T O M: Best of luck when YOU get back after those Brookies.
And I am happy about your taking up the fly fishing game. I am in my 50th year now and consider myself an avid beginner.
I love to fish the flies (dry and wet) - it seems so much more relaxing and more like "stalking/Hunting" than spin fish or bait fishing of which I find myself doing less and less of the older I get.
Hold into the wind
VarmintGuy
P.S.: I am also happy for you in that you have a thoughtful and outdoors minded girlfriend - you are blessed.
