Is fly fishing worth the effort or should I stick with the basic spinning gear?

Try it ! It's another form of a sport you like! I think it's always nice to try new things. you may enjoy it.

Fly fishing is about relaxing. Catching the fish is not the goal. Just standing there at the river's edge enjoying the fresh air is the main thing. If you really want to catch fish....because you want to eat.....there are better ways of catching fish.

i live in south Florida & we have a lot of lakes that are exelent for fly fishing. i have been fishing for over 50 years & fly fishing for abour 45 of those. i won't say that YOU, will love it, but it is a really fun way to catch fish. i have fished with only a few people that tried fly fishing & didn't enjoy it. you can get a fly outfit for under $ 100.00 if you buy 1, i would suggest something like an 8", 5 weight for a starter rig. if you don't like it, you won't have wasted several hundred dollars

it will give you something to try and learn when the fish are not hitting what you are fishing I have had a fly rod for three years and it has never left my yard but I will take one of these years "dude" we do not need to learn how to fish at your house ohh and I reported you

if the sole object was to put fish on the table, stopping by the grocery store or using a beer can, mono and nightcrawlers would work just as well as a good spinning outfit... its worth the time to learn how to fly fish, its not about how far one can cast, but how careful of a presentation you make.....if you want the best of both worlds(fly fishing and spinning) try starting out with these Trout Magnet jigs (1/64th oz) very easy to cast....or go with a San Juan worm pattern... only you know where you are going to be fishing , high alpine lakes ....maybe a spinning outfit will work better, smaller streams , maybe a fly rod

I couldn't agree more with Kevin. Fly fishing is an aquired skill which takes time and a good teacher. I always feel more comfortable with what I know best, my spinning gear. Good response Kevin! That said, I might go with a little lighter gear than Kev for your trip. Smaller trout on an ultra light spinning rig is loads of fun!!

fly fishing would be more sporty and challenging for catching trout there

if your going to be eating freeze dried food stick with the spinning gear. if your packing in the wine and cheese, go with the fly gear. just kidding, fly fishing takes patience and practice to do it well. sort of like golf, first hit the ball, then work on making it go where you want it to. to you ppl who are giving me thumbs down, I said the thing about the dried food because he asked a ? about it . it's a joke

As an obsessed fly fisherman in both fresh water and saltwater then i really do advise you give it a go, the advice i would offer to you is that you take a fly fishing class, that instructs casting and also techniques, that way you can see if you like it without wasting money on expensive combos only to find you don't like it, stick with lakes to start out on about a7wt outfit then when you get better move onto smaller wild brook trout with a 3-5 wt out fit.