I'm one of those tried it and gave up, then tried again. Do I cast like crap YEP!!! but I'm getting better, course it's gonna be bad again since I haven't been able to fish in two years due to medical issues, which I hope with the surgery I had last week finish's everything.

I cast good enough to catch fish, there ya go!!!!! I can tie flies OKAY. BUT I'm not a pure fly fisher. When I started up again I did nothing but fly fish - all other tackle got put away and I immersed myself but one day while looking for something I came across my jig molds and I went and poured jigs for over 8 hours!!! I went back and pulled the old gear out and used it, just enjoyed it too much. I built the fly gear into my overall fishing and couldn't have been happier. It was more stuff to carry in the car and out fishing but didn't care.

I'm with Rtidd yeah it's hard for beginners - in some places there's no fly shops or fly clubs or anyone close that they know who fly fish's. Learning from video's is tough.

Fatman