Who cares where it came from or that it cost more than last year’s snow tires?
Like snow tires a pole has but one job, helping you catching fish.
If you have a rod or you’re on the way to purchase one, please keep this in mind.
As for accessories, you need but three things to start. A package of swivels, some clear casting bubbles (these come in various sizes, I recommend the middle ones) and of course a packaged assortment of flies.
Now it starts getting fun.
When you reach your chosen body of water, sit down and just look around at everything. Beautiful isn’t it?
Push the button or open the bail on your reel and feed the line through the guides on your rod. Pull enough line out that it reaches a foot or so past your reel.....Dang, I forgot to mention snagging the finger nail clippers out of the bathroom.
Snip the line off that extra foot from the rod tip and hold on to it; I put the end between my lips so I know where it is.
Grab a casting bubble and notice that the stopper is bigger on one end than the other. Feed the line through the bubble big side down. Now pick up one of the swivels, pull the line through the end that looks like a safety pin.
Next time will talk knotology and casting..."
Carpe Diem ladies, and stay to the light."
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