Flyfishing Gear Starter Kit

We kind of got tired of waiting around for an invite from the guys at Trout Underground or Fly Fishing In Yellowstone to learn how to fly fish, so we took it upon ourselves to get started. First step find some gear. Next step will be watching Brad Pitt in A River Runs Through It, final step will be going out to the closest river and reeling them in by the dozen. That's our plan anyway. So, again, since the aforementioned expert blogs haven't posted anything recently about starter gear, we had to turn to the big corporate peeps at Canoe and Kayak who recommend these accessories:

Temple Fork Outfitters Rods
XTools Floating Pliers and Dehookers
Simms Gore-Tex WindStopper Half- Finger Gloves
SealLine Seal Pak
Fisknat Steelhead Pontoot Net
Simms Dry Creek Duffel
Garmin 250C Fishfinder

Obviously the article is aimed at fishing from a canoe or kayak since there are no waders. Which we want just so we can walk around the neighborhood in them waving our fly rods around and saying things like "The world is full of bastards - the number ever increasing the further I get from Missoula Montana!" or "I am haunted by waters." It really freaks the neighbors out when we do that.

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What's this? An anguished cry for help?

Like the caped superheros of the comic book world, The Trout Underground hears you, and damnit, I stand ready to help. Only without the tights. No one wants to see that.

Costumes aside, I stand ready to teach you not only how to cast, but to initiate you into the real nuances of the sport, like how to glower when one of the "five days a year" bunch tries to crowd you because you're catching fish and he's not and it's gotta be the water because the guys at the fly shop sold him the best gear and the absolutely killer fly, guaranteed.

Or why you say you caught two fish when you caught a lot, but say you caught a lot of fish when you didn't catch any.

That kind of stuff. Why not send that Climb_CA guy up to Mt. Shasta for a day? I'll bet he could master the glower.

As for your starter kit, well, the Trout Underground cringed just a little. You're right, that's a saltwater starter kit (and an incomplete one at that). Fly casting is hard enough that you probably don't want to learn to do it while sitting on a kayak.

Pierced ears (and scalp, and hands, and necks) would be one unhappy side effect. Pain.

Still, you've inspired me. I have toyed with the idea of adding a "gear" section to the Trout Underground, and this post has moved me off my slacker butt towards that goal.

So contact me. I'll make manly, fly fishing men out of you yet.

#1 TC (Homepage) on 2006-07-24 09:07 (Reply)

Don't be dissing Missoula!

http://www.umt.edu/images/photolib/337_photo.jpg

Monte will kick your ass just before you die laughing!

When you want to go fish with the best trout guide (peter vandergrift obviously) in the best state on the planet (montana obviously), let me know...

#2 graham crackers (Homepage) on 2006-07-26 05:03 (Reply)

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