First fly's

Optiker · January 13, 2011, 9:20pm

Here are my first attempts at tying. Thanks to nikonjedi for giving me a crash course at Charleston Angler Summerville today.

My first - clouser. I know, its pretty fugly

My second - a deceiver. I’m pretty excited about this one

Both will get wet this weekend, hopefully one will get bit too!

2000 SeaPro 180CC w/ Yammy 115 2 stroke
1966 13’ Boston Whaler w/ Merc 25 4 stroke “Flatty”

Capt_Newman · January 13, 2011, 9:26pm

Those look Great!! My first ones looked NOWHERE near as nice as those!!

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Optiker · January 14, 2011, 6:53am

Thanks Capt Newman - I had a really good teacher

2000 SeaPro 180CC w/ Yammy 115 2 stroke
1966 13’ Boston Whaler w/ Merc 25 4 stroke “Flatty”

nikonjedi · January 14, 2011, 7:14am

Hmmmmmm… strong in the ways of the force is this one… keep tying and soon… soon you too will become a Jedi… Good Job Brother… keep at it and don;t be afraid to try anything new. If you see a pattern you like, tie it. Sometimes it takes ya a little bit to figge rout how to put it together but that is half the fun.

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Swampy · January 14, 2011, 5:37pm

I strongly agree with Capt. Newman.

iFly · January 15, 2011, 6:50am

My first clousers were all tied with way too much material. Yours look great… especially for winter. Bait is always skinner in winter.

Speaking of bait, I usually try to tie most flies with a darker back than the belly. Like your deceiver. Not sure if the fish care but, it seems like most bait have darker backs than bellies and it gets transfered to the flies I tie. Your clouser may have this flipped. But, prove my personal superstition wrong and hook up a red on that thing!

You might find that catching a fish on a fly that you tied is even more exciting than catching your first fish on the fly rod was. At least it was for me. Best of luck.

Optiker · January 15, 2011, 8:31am

Thanks for the tips iFly. Yeah, I realized that after thinking about how it would ride in the water with the dumbbell eyes. My intention was to go dark/light as you said.
Last night I tied a version of the deceiver with a weed guard and it turned out pretty good. My thought was that if I drag it real slow over oysters that the guard will keep it from hanging up. We’ll see…

2000 SeaPro 180CC w/ Yammy 115 2 stroke
1966 13’ Boston Whaler w/ Merc 25 4 stroke “Flatty”

Optiker · January 16, 2011, 10:10pm

Fly #2 (above), in mouth of RED!!! Caught 5 today on this fly

2000 SeaPro 180CC w/ Yammy 115 2 stroke
1966 13’ Boston Whaler w/ Merc 25 4 stroke “Flatty”

scotty_d · January 17, 2011, 8:42am

Nice! there’s no better feelin:smiley:

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iFly · January 17, 2011, 9:06am

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Originally posted by Optiker
Fly #2 (above), in mouth of RED!!! Caught 5 today on this fly :)…

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That’s bad! And of course by bad… I mean good.

Good thing you had the colors oriented the right way.

Optiker · January 17, 2011, 9:14am

Thats the only fly I tried today. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it! It looked real good in the water, and without weight, it landed really soft and sank slow - it was a hit with them reds

2000 SeaPro 180CC w/ Yammy 115 2 stroke
1966 13’ Boston Whaler w/ Merc 25 4 stroke “Flatty”

Hokieflyguy · January 17, 2011, 9:10pm

Tie that fly ever thicker and with bucktail and it will sink even slower. Nice job!

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inshore_fisherman · January 20, 2011, 7:31pm

wow! i want to learn to tie flys! but idk where to get a vise and who will teach me?

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