With the number of humpies in this year, I think that would be a great way to get started. Watched guys learning to fly fish yesterday, 15 to 20 foot casts and they were catching fish. Great practice, learn what the gear will do even if the fish probably aren't worth keeping. Most salmon I have ever seen outside Alaska.
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