My son is 7 right now. I let him play around in the yard with my fly rod over the weekend.

His birthday is in February so i am thinking that I might get him a starter rod and reel so he can use it next spring.

Is 7 or 8 too early? He wont be doing any dry fly fishing, mostly just nymphs and the wooly buggers he has already tied

How do you go about selecting a proper rod for a youngster? Just give him an 8' or 8'6" 5 wt and let him grow into it or go with something like a 7' 3wt or 4wt until he grows a bit?


Thanks for any input