Pick out the river you’re going to target as your home stream then find a guide who fishes it a lot. Hire the guide, tell him how you want to fish, bank, drift boat, sled etc, and learn from him. One day's fishing with a good guide will significantly cut your learning curve. It's money well spent. Make sure you get recommendations on the guide from other fishers as there are good ones and bad ones and make sure you indicate to him you want to learn not just be taken for a boat ride. Good luck.

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