You will find that you will catch more fish than you ever have b4 when you learn. There is alot to learn, read everything about it you can. I fly fish for everything, having rods of various wgts. Depth also means nothing if you are setup correctly; I fish panfish at 15-25 ft. depths with a fly rod and catch bigger fish off the beds than on, and have more fun. Catching panfish on beds, you will find is boring and without skil once you learn how to fish all depths of water. One thing that is very important, buy a good avg priced rod - $150-200. A reel you can get by with a $50. starter. Casting with a Walmart special will discourage you. Check the flyfishing site (4sale equip't) on ebay and you will learn alot also about the sport and can PU some good used rods - flyfishing is expensive. Good Luck and have fun.