bwagner,

I have worked with children that were 10 and 11 years and they took to learning a fly rod real fast. I think a fly rod would be easier to learn to cast than a spinning rod. No bail to open, buttons to push and hold,etc. The young people I worked with met me at the river, I showed them how to string up a fly rod, had them casting a short line and had them to close their eyes while moving the line backward and forward and told them to remember the feel as the rod loaded. Within 30 minutes they were in the river catching bluegill and trout. They had a ball and so did I watching them.

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Warren