learning to fly fish

I want to take up fly fishing. Without spending a lot of money does anyone have any input. I see $100 fly combos at Canadian tire already spooled. Would that be good enough to learn on. Any input would be appreciated. Thanks.

A combo can be good and that's a good price. For a beginner I would start with a 6 or 7 wt rod and weight forward line. They are the easiest to cast. Also dont bother starting on a river too many trees and brush. Try off a dock or pond and fish for panfish. leech or woolybugger fly and fish on!

Thanks for the input Spooner. Looking forward to trying it out.

Practice casting in your backyard, if you have the room. That's what I did. When I started flyfishing I went to the the fly fishing department at BassPro and asked the guy there for help. He picked out a rod, reel, spooled my reel and even tied my tippit for me. Don't cast hard like a spinning reel, use finesse the line has to roll gently out. It's takes some practice to achieve distance. But worth it in the end. It's tons of fun catching fish on the fly.

Hey chazD,

Just as spooner and metalbuckle wrote..........

You're no slouch. Just get out there and do it.
You will do fine and in no time, you will be having a blast.

tuna

Don't forget to make sure you have some sort of glasses on, when I started fly casting, I had a couple close calls with hooks near my eyes ( actually had one stick me in the snout ). When you start out, try not to cast in heavy winds, once you start to get the hang of it then you can try it with a breeze.

Also watch your hat and low flying birds on your backcast ..Been there done....

Take your time , try to buddy up to a fellow fly fisher , you'll enjoy the sport and you can catch almost every fish that swims on fly tackle..

Just my suggestion............Perhaps before you go and spend your hard earned money, you might want to investigate the cost of taking some lessons from a casting instructor first.
A certified instructor will teach you more than you realize in a 1/2 day and will get you setup with the proper equipment for the type of fly fishing you want to do. The guys at Cabelas and Bass Pro are just salesmen!
Some lessons will give you further insight into whether you want to continue fly fishing or not BEFORE you spend lots of $ on equipment, only to find out after the fact that it's not as easy as you thought nor what you want to continue to do.
Although it looks easy, it takes many hours of practice to make it as enjoyable as you saw in "A River Runs Through It".

I found trying to learn on my own quite difficult as there was nobody to point out what I was doing wrong.

My advice is drop $250 on a full day lesson on the river. That helped me the most and its since become my favourite type of fishing.

Graham at aperfectdrift is awesome and i highly recommend him

Thank you for all the replies. I will keep you all posted on my progress.

Found a teacher.

chazD, chazD, chazD

What are we going to do with you???

When tbolduc suggested you get a guide for the day for $250.00, you clearly misunderstood. This girl charges $250.00 per half hour.....

By the way, your wife is looking for you!! lol........

tuna

Now go play chazD....................................

You know what they say. Hopefully you get what you pay for. Lol.