1st fly you tied ?

[Black Ghost]

Here is one of mine, a Polar Shrimp tied in the winter of 1980 when I was living in South Bend, Indiana and just starting to fly fish michigan salmon and steelhead. Was relocated to South Bend in late 79 from NJ by my company.

Back then all I had to guide me were some Fly Fisherman magazine articles on fly tying, no internet, not a lot of books showing detailed fly tying photo steps, no videos, no internet. Trial and error methodology it was eventually after a year or so my tying got better

Pretty crude isn't it, bet it could still catch a salmon or steelhead though. That ribbing is my black thread. LOL

Was cleaning out one of my fly walletts and found this one, thought I had lost all of these years ago in Michigan rivers. She is permanently retired now that I have found her again.

BG

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