First Fly??

I have been an avid tyer for a number of years. What would you suggest
for the beginner as his/her first fly?? I started years ago and my
first was the "Wooly Worm". Thanks!! Mike

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One of the reasons you started with a wooly worm is that it is a fly that is
"tied in the round". There is no top or bottom. For beginners, I would
recommend any of this type fly. Wooly buggers, and many nymphs like a
Muskrat, caddis pupae, etc.

"Mike Bernardoni" wrote

I have been an avid tyer for a number of years. What would you suggest
for the beginner as his/her first fly?? I started years ago and my
first was the "Wooly Worm". Thanks!! Mike

"E-Z Nymph" ... It was my first fly and even I didn't manage to screw it up


http://www.flyanglersonline.com/flyt...ers/part7.html

Cheers!

ary

Dave, Thanks for responding. I am definitely not a troll. I post from time to
time and ask questions. Start questions. I have been in several swaps on the
newsgroup. {:O) The reason I posted the "First Fly" topic was for the benefit
of the gentleman that just got his fly-tying kit. It appears he tied the "E-Z
Nymph". Thanks!!
Mike Bernardoni

DaveMohnsen wrote:

"Mike Bernardoni" wrote in message
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I have been an avid tyer for a number of years. What would you suggest
for the beginner as his/her first fly?? I started years ago and my
first was the "Wooly Worm". Thanks!! Mike

http://www.rockybranchoutfitters.com/rockybranch/

Grab your pig’s feet, bread, and gin,
there’s plenty in the kitchen.
I wonder what the poor people are eating
tonight?
Albert J."Fats" Waller



DaveMohnsen wrote:

"Mike Bernardoni" wrote in message
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I have been an avid tyer for a number of years. What would you suggest
for the beginner as his/her first fly?? I started years ago and my
first was the "Wooly Worm". Thanks!! Mike

Mike,
When I was doing this teaching of the fly stuff, I started with a woolly
bugger. Heh . . .heh . . .yesterday I started responding to this post with
teaching objectives for a woolly bugger. I quit after about half an hour.
Too much stuff. If you are really interested, and aren't just trolling
around, email me, and I'll certainly look at it . . . from one" avid" tier
to another.
DaveMohnsen
Denver
( not that much smart, but experienced

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Grab your pig’s feet, bread, and gin,
there’s plenty in the kitchen.
I wonder what the poor people are eating
tonight?
Albert J."Fats" Waller

Dave, Thanks for responding. I am definitely not a troll. I post from time to
time and ask questions. Start questions. I have been in several swaps on the
newsgroup. {:O) The reason I posted the "First Fly" topic was for the benefit
of the gentleman that just got his fly-tying kit. It appears he tied the "E-Z
Nymph". Thanks!!
Mike Bernardoni


Mike,
When I was doing this teaching of the fly stuff, I started with a woolly
bugger. Heh . . .heh . . .yesterday I started responding to this post with
teaching objectives for a woolly bugger. I quit after about half an hour.
Too much stuff. If you are really interested, and aren't just trolling
around, email me, and I'll certainly look at it . . . from one" avid" tier
to another.
DaveMohnsen
Denver
( not that much smart, but experienced

--
http://www.rockybranchoutfitters.com/rockybranch/

Grab your pig’s feet, bread, and gin,
there’s plenty in the kitchen.
I wonder what the poor people are eating
tonight?
Albert J."Fats" Waller

Great...Practice and practice tying it. When you are satisfied. Move on to
something else. {:O) Mike

Anthony wrote:

Well, dove in yesterday during my recovery of the ol stomach bug.
After deciding what pattern to try first thanks to the help of ROFF.

"E-Z Nymph" ... It was my first fly and even I didn't manage to screw it up


http://www.flyanglersonline.com/flyt...ers/part7.html

A good choice, but why do that call that a nymph rather than a
soft-hackle wet?

vince

On Wed, 09 Feb 2005 21:00:25 -0500, vincent p. norris wrote:

"E-Z Nymph" ... It was my first fly and even I didn't manage to screw it up


http://www.flyanglersonline.com/flyt...ers/part7.html

A good choice, but why do that call that a nymph rather than a
soft-hackle wet?

Because "E-Z Soft-Hackle Wet" doesn't have a ring to it? ;-)

Mike Bernardoni wrote in message ...
I have been an avid tyer for a number of years. What would you suggest
for the beginner as his/her first fly?? I started years ago and my
first was the "Wooly Worm". Thanks!! Mike

Woollys of various type often seem to be suggested as a good beginners flys
I think a GP nymph is as good as anything. In my case it was a pair #10
Black seal's fur nymph. Ugly spuds that nevertheless caught fish.

Steve

vincent p. norris wrote:
"E-Z Nymph" ... It was my first fly and even I didn't manage to screw
it up

http://www.flyanglersonline.com/flyt...ers/part7.html

A good choice, but why do that call that a nymph rather than a
soft-hackle wet?

vince

What about a 'Black Spider'

Black whisks for the tail, black thread for the body and black hackle, hen
for a wet fly cock for a dry.

Add a silver rib and a body of seal fur and it becomes a 'Williams.'

Change the whisks for red floss or wool,loose the seal fur, add wet fly
wings and it is a 'Blae and Black'

Use black chenille, loose the wings and palmer the hackle and it is a
'Wolly Bugger'

Black whisks, black chenille on the rear two thirds add yellow for the
front without the rib palmered with the black hackle and it becomes a
'Montana Nymph'

And all this started from a simple 'Black Spider'



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