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Offline McCRIZZLEY

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First Flies
« on: March 10, 2014, 11:29:53 PM »
Tied my first flies tonight... Like I needed another hobby  :rolleyes:

Thanks again to Kenzmad for the free setup!


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Re: First Flies
« Reply #1 on: March 11, 2014, 10:38:17 PM »
Nice looking flies! 

That Kenzman guy, he's a fine chap.

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Re: First Flies
« Reply #2 on: March 11, 2014, 10:42:39 PM »
I made some more tonight, starting to look a little neater.

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Re: First Flies
« Reply #3 on: March 12, 2014, 04:16:34 PM »
Keep at it!

When I lived in Seattle for school I used to wander into Roy Patrick's fly shop on Eastlake. His advice for a beginning tyer was something like "Always tie a pattern, no matter what". And I think that's great advice. That way you have something planned, and when you're done you have something to compare it too. I really liked to "freestyle" and just wrapped cool feathers on hooks- but I know I progressed a lot faster when I started sticking to known patterns. Plenty of time to experiment/create after your skills are up. My :twocents:
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Re: First Flies
« Reply #4 on: March 12, 2014, 09:43:53 PM »
Good advice. Never thought of it that way.

Haha it took me 4 flies before I started goofing off...

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Re: First Flies
« Reply #5 on: March 12, 2014, 10:00:25 PM »
Nice looking flies! 

That Kenzman guy, he's a fine chap.

 :yeah: Just hoping he will take me to catch some salmon this fall!

 


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