Ha ha silly Orvis folks !
Each child is different. I teach hundreds of people how to fly fish every year. I have seen some kids as young as six pick it up. In general I think I would agree with the 11 or 12 thing but I have been surprised before.
I know I have seen some good posts about tips for teaching kids here before.
Rob Snowhite has a daughter that got started at a very young age.
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Funny you are asking. He turned 8 today. The folks at Orvis suggested 11-12, but he was doing some short range casting with my fly rod today while I untangled his rod from time to time. I was surprised that he could even do it. Any tips would be appreciated!He truly loves fishing. We were out there 6 hours and he did not want to leave.--
On Wednesday, July 27, 2016, <arthur.noglak@gmail.com> wrote:How old is your son? You might be able to get him started on the fly sooner than you think.
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> On Jul 27, 2016, at 7:53 PM, Gary Fleeger <gfleeger@gmail.com> wrote:
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> My son is "hooked" on fishin! What a blast! I picked up my first fly rod from Orvis a month ago and he has been worked is two foot Zebco. Today was his 8th birthday and he got his wish of a slightly larger rod and of course asked to hit the river. We went an hour north to Dam 5 on the Potomac and had tons of fun. 12 smallies wading back and forth through the river. On the last cast of the day he sent a spinner right at the dam hit a massive bass. He got it about 4 feet away before the line snapped on his little rod.
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> His fun helps soften the fact that I'm still clueless with my fly rod, but learning. I was excited to get a nice top water hit from a smallie with a bumble bee!
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> Not a bad day!
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