I bought some poppin bugs and didnt like casting them on spinning tackle and a casting bubble so I bought a quantum fly reel out of the used counter and a 9' 5wt silstar el cheapo rod. I tied on a bug and practiced in the back yard. I got a handle on it real quick. I just remember thinking this flyline acts like a water hose. We all remember whipping a water hose around trying to get the kink out so water could flow. Thats how I learned to make the line go where I wanted it to go. Latter on I found out some of the stuff I did had names/roll cast. Im still not the greatest at it but give me a sponge spider and a poppin bug and I will catch the wizz out of some gills on a warm day. I love it when they are slurrpin bugs off the top, nothing funner than a flyrod in that situation. I also whack'em on a flyrod useing only a gulp maggot or power wiggler on a salmon egg hook. Tuff to beat when they are picky.