MY VERY FIRST FLY!!!!!!!!!

[logy 0]

tell me what you think!

[Hot Tuna 0]

Sung to the tune of Welcome to the Jungle by Guns and Roses:

"Welcome to the jungle.

You tied your first fly.

Think you're saving money...you won't!

Let me tell you why.

You'll need everything you see....

Materials ain't free.

If you've got the money...

JStockard's ready to please!"

 

BTW...Great first try.

Hot Tuna

[logy 0]

The only problem is that some of the feathers for the tail rotated

[ratfacedmcdougal 0]

That looks a lot better than my first fly Logy!! My first fly was so ugly when I threw it out it came back and hit me in the eye... the &^%%$ fish had thrown it back!

Its common for beginners to have tail feather rotate at first. Try what's called a "loose loop". Holding the feathers on top of the hook shank with your one hand bring your first loop of thread around but dont pull it tight, instead keep it loose and lightly pull it straight down instead of trying to wrap, this will secure the feathers on top. The second wind you can wind as normal.

[xspook2158 0]

Logy

 

It was a good first fly.

 

You already knew you were unhappy due to the tail rotation, that is good that you can see your mistakes. There was one time that I was so happy with a fly I tied and showed it to a friend while at stream side. Then he started pointing out all the mistakes with the fly, then continued to tell me that if he was me he would take it back to the place I bought it.

 

Ouch, I am glad I didnt tell him, Look at what I tied.

 

So at times we all miss a few things.

 

This room is good at giving advise to to those that asked, there are a lot of fly tying enperience in this room.

 

You will enjoy it.

 

Jeff

[Hot Tuna 0]

Excellent advice from ratface but I highly doubt the fish are going to say "Look at that rotated tail!"...the late great Gary LaFontaine used to have a saying about flytying..."the general principles of roughness and ugliness".

That's not to say you shouldn't tie for perfection if that is what you're after.

Keep up the good albeit slightly rotated work!

Hot Tuna

PS Make sure to save that fly after you get your first fish on it.

[camoham 0]

yep,

 

welcome to the obsession. like ive said before, this hobby and website should come with a warning and disclaimer

 

hang onto the first fly..............

 

keep on tyin'

 

camoham

[logy 0]

 

hang onto the first fly..............

 

 

 

 

ROFL.. i went fishing today out on a pier and i got it stuck on a conapy of a boat already..

[zip 0]

:hyst: Nice fly-have you ever tried taking up bowling? :j_k: I expect to see some good flies come from you since thats your first!Welcome to the addiction!

[HuntingTurkeys 0]

Tie one just like it (rotated tail and all) in black and brown. If it doesn't catch a bass I'll eat my shorts!

 

I've had a lot of luck fishing baits like that in creeks and ponds both. As a variation you can place a weight near the eye and the small mouth will go nuts over it thinking is a crawdad.

[logy 0]

Here are a couple more I tied. clouser minnow and bentback

[millerwb 0]

logy,

 

I think those look pretty good and will likely catch fish.

 

I like my clousers a bit more on the sparse side when I tie them. I would use maybe 1/2 the amount of hair that you used, especially on the white. I end up using less material and they catch fish just as well.

 

Brian

[logy 0]

Thanks for the tip. I did not know how much hair to use.

[Skip48 0]

This may help since it is videos of Bob Clouser tying his Clouser Minnow.

 

CLOUSER MINNOW

 

http://www.flyfisherman.com/ftb/TyingClouserMinnow1.wmv

http://www.flyfisherman.com/ftb/Tyin...ow2address.wmv

http://www.flyfisherman.com/ftb/ClouserEpoxyaddress.wmv

 

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