You're telling me that making it harder to cast for the average person for the first time is better in the long run? When im teaching people how to cast, they need to have the best chance at success to keep them interested. Casting that 10 dollar walmart special is not going to be easier to cast then a 40-70 dollar rio mainstream or gold line. Im not saying buy a 500 dollar new technology rod and reel for your first time, im saying dropping another 50-60 bucks on a line to cast on that 100 dollar TFO that will last you 3-5 years if you take good care of it is advantageous.
For people that want to try and try again until they succeed (which it seems like you were that kind of person) which is a good thing! You will learn with that walmart line eventually and you're probably a better fly fisherman because of it. But for the majority of people that take up fly fishing, they try it a couple of times by themselves, get frustrated with not being able to get more then 20' of line out and then give up. Then that 200 dollar tfo rod, reel, junk line beginner setup they bought just sits in the garage. This sounds counter intuitive with spending more money on a fly line thats more expensive and MIGHT sit in the garage forever if you still cant cast, but its a risk some beginners should be willing to take. A better line will shorten that learning curve.
If its a financial thing, to not be able to spend that 50-60 dollars on a fly line, you've picked the wrong fishing method.
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