the_brook_trout

Hi:

I am looking for a first fly-rod for my 10 year old. I'd appreciate
any advice on hardware as well as advice on how to teach.

I suspect that a 7 and 1/2 foot 5-weight is the way to go. I will
probably get the cheapest reel. Woulod a slow action rod or medium
action be best?

Cabela's is sold out of their youth combo which is only $99 or I'd
probablt get that.

Any suggestions.

Thanks,

Ed

vincent p. norris

Cortland makes a kid's set like that, with rod, reel, and line.

Sorry, don't kow the exact price, but it's not expensive.

vince

scott seidman

I wouldn't skimp on length. Eight feet would be my minimum.

Scott

al

I teach kids during a summer fly fishing camp. They all cast my 6wt 9ft
Scientific Angler rod like champs after a few minutes of demonstration and
practice. I think it goes for + or - $80 at Wal Mart.

The longer the rod, the easier it is to feel the "load" of energy and then
time the forward cast.

Here's some pics of the class from this summer:

http://www.fishwithafly.net/summercamp2004.htm

brimbum

I sure did enjoy the pictures of the kids learning to tie flies. Teaching kids
to tie flies is a hell of a lot of fun. I spent several hours this past weekend
at Rendezvous teaching two of friend Kyle's kids to tie flies That little 7
year old girl has a great natural ability and was a very good coach for her 5
year old little brother.

I would look at a rod that has a lifetime warrenty for a first rod for kids. I
think we all break at least one rod. ( How is that for understatement?) The
Temple Fork Outfitters rods start at 90 bucks for a 2 piece rod.

Big Dale

al

I broke that SA 6wt and they replaced it. It broke at the ferule furing a
cast. I think it didn't like the cone head zonker and double haul
combo...The warranty is the way to go.

Thanks for the compliment. Hopefully next summer the "advanced class" will
have some fish to show...

Kids that follow directions do really well tying flies...and they like the
"arts and crafts" feel to it.

Good luck!

The

tom nakashima

Actually some kids and women start out as better casters cause they can't
overpower the rod. The worst casters were the men with bad habits....big
loops, tailing loops, and almost all with an exception of a few overpowered
the rod.

I saw one 11 year old girl, pick up casting very easily. She was the most
patient and did everything the instructor asked. Soon she was throwing
tight loops at 35 feet. It was funny to watch the older men try and out
cast this kid as they were muscling the rod. Seemed like the more they tried
to get distance, the more angry they got and the more muscle they put behind
the rod.

-tom

kevin vang

In article <cmtl9p$qt4$1@news.Stanford.EDU>, tom@slac.stanford.edu
says...


That "did everything the instructor asked" part was probably a big part
of it. Many men have egos too large to allow them to hear instruction
(present company excepted, of course...) I know of a shooting
instructor who claims he can have a kid shooting respectable scores
at trap or skeet in a single afternoon, but adults require much,
much more time.

Kevin
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reply to: kevin dot vang at minotstateu dot edu

al

True. True. Past women clients tended to cast my Sage VPSL 4wt and Winston
LT 4wt quite well. The men (so far) forget about it...