Confidence for a New Fly Fisherman

[easternshores]

I've been meaning to bring my dad out to fly fish. From my previous post (http://www.ontariofishingforums.com/forum/topic/18000-need-help-with-teaching-a-new-fly-fisher/) I mentioned that he was new to fly fishing and I wanted to bring him out to a place where he could practice casting but also maybe get a few tugs and/or fish. People suggested Primrose trout farm as a good place to ensure a few fish were caught.

So instead of going to Primrose and casting to pond trout, I decided to bring my dad to the river for his first real experience fly fishing in the fall for trout. This was a big risk, since I wanted to make sure he caught something (even a tug) on his first outing.

It panned out.

Enjoy!

 

[easternshores]

By the way, if anyone is as frugal and resourceful as I aim to be, and want a quick and easy side project, go by yourselves some #6 egg hooks and the smallest red pom poms from Michaels. You can tie an egg fly in less than 1 minute for less than 5 cents each. And they catch fish!

 

[chris f]

nice job,congrats to him for getting that nice brown

 

[Madriverfisher]

Nice fish

 

[AKnook]

Wow, first fish and its a sweet brown. Congrats.

 

[schnip]

nothin wrong with pond trout...right boys lol

 

[Madriverfisher]

ummmmm wild fisher are alittle more fun not gonna lie but it was a fun time and i would go agian

 

[schnip]

lol---good times all around

 

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wild fish are WAAAAY better than pond fish any day

grats on the beauty brown, very nice first catch (also jealous since i've never caught a brown)

on a side, i notice you use the split shots with the fins on em, i would change em out for the BB style, that way your line won't twist in the current

 

[AaronKrick]

Nice job, congrats! Good job on puting your dad on fish!

 

[easternshores]

Schnip, you are right. There is nothing wrong with pond trout. But if you have to go through all the adventures to find a wild river trout, it just makes it that much more gratifying and satisfying.

 

[FishingNoob]

Nice fish! He should be proud! I'm sure he's grateful to you for taking him out!

 

[Brian]

Thats a nice brown
Definitely not a bad fish to catch on the fly...

 

[grubman]

Something to be said about "beginner's luck"....lol. Hope it doesn't go to his head.....lol. Nice fish.