On Feb 12, 3:20*am, riverman wrote:
Anyone remember the first self-tied fly that they ever caught a fish
on?

Mine was a #16 Adams in a stocked pond in South Africa. Sloppy wings,
although they were the best I could do, and the body was grey/green
with coch-y-bonddu hackle. Textbook stalk and cast, and a fat 14"
trout saw it land near the school, and took it smoothly. It all felt
so...natural.. *I still have the fly, and if it weren't for the fact
that it was my first catch, I'd be embarassed at how poorly it was
tied.

*Anyone else?

--riverman

Down and across presentation of a poorly dressed black seals fur
nymph, #10, Acheron River, for a 10" Brown. I don't have that fly,
but do have equally well tied flies of the same vintage that are apart
of some big fish memories.

Steve