hey ya’ll
i’m new to this world of fly fishing . i was born and raised in sarasota county my dad was a charter boat captain in venice for years and i’ve caught alot of fish but all on spinning tackle. well dad moved to northern idaho a couple of years ago and has had a couple of health scares and now i get the bug to learn to fly fish( after my own personal teacher moves away ) well i got a 9 wt 2 peice rod for christmas and i’m trying to learn how to us it and i’m looking for some shore accessable water as i don’t have a boat yet so here i am
Welcome
You’ll find a lot of great info here and meet some wonderful people
Larry
thanks
sorry i live in sw fla and it would be shore accessable flats my dad lives in northern idaho and i didn’t know a 9 wt is to heavy for idaho so i learned some thing new today
reload556
I live north of you, I am just north of Whitfield. Give me a week or so to get caught up and we can spend an evening going over the places for you to fish. If you
would like to fish Tampa Bay we can do that also. Do you tie your own flies, if not do you want to? I hosted the first Florida Fish-in with our own DotMan. The second one was hosted by Purebs. WE have this coast under control. IF we could get the red tide to leave. My friend there is plenty of places for you to fish. Now to the south of you a little ways is the famous Saltydancindave, he can help you to the south. There is another young user in Venice but I have not seen him around too much. Teaching you to fly fish will be easy. We have an excellent teacher that is on the board and lives to the south of you. Send me an e-mail and we can get started and I can give you more.
Stev lives a little north of me and fishes the skyway a lot. So we can get you ready and maybe just have a little fish-in just for you to meet everyone.
How about it pirates should we have a little get together sometime soon?
Harold
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reload, just be careful of harold. he’s a pirate, and will try to convert you to his pirate ways!
(and welcome on board)
Awe Dave that is the nicest thing you have ever said to me.
Happy Fathers day.
Harold
Harold, now that you mention it, that is about the nicest thing i’ve ever said to anybody!
shiver me timbers!!!lol
Be careful Harold, I am sure Dave must be setting you up for something.
HAPPY FATHER’S DAY to all fathers and those that had fathers (which should cover most of us) 
jed
Reload,
Welcome!..After these salties show you the ropes, have Micus & I relate to you “The Legend of the Saltwater Bluegill”…of Ohio, of course!
Mike
Reload, great to have another pirate on the staff. i live in MA, so i don’t know how much i can help you with this 1, but any other questions you have dont be ashamed to ask. I’ll do my best to help.
Tight lines in Florida
reload, welcome, but watch out for us warm water guys who might slipp up on ya with our 1 wt’s…aaarrrggg… We travel south every now and then…
Spelling and Grammar not subject to judgement… 
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well i just got back from the beach we got skunked i threw the fly rod some and ended up with the line all tangled up well i’m learning
Reload, welcome to the club. This happens when I try too hard and get out more line than I can handle. The wind can also be a major factor when on open water. Wish I could help, but I’m about 1,500 miles away so I won’t offer to stop by. There are some good videos n fly casting. Doug Swisher’s series and Joan Wulff’s come to mind. Hope you continue to enjoy this most frustrating and enjoyable sport.
jed