Sorry guys, I agree with the bobber bunch. My dad taught me with a clear, partially water-filled bobber and I went into my teenage years with a fly and a bubble and even after I learned the flyrod I still taught my boys with a fly and a bubble, more because they had constant action, and they soon graduated to the fly rod. Several years ago there was a company that came up with a clear bubble called a 'bungee bubble' as it had a section of surgical tubing and swivels attached to minimize the hookset shock. Don't know if those are still around, but I liked them a lot. My fondest memories of fishing high alpine lakes in the Uintah mountains of Utah were of using a fly and a bubble with a Renegade or Gray Hackle Yellow tied to the tippet and catching fish after fish - what a blast!

Kelly.