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#1 Jun-09-11 4:09PM
- bart2puck
- Northern Snakehead
- Registered: Jun-01-10
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New to fly fishing
I took a fly fishing class in college 10 years ago. I have a rod and reel...what other paraphernalia do i need? i seem to remember leaders and tippets and things...
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#2 Jun-09-11 4:40PM
- Curly
- Patagonian Toothfish
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Re: New to fly fishing
Floppy hat to protect your ears! 
Hell or High Water...........I'm Fishin!!
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#3 Jun-09-11 4:57PM
- Ernie
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Re: New to fly fishing
bart2puck wrote:
I took a fly fishing class in college 10 years ago.
JMU?
bart2puck wrote:
what other paraphernalia do i need?
A good pair of fishing forceps and a line cutter. I have these on a lanyard around my neck. Some small fly boxes so you don't have to bring your arsenal out each time.
That some basic stuff.
Time to go fishin' again!
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#4 Jun-09-11 4:57PM
- Ernie
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Re: New to fly fishing
Curly wrote:
Floppy hat to protect your ears!
Absolutely!
Time to go fishin' again!
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#5 Jun-09-11 7:03PM
- bart2puck
- Northern Snakehead
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Re: New to fly fishing
Pacemaker wrote:
bart2puck wrote:
I took a fly fishing class in college 10 years ago.
JMU?
bart2puck wrote:
what other paraphernalia do i need?
A good pair of fishing forceps and a line cutter. I have these on a lanyard around my neck. Some small fly boxes so you don't have to bring your arsenal out each time.
That some basic stuff.
Shenandoah U in winchester.
what kind of flys should i look for?
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#6 Jun-10-11 11:05AM
- Houli
- Northern Snakehead
- From: Leesburg, VA
- Registered: Dec-09-10
- Posts: 252
Re: New to fly fishing
I use mostly poppers on the lakes - I'm new to tying so haven't ventured here yet (only dry flies and nymphs). I get mine at LL Bean at Tysons (Orvis has some but better selection at LL Bean). Here is what I've been using:
http://www.llbean.com/llb/shop/20729?feat=4391-GN3
This looks like a solid assortment - http://www.llbean.com/llb/shop/40993?feat=3946-GN3
If you need any help hit me up .... I'm out there a few days most weeks w/ the fly rod.
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#7 Jun-10-11 11:46AM
Re: New to fly fishing
A pair of water shoes so you can fish Goose Creek and the Upper Potomac!
Fly line - Tippet (which can also just be a 4lb string of mono) - forceps, line cutters, floppy hat, fly vest is recommended to organize all the aforementioned stuff...
In terms of flies - you can get away with topwaters now, but I also like streamers which are weighted and you strip retrieve to entice a bite.
I am relatively new to it as well and I have made due with the above tackle list.
If it were easy, they'd call it catching!
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#8 Jun-10-11 1:17PM
- captmikestarrett
- Patagonian Toothfish
- From: Potomac River
- Registered: May-06-08
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Re: New to fly fishing
Ascot and a house in the Hamptons are also required.
Capt Mike
Light Tackle Fishing Guide on the Potomac
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#9 Jun-10-11 2:34PM
- Ernie
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Re: New to fly fishing
bart2puck- let me know when you will be this way and I will show you the fly arsenal. I should be home most of Sunday PM.
Time to go fishin' again!
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#10 Jun-27-11 6:58PM
- Ernie
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Re: New to fly fishing
If you can make it to the PRSC event on Wednesday evening at Riverbend, there will be 1-2 FFF Certified instructors with a few long poles showing folks how to use them.
No cost....free food....no membership required.
Time to go fishin' again!
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#11 Jul-22-11 3:15PM
- Rob
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Re: New to fly fishing
A good pair of polarized sunglasses, no vest-those have gone the way of the Dodo-get a chest pack, straight mono instead of small spools of tippet (20lb, 12lb, 8lb)
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