Nobody in my family ever fished except for me so I guess I'm self taught. And boy did I ever do a bad job on myself. I started out like Mooch and progressed to where I'm today. But I probably started out just a liitle earilier than he did. I've gone thru all the stages that I wanted to and now I'm into Fly Fishing. And this is where I'm going to stay. I'm getting to old to try something new.