I didn't grow up on a place where fly fishing is a thing, always had the interest in trying it, but nobody to teach me or even a place to get all the gear needed.
Everything started watching movies showing the beauty of fly casting and the beautiful places where trout exist, it created a necessity inside me to learn more and pursuit the art of fly fishing, but like before I was living in the island of Terceira in the Azores, access to this kind of gear wouldn't happen while I was living there.
Everything changed when I moved to Massachusetts, fly shop close to me and big outdoor stores had the gear that I always dreamed but wouldn't be able to get before.
I had just moved to another country, starting to build a new life, no friends and no family and fishing was on the bottom of the list of things to do first, but after some months I was able to get a cheap spinning rod from wally world and pursuit some bass with one lure that was on sale for a dollar at the same store, I will never forget that lure, it was a Rebel Teeny Wee Crawfish
on ditch brown, I caugth so many different species on that lure, it was a great introduction to fishing on a new place.
on ditch brown, I caugth so many different species on that lure, it was a great introduction to fishing on a new place.
One and half year goes by and I'm already comfortable fishing any body of water for bass, panfish and carp, from a kayak and from the bank, I explored so many new places and got to know people on the water that where always nice and with new tips and new places to refer me to try out someday
One day I was looking into learning how to catch trout and drove by a stream on my way to fish for carp and see someone with their waders on and going into this stretch, intrigued and always wanting to learn I parked my trusty 95 corolla on a dirt parking lot and follow this person into the stream.
I introduced myself on my bad English and asked for some tips and what to look for to start in the sport, this lady was nice enough to sit with me for a couple of minutes and show me some flies and give me some advice on what rod to look for.
That Sunday night I couldn't sleep while I was browsing for the gear I needed to start slinging a fly in the air, and this is what I ended up with:
Martin Fly Fishing rod and reel with Line 5/6wt
Frogg Toggs Waders 
and this Fly box with 60 flies.
It wasn't the best but enough to start on this sport that everyone thinks it is a "rich people" hobby, it can be really expensive yes, but you can make it to your budget, casting on a cheap beginner's rod will not feel the same has a Winston rod
, but the fish don't care how expensive your rod is, they will bite on the fly that you put on the right place the same way.
Frogg Toggs Waders 
and this Fly box with 60 flies.
It wasn't the best but enough to start on this sport that everyone thinks it is a "rich people" hobby, it can be really expensive yes, but you can make it to your budget, casting on a cheap beginner's rod will not feel the same has a Winston rod
, but the fish don't care how expensive your rod is, they will bite on the fly that you put on the right place the same way.
With all this said get out there with what you can afford and don't be scared of the people on the river, ask them, everyone is out there to enjoy and most people that I've meet on the river, will jump right in to help a newcomer.
Rui Machado
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