Hey Fly Tiers...What's In The Vise?

[NYtrout27]

I just started tying this spring.  I'll never forget the first fish on a fly I tied.  It was a small 10" brown on a size 14 bead head prince nymph.  I was out in the rain fishing alone.  Just a great feeling!

[trapper2000]

very  cool    first  fish on a  fly  was a  white  perch   

[fishing mechanic]

RG....your tying skills continue to evolve! Impressive my friend.

[rgfixit]

Thanks Lance,
It's what we humans do.......evolve.

Well......most of us anyway

My first fish on a fly was a rock bass.

RG

[trapper2000]

those  darn  rock bass!!!!!

[drowndin dots]

     Mine was a brookie up by the sportsmans club in Highmarket . Pops used to belong to a hunting club up there , and we used to go up there in the fall before the season opened to do wood . I got it on a san juan worm , Dad kept the pic in his wallet for years ....... I'd love to see that memory again  .... i seem to remember a res. up that way with a big dam , below the dam used to produce rainbows as memory serves I'm gonna have to take a lil trip down memory lane sometime .

[Stormy_NY]

First fish on a fly .... 17" Brown Trout on the Beaverkill during a Spinner fall ...... I hooked the whole pod that was there that night and that Hooked me for life.

[MoreTroutPls]

My first on fly I tied myself happened the first week of December. We had just had a 4" snowfall that was fast melting dropping the river to about 33 degrees.  At least it felt that way to my wader clad legs.  This was before neoprene waders.   I cast my Hornberg next a line of bushes on the river's edge and a 10" brown trout took the fly off the surface before it had a chance to break the surface tension. 

That was 31 years ago.  I'm still tieing and still enjoying fly fishing.  I'm now volunteering at a local VA hospital teaching veterans how to tie flies.

[rgfixit]

What a first class way to pay it forward Moertrout. To me, it's a fly fisher's imperative to pass along the joys of tying and fly fishing.

I like the "first fish on a fly" theme.

RG

[fishgalore]

tying  your  own  flies   adds a  new   side  to fishing  ,  nothing  better  then a  good  take  on your  own  fly!  it  becomes a  extension  of  your  fishing ,you seem the  type  that will truely enjoy  it  ...  good  luck  and  if  you need any help  with anything  let us  know   

Here's some pics of some recent work. My first fish on a fly was a small native colorful  Brookie in early Spring on a tiny midge and then a bead head caddis puppa. Both flies landed me about 9 trout that day all under 14". Some Rainbows were mixed in and a creek chubb too!

[H.T.]

ahhhhhhhh the top 4 fly s in that first picture might work 

[trapper2000]

estaz   was   the   thing  when  it  came  out  man  it  makes  a  fly  sparkle  doesn't  it  !   very  nice    ,  steelies  will love  em

[NYtrout27]

Tied up a couple more tube flies tonight.  I have limit supplies with me at work so I am using a lot of the same colors. First one is an olive & black intruder with peacock herl instead of ostrich. I'm not sure how this will swim yet. The 2nd one is using some purple bait fish emulator with a collar of ostrich the one of marabou with a sonic cone to finish it off. The sonic cone is not weighted but has holes in it to let water thru it to work the marabou.  It swims very nice.  I can't wait to try this one out. 

[trapper2000]

more  day  dreaming  then  tying   but  i  thing    some  glow  bugs  are   in  order

[NYtrout27]

I need to replenish my glu bug, estaz and steelhead stone fly selection.  I didn't bring any hooks to work with me tho  .