My first was a Brown and Yellow Bee pattern about a size 10 for a back pack trip into the Cohutta Wilderness Area, Georgia, in 1978. Caught a few Brookies on it. I still have it.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Pacres" <pac...@gmail.com> To: <vfb-mail@googlegroups.com> Sent: Friday, December 19, 2008 11:16 AM Subject: [VFB] Re: Your first fly you tied > My first was the ugliest thing ever. I didn't have a pattern to > follow, just tied what I thought a fly should look like. I had not > even started fly fishing, so I was really just guessing. It turned out > to be some sort of Wolly Worm Mutant, and I keep it in a film canister > and when I have a hard time tieing flies, I take a look to see how far > I have come. :) > > > > On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 10:54 AM, Desert Eagle <j...@hdc-nm.com> wrote: >> >> Mine was a "Mudler Minnow", with a west Texas twist, from the pattern in >> "McClain's Standard Fishing Encyclopedia". It caught my very first trout, >> a >> Brown, on the north fork of the south Platt river in Colorado about 1968. >> >> Have several of the decimated kin in my very first fly box, but the first >> was lost to a rock fish along that same river a few days later. >> >> Very fond memories. Thanks for helping me remember. >> Jimi >> USCG ITWPATWT 100% Vet >> >> Here is an interesting question. What was your first fly that you tied? >> Do >> you still have it? Do you still tie that same pattern and use it for >> fishing. >> >> My first fly (I'll have to post a picture of it) was a Mickey Finn >> Streamer >> w/ Peacock tied over the top. I still have it displayed in a case in our >> front room. People once and awhile will ask about it. It was the first >> fly >> that a beginner fly tying kit instructed me to tie. >> >> John Bennett >> Engineer Tech >> W-(801)513-9001 >> F-(801)728-1970 >> E- jcbenn...@lifetime.com >> >> >> > >> > > > > -- > http://flytyer.wordpress.com - The Daily Fly Tyer > http://flyangler.ca - Canadian Fly Fishing > http://flyfishcalgary.com - Calgary Fly Fishing > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
