Here is a great package deal for the budding enthusiast fly angler. This package includes full rod, reel line, backing and leader-100% ready to fish, just tie on a fly and hit the water. The Echo Base 9 foot 5 weight rod package is the perfect set-up for someone dipping their toes in the water for the very first time. The box of flies included here are custom-picked with Minnesota lakes in mind. You can cast these wooly buggers out into the lake and strip them back with varying rates of speed to entice crappies, bluegill, pike or bass and, of course, TROUT, should you be so lucky to fish a lake with trout. The little blue flies are damsel fly imitations to be fished on the surface of the water. Also in this package: Indicators (fly anglers way of saying bobbers) which screw onto your leader and can easily be adjusted to present your fly at different depths. Nippers and a Retractor to hold them. This is an easy way to cut your flies off when changing to a different pattern. Forceps are for removing hooks from tiny mouths or for pinching barbs down. "The Curtis Creek Manifesto"-this book has been the Bible for fly angles since the 1980's! This is a fun book with cartoon illustrations of all things fly fishing. A Deschutes Angler hat and sticker, round out this donations.