My youngest son has gotten into fly fishing as his hobby. He loves it.
Have started tying your own flies yet? If not you will before long.
No, not yet, but I definitely see it coming. I remember spending almost an hour with 2 guys that were tying flies at an outdoor/boat show that was in Monroe several years ago. I found it absolutely fascinating even though I didn't know a thing about fly fishing at that time. It would certainly help that I have plenty of elk hair available to make some caddis flies.
They offer fly fishing school at the Orvis store in Baton Rouge. I will be there before fall, without a doubt! I've rarely had as much fun fishing as I did over the July 4th holiday. Some friends of ours have a ranch that the Shields River runs through, and they also had 2 ponds with various trout.
I have a couple of great ponds here at home on which to practice. My husband tells me that the bream will absolutely tear up little popping bugs. The bass should be fun as well.