Flying trout man

Hi FTM, Welcome, and you are off to a pretty good start. Yes, I do recommend picking a not too difficult fly pattern and tying many to improve. I would concentrate on proportions. On the dry flies, Tail=length of hook shank, from right behind the eye to the start of the hook gap bend. Wings = 2 times the hook gap, and hackle = 1 1/2 times the hook gap length. Pick a fly that you find interesting and want to have in your fly box, your current patterns will catch fish, so have some fun. Keep posting too.

 

Cheers, Futzer

Futzer, thanks for the advice. Question, on the tail it is the length on the shank, Is that where I start to tie or is it from the end of the bend on the hook?

Mark

I am new to the forum and have been reading the posts for beginners and from what I am understanding it that I should tie nothing but one fly until I get it right....is that correct? What would you suggest that I start with? I guess that I will post a few that I have already tied and looks like a 2 yr old tied...lol.

Thanks for any help that you can offer.