The First Fly I Ever Tied

4 Responses

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  Mike D.

  January 7, 2010 at 2:34 pm

  Bet it caught fish. When I taught tying in years past, the first lesson I offered my students was that ugly flies catch fish. Oftentimes, ugly flies catch more and better fish than do their pretty cousins. Hope you still have that fly.

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  Alex

  January 7, 2010 at 2:43 pm

  I never fished it. It’s laying around somewhere, I’ll have to dig it out and rephotograph it one of these days.

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  Mike D.

  January 7, 2010 at 3:54 pm

  You’ll want to show that to your kids someday. Hold on to it. Better yet, go fish it, catch something with a large kype, and then put it away for safe-keeping.

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  lykos33

  January 7, 2010 at 5:31 pm

  at least you knew and could tell what kind of fly it was…my first was just a gathering of materials tied on a hook. it had no legitimate name or right to be called a “fly”. thanks to ftf at least i realize how bad it was….