Where did you go for your guide?
What do you want to fish for, trout or other or several species? Start there. Most trout waters in the general area will be far too warm to trout fish until fall or much cooler weather moves in. But largemouth bass in ponds or lakes or smallmouth bass in rivers right now is on fire. We also have saltwater to pursue blues, bass and the like. Where is home for you?
Panfishing is fun with small poppers on a 5 weight. For bass, I like to move up to a 7 weight myself and toss big poppers or deer hair frogs or even streamers. Fly rods are used for every fish species that swims, more or less. Trout are just one of thousands of fish you can chase with the right size rod and reel and line. Realistically, we are looking at September before we are trout fishing local rivers and streams.
I was fortunate enough to have a father that only fly fished. He learned in California where we are both from and he taught me when I was 7. I'm 59 now, so 52 years of fly fishing with about 30 of those nearly 100% on the fly and for any and all species. You are never too old to learn fly fishing. It's finesse over brute strength. Men can be difficult to teach because we're hard wired to use muscles over brains. Women followed by youth are much easier to teach most of the time.
