First of all, congratulations on your new hobby and first fish. Here in the Louisville area, check out the Derby City Fly Fishers at www.derbycityflyfishers.com. They have monthly meetings which often involve casting and teaching. Usually, some of the experienced guys will give short lessons to anyone who wants one. Also, JCPS Adult Education has a beginning fly fishing class taught by Gerry McDaniel a member of DCFF who holds a line-class record for stripers on a fly. I just took the class this spring and learned a ton. The class probably won't be offered again until the fall, but you can go to JCPSKY.net and click on "community" then Adult Ed for their current schedule. I've only been fly fishing for about a year. most I've caught have been bluegills, but I've landed a bunch of bass (up to 3lbs) on those cheap bluegill poppers. for starters, I'd get small poppers and size 8 wooly buggers for bluegills, then some bigger wooly buggers for bass. I don't use a strike indicator in the slack water we have around Louisville. As far as trout flies, I'll defer to the previous posts.