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One of my first ever:

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I'll follow up with a picture of a Kilnkhamer to demonstrate the parachute and fly integrity process!

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Hi Dart, I wish I could show you my first fly, it was a black gnat, and about a 12, but it was 1968. Long gone. Second fly I think was a caddis pupae using a rubberband. Dear lord, thousands of bugs later, so many memories. I remember staring at the bins of flies at the Denver company, and oohing the impregnated bamboo rods in the Orvis catalog, all long before I could cast a bamboo fly rod. I do remember my first flyrod caught fish. Trickle park res in Western CO, a cutthroat, about 13 inches, cruising the shallows near dusk, a size 12 White Wulff and only 3 casts. I will never forget that evening. I could tell my dad was concerned, at the time I did not know why. Guess it was his prized Orvis rod in the hands of a 7 or 8 year old. I remember having the confidence of a adult with that rod.... Only recently did I remember that feeling, I do remember throwing a good loop and about 25 feet of line on a 9 footish leader.

 

Cheers, Jeff.

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This is one of my first ones, tied a little over a year ago (I keep it in a drawer in a small plastic hook box.)

Followed by my last effort.

 

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Mike

 

Now that's just showing off Mike :P

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with good instruction manuals and a little help from experienced tiers (i.e. forums like this....well, just this one) even the self taught tier can whip out masterpieces with a little practice , a willingness to take a little criticism / advice, and a desire to understand the techniques . I learn something new everyday.

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with good instruction manuals and a little help from experienced tiers (i.e. forums like this....well, just this one) even the self taught tier can whip out masterpieces with a little practice , a willingness to take a little criticism / advice, and a desire to understand the techniques . I learn something new everyday.

Yep. I never want people to "be nice" about my ties. Of course, I like it when others appreciate my ties (which I haven't even been posting many of), but I like it even more when an expert takes the time to help me correct the little things. If I ever get to a point where I'm not improving in this hobby, I'll probably be done. Fortunately, I don't see that day coming.

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with good instruction manuals and a little help from experienced tiers (i.e. forums like this....well, just this one) even the self taught tier can whip out masterpieces with a little practice , a willingness to take a little criticism / advice, and a desire to understand the techniques . I learn something new everyday.

Hear, hear! I gotta admit a flaw of my personality, I'm a little blunt and sometimes confrontational in my advise to people... I guess you could call it a full personality? At any rate, if some advise I give sounds harsh, take it as the opposite, I don't mean it that way! Hell, I'm not even experienced enough to be giving the advise I'm giving but what can I do?

 

Anyways, I like seeing the newest tiers develop - I like seeing me develop! Anything worth doing is worth doing well and everything good takes time!

 

Now to get that Klinkhamer photographed... which people may know is not my forte.

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Now that's just showing off Mike :P

 

 

ain't it, 'tho :rolleyes:

 

 

I'll have to agree....just showing off... lol

 

 

 

Dudes! Is this pick on Mike time or what? You guys are mean. :butt: :hypocrite:

 

 

 

Mike

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Here's one I tied a couple of days ago. I call it the Crazy Redhorse after the redhorse minnow (a.k.a. red shiner).

 

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