Went to a fly fishing school
Took a guided trip
Friend/family member taught me
Self taught
Other
My dad and I used to drive up to Canada every other yearexpressly to chase Muskie. While I was briefly living a few minutes from GoldenColorado just down stream from the Coors brewery, he sent me a 9# Orvis setup for our nextCanada trip. Needless to say that rod was extreme overkill for the small troutin Clear Creek. I “taught” myself how to cast with some flies recommended bythe nearby fly shops and actually managed to catch a few trout there. I didmake it back to Canada once with my dad and that fly rod and landed some reallynice small mouth and a few wily Pike. I still haven’t hooked into a Muskie withit yet. It’s been nearly 8 years since we took our father son fishing trip, it’slong overdue. We’re scheduled to leave in less than two weeks. I remember mydad catching some bass and bluegill with a fly rod as a kid but I can’tremember him ever handing it to me. So to answer the question of the post I amself-taught, never had a lesson and just watched my first YouTube video on thesubject yesterday. I’ve done quite a bit of reading throughout the years butpretty much just got the gear and winged it. I’m sure I could learn a lot fromjust about anyone experienced with a bug whip.
My father taught me when I was a kid. I have loved it all my life, 70yrs. We caught many Crappie on a Eagle Claw-with jigs.