laney

I have course fished since I was 6 (Now 45) and last year for the very first time picked up a newly aquired 6 weight 7 foot fly rod outfit (for which I paid £60 - rod, reel+spare spool, 2x fly lines, backing, leaders, 100 flys wet & dry, landing net, priest & holdall) and strolled down a small river that runs into the Lune. After ten minutes practice casting I braved the rippling stream before me and after half a dozen casts with a dry fly on a #6WF line landed a cracking twelve inch wild brownie. I'M HOOKED!!! I have since aquired some chest waders which means I can fish every inch of this river and had a great first season. I have to say that being self-taught I am aware that my casting could be better and will probably treat myself to some casting tuition this year, for the record I deliberately chose a seven foot rod as the river I fish has many overhanging trees and is only 25 feet wide at most so I don't need to cast very far, and a six weight because there are sea trout and salmon in the river so when the time is right I can step up my tippet and go after the bigger stuff which I hope to get into this year (I had a three pound fresh run Sea Trout on my spinning rod right at the end of September).