My First Fly

[YugoSpice]

So I bit the bullet and bought some fly tying tools last night. I tried making a "Chromie" from Phil Rowley's book but didn't like how it turned out. So I took the basic technique and made a chironimid based on the colors that I've seen around my local pothole lakes near Edmonton. I ditched the flashbou and figured the green copper rib (Dollar store for the win!) and metal beadhead would add enough flash, as well as the added white at the butt. Anyways, this is my first attempt at my own fly. To me it looks fairly real. Any suggestions? The only thing I would do different is use less peacock at the head. Other than that I think I should catch fish with this thing. I'll try it out later in the evening. Should be a good feeling catching a fish on something I made myself. But I shouldn't count my chickens before they're hatched .

 

Cheers,

 

-Joe

 

[DutchDryfly]

If that is your first fly, I have to say it is the best first fly I have ever seen.

I don't think catching fish with it will be a problem.

 

Rob

[Weedy1]

Any suggestions?

 

Yes, keep up the good work! Nice fly. Don't worry too much about the herl, it will get wet and not look so bulky.

[YugoSpice]

Thank guys! I'm quite proud too. I was always so scraed of taking the leap and doing it myself but this is the only way to go. It's so addicting too. I just wanna keep tying all night.

[SanJuanWorm]

Very nice. It'll fish. Keep it up. I wish a lot more people on this board would get into tying. Perhaps sooner or later they will come to the dark side.

[cheeler]

Looks 1,000,000,000 times better than my first attempt.

[EvilWeevil]

no doubt my first atempt was this big scary lookin wooley bugger kinda thing lol actually my first ten attempts were beyond words

 

nice tie there yugo spice !

[flyangler]

I said "wow" out loud when I saw it. Good work!

[YugoSpice]

Thanks for the kind words. It really pushes me to do more . The hook turned out great. I went out to a local lake tonight and on my very fist cast, landed this little rainbow. Second cast, same result. Was a great evening of fishing! I thought I was addicted to fishing before, but now this is a whole new realm! Thanks to everyone on this board for inspiring me. I have been a lurker for a long time (on the old FFA board) following all of you crazy fly tyers.

 

Cheers,

 

Joe

 

[lonefisher]

WOW thats a great tie good work and nice rainbow too by the way.

[Pipes]

On down side, you will now be addicted to spending countless hours in front of the vise.

Oh yeah, awesome fly. My first fly is....well....let's not talk about it.

[Guest bigbadbrent]

nothing better then catching fish on ur own creations....well done..

[admin]

Wow, Great looking fly. The mods you made were dead on. You get it, and the results speak for themselves.

[Shuck]

I have a question about these types of flys im new fly fishing. So how would you fish this fly?

[regdunlop]

I have a question about these types of flys im new fly fishing. So how would you fish this fly?

Do a search on this site for an article on chironomid fishing techniques by MissinTheBow. Great info. Other info can be found if you Google Phil Rowley and / or Brian Chan, they have excellent articles on stillwater fishing techniques.

[Lawrence]

Once you start tying, your whole world pretty much goes to fly fishing! *L*

Head out fishing and see a nymph and then you'll be at the vise that night!

go out shopping and you'll find yourself looking at stuff that you can use for tying!

Its on now dude!! Congrats on the tie!

[hydropsyche]

If that is your first fly, I have to say it is the best first fly I have ever seen.

 

I have to agree. Great proportions for a first fly. I expect to see great ties from you in the furture.

[brewingup]

i started buying tying tools today. I still need to get a vice ($$) and a few other things. I can't wait to start tying flies and am even more inspired now having read this post!!

For anyone else I found this really good tutorial for beginners online:

 

http://www.flyanglersonline.com/flytying/beginners/

 

let's do it!!

[gravelman]

http://www.westfly.com/patterns/patterns.shtml

not step by step but once you get your basics its a good site