It is hard to get over trips like yours, but most of us have had similar experiences. When living in SW VA, I drove up to PA twice to try my hand at steelhead and never even got a bite. That's just the nature of the beast. For what it is worth, Wyoming probably isn't quite the trout mecca you hoped it would be, with rivers overflowing with hungry fish eager to take a fly. Any public access area a fly shop will point you to will have fish that receive extremely high pressure and are very wary to begin with. If you're just starting on the journey and haven't ever fished for really wiley trout, Wyoming is a tough place to get much love. Those fish see flies on perfect drifts, thrown by veteran trout fishermen, day in and day out. Natrona County (pop. 75,000) reported that they sold over 20,000 out of state fishing licenses last year and I'd bet that Teton and Sublette Counties see figures even higher than that. It is discouraging to get skunked, but it is all part of the process. At least you didn't go just for the fishing, but as a side trip to an event you would have gone to either way.
Regarding your friend's desire to dump the long stick all together: if he doesn't appreciate the challenge and isn't motivated by past failures, maybe that's not such a bad choice for him. I had a friend give up fly fishing under similar circumstances of failure, but in his case, his expectations were just too high. You can't just show up in Key West and expect to catch your weight in bonefish when you are just starting out (which was what he did). The same guy gave up golf when he couldn't break 100 his first summer hitting the links. Some folks are just wired that way. Wyoming could be the trip of a lifetime, but if you don't fish for a certain species or in a certain water regularly, you should probably expect your success rate to be extremely low.
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