1. The Thank You School Bus Drivers poem (below) is the cover of a FABULOUS Thank You Book that will be dropped off for the bus drivers to keep in their meeting room.
Attach the fly reel to the fly rod using only the butt section of the rod if it is two pieces or more. Take the tag end of the backing and run it through the rod guides and attach it to the reel spool or arbor with the appropriately named arbor knot. To do this, first make a basic overhand knot around the line.
About 6 Â½ feet should be great. Match that with a spinning reel, and let's say about 10 pound test monofilament fishing line. The rod and reel both should state that they will accommodate 10 pound test line. A slider is optional, but I suggest it because it can make life a little easier for you out on the water.