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teaching kids to cast a fly. - Thudpucker - 03-06-2007 If you have the chance to get a bunch of Scouts, or just about any group of kids, to a place where they might want to learn to cast a fly. I will relate my experience and what I learned. Please add all else you think I missed. Teaching kids to cast a fly....LOL I did that once! It was fun more than anything else. Wear a good felt hat. In fact everybody should. Good glasses too. You have to keep those kids a good distance apart. When that first leader snaps you in the face, you'll lose your composure completly. What I figured out when I helped out was this: You dont need a real fly outfit to teach casting. Just a long Cane pole with a fly line tied to the end. Take a Double taper fly line, a nice heavy one, maybe an 8 or 9 wt. Cut it in three equal pieces. Tie the pieces to the ends of the Cane poles. Use a wad of Yarn for a fly. Get some stiff short leader. Probably 30Lb test. The cheap stuff is better because it's stiffer. You can teach the theory, and have them dry flying in just a few minutes. Lift, wait, cast, whooooa there, let it down easy! If you go into something like that (with a bunch of teenagers) With all the right gear,(Rods n' Reel's n' good lines) you'll just have a mess here, then over there, then back there .....You'll be busy. But I enjoyed it. Kids'l dig in and learn. Then forget the whole thing until some years later. Then it'l come back and they'll be on this board. [signature] Re: [Thudpucker] teaching kids to cast a fly. - Dryrod - 03-06-2007 [font "Poor Richard"][green][size 3][cool]Sounds good to me Thudpucker. I would think that two is the most one can handle when using live equipment. One thing that I found out about teaching is the reward of seeing a green person develop and enhance his/hers skills based on your teachings. [/size][/green][/font] [signature]