Starting Your Grandkids

Starting Your Grandkids #10907958 06/10/15 01:45 PM
Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 494 Denton USA M megabucks461 OP Angler
OP megabucks461 Angler M Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 494 Denton USA	Wanting to start my grandsons fly fishing. What weight and length of fly rod would you start with and why? We will start at the ponds around the house but will spend a good deal of time at LMF and Taneycomo. Growing old is inevitable, growing up is optional!

Re: Starting Your Grandkids [Re: megabucks461] #10908078 06/10/15 02:26 PM
Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 3,238 Sherman, TX R RexW TFF Team Angler
RexW TFF Team Angler R Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 3,238 Sherman, TX	Depends on their ages, but as a general comment shorter rods are much easier and less tiring than longer rods for young beginning casters. One option is TFO's Bug Launcher series. Another general statement is that a 5 wt seems to be a pretty good general purpose size for most people to start with. For a beginning youth, I'd put a 6 wt line on it. Good luck! Fly Fishers International certified casting instructor TFO Rods pro staff

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