My First Fly

[Jay Wirth]

Aside from tiny jigs and bucktail streamers I have never tried tying an actual fly pattern. This is my fifth attempt of the evening at a Black Ghost. I didnt have any Jungle Cock but used some black hackle tips in their place.

What do you'all think?

View attachment 6
View attachment 4
View attachment 5

 

[Jig Man]

Looks a lot better than mine would...

:icon14::icon14:

 

[AtticaFish]

Looks good to me - i tend to lay a thin coat of thread seal (nail polish) over the tinsel ribbing just to be safe for patterns like that. It will get bit, has the correct profile!

 

[Pup]

Nice-looking fly. Well tied. :icon14:

 

[StumpHunter]

Nice work and it look very good for your first fly tying session.

 

[redman]

Mr Jay you need to post a few pictures of your streamers. Very nice Black Ghost like the way you wrap the head. Two thumbs up.

Redman

 

[Jay Wirth]

Thanks all for the kind words.

I could only find a couple picts of my streamers on this computer. The bucktail streamers are pretty simple compared to some of the flies some guys tie. I tied the black ghost for a fella at work who was pretty impressed. I lived five years in the heart of the Catskills and during that time never got into fly fishing - The problem of my misspent youth.


View attachment 9

 

[redman]

Mr. Jay a misspent youth??? No just a experience that hasn't been done yet. I have done a lot of things in my life and still have a lot that I want to do. At 65 I still want to learn and do different things. I want to use ever ounce of energy right up until the last minute. Never give up , never do less than you are capable of doing. All ways do the best that you can do.

Redman

 

[LedHed]

Excellent work fantastic tyes.

 

[Jay Wirth]

So I have spent a couple weeks practicing. Once I thought I made a decent fly I actually read some directions in popular tying books and checked out a couple YouTube videos. This was a mistake and I found the next few I tied looked useable but awful. After a couple dozen Black Ghost I purchased a Mickey Finn from a local Orvis and attempted to copy that. All have been tied using a Mustad Limerick #8 hook. In this photo the top fly in each column are Orvis bought. Here are the results:
View attachment 7
My Black Ghost attempt #22 - 24, My Mickey Finn attempt #1 - 3

 

[Pup]

Inspiring. May tie some flies myself soon. Great-looking ties Jay.

 

[StumpHunter]

Nice set of flies.

 

[RebornTC]

These are real nice and they would crush the walleye up north.

Thanks all for the kind words.

I could only find a couple picts of my streamers on this computer. The bucktail streamers are pretty simple compared to some of the flies some guys tie. I tied the black ghost for a fella at work who was pretty impressed. I lived five years in the heart of the Catskills and during that time never got into fly fishing - The problem of my misspent youth.