New to Fly Fishing

[richyd4u]

I think you'll be happy with the Orvis setup.  If your mostly fishing streams I would say that a 9' 5 weight is a good all-around rod.  I grew up in Ogden so the South Fork of the Ogden, Blacksmith Fork, Logan, Weber, Little Bear River, Lost Creek, and any of the streams coming off the Uinta's are fun.

I used to mostly nymph fish so a hare's ear, pheasant tail, Montana nymph, prince nymph, renegade, and a San Juan worm are all good patterns to have in sizes 10 - 14.

Welcome to the fly flinger crowd.  I've been doing it for close to 40 years and only wished I had found out about fly fishing at an earlier age. 

I agree with everything said here...luckily my father got my brother and I into fly fishing at a very young age nearly 40 yrs ago, and we have taken it to a whole other level over those last 40 yrs. I grew up in Davis County, so we had plenty of fly fishing options, but our favorites have always been for rivers the Weber and Provo (Green River if you don't mind the drive) and for lakes Strawberry, Daniels, Mill Hollow and Uintas. Now that I live in Southern UT, I fish primarily lakes and there are some KILLER lakes down here! You'll want a good 9' 5wt rod for floating line presentations, and then get ya a 9-10' 6wt for intermediate presentations on lakes down the road. Fly tying is the best part IMO, so if you want to get into that, start watching some youtube videos. Saves you a lot of money on flies, and as a beginner, you will burn through a lot of flies! Fish feed primarily subsurface, so focus on nymph fishing under an indicator. There are nymphs that work everywhere, both rivers and lakes: Bead Head Hares Ear, Bead Head Pheasant Tails, BH black zebra midges and balanced leeches/wooly buggers (in lakes). You'll get into fish anywhere you go on those presentations. We like to fish a two fly setup, so generally your bigger more attractor type fly first, then tie of 12" to that and put your smaller fly...adjust your indicator to the depth you are fishing and current, add split shot if needed for faster deeper water...want those flies bouncing on the bottom in river, and suspended approrpriately in lakes. Good luck....fly fishing is the best!