I got some goodies for Christmas.

*Renzetti "the Apprentise" vice.
*Fly Tying for Beginners book by Peter Gathercole (seems very good)
*Tying Jack Dennis' Favorite Flies DVD (its very good, I already watched it, but its a double DVD and there is a duplicate episode of "Amy's Special" on both DVD's)
*A few tools (scissors, hackle plier, bobbin, whipfinisher rotable), and a kit full of various hair/feathers/wire/etc/etc that seems to be exactly what was used in the Jack Dennis DVD.
*Golden Pheasant Complete Head (that is cool)

I don't know the how good everything is but seems like an ample setup for a beginner.