taking the lil one out fishing.
The helpful folk will be along shortly to help you out... or maybe in the morning

Hi Alex, firstly I wouldn't go near Newmill other than to buy some fly tying sundries. The fish are horrid and the place just isn't an attractive venue to fish. I see you're centrally situated in Scotland. You have a vast wealth of decent to very good fisheries within an hour's travel in any direction.

PM Grommit (trader on the forum) and enquire about a 5/6 reel & line deal. He won't let you down.

Apart from that, have a look through the forum using the search function typing in 'Barrio Fly Lines' and see how highly recommended these lines are (made in Scotland). Here's the web site for the lines. Fishing The Fly In Aberdeenshire, Scotland

At under £20 delivered, these lines are great value and highly recommended.

Tight lines.

Welcome Aboard. Love your country and would love to do some fisning in it. Yoiu most certainly have come to the right place for proper advice as if the forumites on here don't know it they'll recommend someone who does (and there isn't a lot they don't know). Enjoy and "Tight Lines". Let us know how you get on in your new pastime.

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The scenery in the Grand Coulee area of eastern Washington was worth the air fare on its own!

Thought I'd try and get him interested in something worth while instead of the xbox He's very keen to go back so that's a bonus.

Good job I gave the fish to the neighbours then I though the fly fishing pond and the two beside it looked alright but your right about the rest, not the best looking.
Was thinking on going to the Lambington area of the Clyde next weekend, is this a decent beat to try?
Already had Mike's site bookmarked and was thinking on buying the GT90 line, from what I've read it's a pretty good line for the money. I'll certainly give him a buzz after the 11th to see what he can do for me as I'm heading to Skye for some landscape photography in 2 weeks, so I'll get some fishing done after sunrise

Glen Coe is one of my favourite places in Scotland and it's got some good looking Lochs and rivers that I'm now going to fish instead of taking photographs of them, though I've never seen anyone fish in the area except the Glencoe Lochan.

Thanks all for the warm welcome, appreciated.

Alex