"I'd def be up for some fly fishing guidance "
despite the snobbery fly-fishing is not hard! Try online tutorials, then casting ON WATER, on land/grass is quite different and does not help progress.
There are excellent wee streams in Yorkshire which would be a good place to start
http://www.whitbyseaanglers.co.uk/f...ngling-club-fly-fishing-for-brown-trout.3545/
Cheers nic a char , I'll check that out ....