New To Fly-fishing Options

[Gren]

Without the budget or funds to go to a fly fishing school, ala Orvis or LLBean, I personally find myself trying to absorb as much information regarding fly fishing that I can through literature/websites and practical application.

I find the majority of readers in this forum to be experienced fly fishers with insightful responses and good advice.. I'm guessing the occasional 'novice' fly fisher happens by from time to time and I thought it might be helpful to list some of the articles I find extremely useful.


This topic will also serve the selfish purpose of a good reference of information useful for myself as a novice to refer back to (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

I'll try and break the topic into sections of links by subject - as I find useful links, I'll add them.


[Overview]

* Wiki Fly Fishing Overview (Article)


What prompted me to do this, was the first article, which is probably one of the best reads for trout behavior and insect entomology I've seen for someone new to fly-fishing:

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[Hatching insect and reactive trout behavior]

* Anticipating the hatch (Article)

* Farmington River Hatch Schedule (Article)

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[Fly Casting]

* Learning to fly cast Part 1 (Video)

* Learning to fly cast Part 2 (Video)

* Learning to fly cast Part 3 (Video)

* Hauling Line 1 (Video)

* Hauling Line 2 (Video)

* Hauling Line 3 (Video)


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[Mending]

* Tips for Mending (Article)

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[Nymphing]

* Nymphing Tactics (Article)

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[Knot Types and Strengths]

* Fly Fishing Knots 1 (Article)

* Fly Fishing Knots 2 (Article)

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[Flyfishing Line Info]

* Fly Line Config 1 (Article)

* Fly Line Info (Article)

[Gren]

I sure picked a great year to get into fly fishing (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

90% of fly fishing in the area seems to be a no-go this summer.

This is the first time I think I've looked forward to the rainful of a possible hurricane...

I still have yet to get up the Farmington to try the upper TMA..



I'm hoping to head up to Barkhamstead on 9/11 to take a class and get SOME stream time in - we'll see how it goes.

-Drew