On Feb 11, 11:20*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

It was a concoction called a Squash Bug. About a size 10, I think.
Orange wool body, with a dark feather tied flat over the back. I think
it had brown hackle fibers for a tail, but I'm not sure. I was 12 at
the time, fishing a small brook near the center of the town of Ware,
MA. The fish was a brookie , (likely a stockie), of about 8", and I
didn't catch another on a fly until the next season. The year was 1953.