Finally got a fly tying setup

[slivers86]

Finally purchased a fly tying kit today, with a lot of quality items. Can't wait to receive it on tuesday.

So what was everyones first fly they ever tied?

[Lazerloop]

A good first fly to start off with would be a "bugger," easy to tie and effective. Not much for materials either. some marabou, dubbing or channel and a hackle. Good to go.

[FisherGrrrl]

mine was a prince nymph.. also a pretty easy one.. then a simple backswimmer

[honker_clonker]

Size 4 elk hair caddis.

[fishstix]

Size 4 elk hair caddis.

Ha ha! Thats one big caddis! My first fly was the werner shrimp.

[Toirtis]

After more than three decades, I am surprised that I remember, it was a Grey Wulff....I remember it looking pretty magnificent, but it was probably pretty awful, lol.

Recently, my fiancee started tying...she took all of a couple of hours to start turning out some pretty tight wooly buggers.

[biggamehunter]

Mine was a black ghost

[densa44]

It wasn't that great but it worked, I have used elk hair for just about everything ever since. Great stuff.

[dcutter]

Griffith's Gnat

[RiverCityRebel]

Woolly Bugger was the first thing that actually resembled a living creature. I remember spending evenings while camping experimenting with all sorts of materials from my dad's kit.

[happyfisher]

prince nymph....still got a wack of everything to tie flies....but now lazy.....i just buy them.....

[Lornce]

Royal Coachman in 1963, been a great hobby and at times a career.

[tacklerunner]

Royal Coachman as well. Hackle and feathers from the neighbours chicken coop. Red and black thread form my mom's sewing baskets. Some peacock herl from those fancy feathers in vases in the 70's. Used brown feathers for the tail. No pheasants around. Stripped beaten up flies and re-used the hooks. And some clear nails polish. Dad came home with a vice and and some hackle pliers one day he was given and that's where it started. Aquired some toenail scissors and manufactered some other tools out of nails. Also tied up some mosquitos as well. Many variations based on supplies.

They all worked and did this for a year and a half until I received a grizzly hackle, brown hackle and some thread for my 12th birthday. Cut a lot of lawns to buy materials from that point on.

[MissFlyfishing]

San Juan wire-worm then Double Bunny
:sHa_shakeshout:

[Toirtis]

Royal Coachman in 1963, been a great hobby and at times a career.

Ha...that was #2 for me....but a full 16 years after yours.

[Kingfisher]

Way to go.
I knew you would take the plunge sooner or later.
Congratulations. Welcome to the addiction.

My first fly was a wooly worm. Then a tom thumb. Both looked like crap. I think I remember catching fish on the tom thumb.

Rob