definently start out with bream and bass on a small pond where its easy to find them.....there youll learn to cast without worrying about mending etc on moving water....and theres not branches and the such to get in the way...just watch your back cast incase theres brush or trees behind you....a 5 or 6weight rod and line is perfect as others have said....i bought a combo at walmart made by pflueger for 40$...rod...reel...line...and a few flies....i would stray away...the rod is terrible....its seriously a tapered wooden dowelrod..and the line is flat...it barely ever floated....and casted like crap....you can get a cheap reel for like 20 bucks...all it does is holds line...occassionally fight fish if you hook something that wants to put up a fight...most fish i can play on the rod and pull them in on the line...just keep it tight and keep tension on the fish.....cortland makes good line fairly cheap as said..i bought cortland Fairplay for like 20$...buy weightforward as said....and dont forget backing...its fairly cheap.....i think 100yd spool will work....tie it on the reel and wind it on....then tie te line and backing together with a good knot..and reel that on....for leaders...id agree that any piece of mono will work for bass and bream..4 or 6lb mono should be fine....only need 8-10foot at a time or so....theres many ways to attach leader to the line....special knots...the metal peg that goes in the line as said....and cortland sells loops...i been using those and love them...tough as can be...its like...braided mono..snake it onto the line and heat a shrinking tube onto the end of it...and it doesnt go anywhere...tie the leader right to the loop...simple..i like them...for flies for bass and bream....poppers and such work good...but my favorite is running wolly buggers and streamers through the water....cast them out a little passed likely spots...let it get down to where the fish should be..and strip it back in by pulling 6 inches of line or so..feel a fish tug back lift the rod and hold the line tight to set the hook.....flyfishing is a blast...but can be very overwhelming....i can catch bass and bream fine......i can cast fine.....but it wasnt till this year i got into troutfishing good....now im addicted....trout fishing is a whole diffrent ball game...you can keep it simple and take a few fish here and there.....but you will soon find yourself studying bugs..trying to find flies to match them....ahhhhh it can be frustrating! lol......then you gota learn to mend line and keep a good drift on moving water....presentation is more important....and figuring out what they are eating can kill you at first lol.....me and a good flyfishermen can fish they SAME nypmhs all day....and i wont catch a fish...meanwhile he will pound them....i can fish them all except nymphs...wolly buggers and san juan worms are still my favorite...speaking of san juan worms...bream should tear them up!