Welcome! Class starts May 9 - introduce yourself
Hi everyone, Gilbert here. Glad you signed up. Week one we're keeping it simple: how to hold the rod, a basic cast in the parking lot before we ever touch water, and pinching down barbs on our hooks (ask me sometime about why that matters to me personally). No experience needed, I promise. Take a minute and tell us your name and why you signed up. Did a friend drag you into this, or have you been curious a while? See you May 9.
Alan here, up in Cedar Hollow.
American Fork, up by 1000 S.
Hey, Im Russell, I live on the Greenwood side of AF... never fly fished before in my life lol, just looking for a new hobby that'll get me up the canyon more. excited for May 9!
I already own a fly rod thats been sitting in the garage for two years because i bought the "starter kit" off some guy who swore it was all i needed, and its missing like half the stuff you need according to the supply list they emailed us. cool cool. glad i pre spent money on that
So I've been up American Fork Canyon a bunch this spring with my camera watching guys fish and now I'm signing up like maybe I should try it instead of just photographing other people doing it lol. do we need to buy our own rod/reel before day one or does the class provide loaners for the first session?? kind of dont want to drop $150 on gear if I'm gonna hate it
Natalie Sorensen, American Fork, Art Dye ward-adjacent (4th Ward technically but you know how that goes). Signing up for this because my neighbor's husband won't stop talking about the Provo River like its a religious experience and I figured it's time to see what the fuss is. also fell down a YouTube hole last week watching some guy in Idaho tie flies at his kitchen table for like 40 minutes and somehow it was riveting, my husband thought I'd lost it. miranda kept looking over my shoulder going "that's it? that's the whole video?" but I was locked in. Ordered a cheap starter rod off Amazon last night before I could talk myself out of it, we'll see if that was a mistake or not lol. mostly hoping to get comfortable enough with the basics that I can take Sophie out this summer, she's 10 and would 100% rather be doing anything active outside then sit
So my brother in law Curtis keeps sending me youtube videos of guys fly fishing the Provo like its his job, and now im half convinced I need a $300 rod before ive even taken the class lol... anyone else fall down that hole yet the algorithm feeds me more after the first one... watched some guy nymphing for like 20 min straight, very soothing, learned nothing practical but felt like I did. gonna hold off buying gear til we know what were doing May 9, but if anyone already has extra waders or whatever collecting dust let me know 😎 Excited for this one, been wanting an excuse to get up the canyon that isnt just hiking with the kids
April Doyle, American Fork, Meadowbrook ward if that means anything to anyone else on here. signing up because Jason's cousin will not stop talking about fly fishing every single family gathering and I got tired of nodding along with no idea what he was describing. figured I'd learn it properly instead of faking my way through another Thanksgiving conversation. Watched a couple beginner casting videos on Youtube last week to get a head start and I feel like I made it worse for myself, because now I have opinions about rod weight and I don't even own a rod yet. my neighbor (the one who's reliable, not the one who no-shows to everything I plan, different story) fishes the Provo a lot and told me not to buy gear until after the first class or two I don't waste money on the wrong setup. seemed like decent advice I'm holding off, even though Amazon's algorithm has apparently decided I need a $200 wa