How To Start Fishing

I have written a few posts about how and where to get fishing gear.  Below are links to those posts.

• How to get free fishing gear
• Where to look for used fishing gear
• Shopping for a new spinning rod or a starter fly rod
• Other stuff you will need

I have also written posts about several artificial lures I use most often and how I use them.

• Mister Twister curly tail grubs
• Storm Wildeye Swimbaits
• Mepps spinners

If you are looking to start tying your own flies, I have several posts about what tools and materials you should use as well as instructions to tie some flies.  Some posts have Youtube videos embedded.

• Fly tying tools and materials
• Some basic fly tying techniques, such as whip finishing a fly, and instructions on how to tie a San Juan Worm (with video)
• A post about "freshwater shrimp," and how to tie an imitation (with video)
• How to tie a black Woolly Bugger (with video)
• how to tie a simple elk hair caddis (with video)
• How to tie a flashy pants nymph
• How to tie a Force Choking Leech