How 'bout things you wish someone would have told you when you were starting out?

[herefishy]

My nymphs look so much better since I started making the thoraxes fatter - I think I noticed that, but just never paid attention to how to get there. Anyone else?

[pittendrigh]

Fly tiers anonymous.

[NewTyer 1]

x2 I should have taken up gambling

[NJTroutbum]

That 95% of everything included in all fly tying "kits" is useless.

[rainbowchaser]

The only rule is that it has to fool the fish!

[Byron haugh]

Smartest question ever posted.
Buy the best equipment/gear you can possibly afford so you aren't always wishing you had better equipment / materials. It does make a difference - especially in materials, and most especially in hackle.

[Allan]

That I would spend(in $s) what I've spent, have the volumous collection of books, materials and 'stuff' that I have, tye 1000 times more flies then I'll ever use and most of them will be ones that I won't use and not enough of those that I will use, but I'll have a great time and enjoy most all the time spent doing this.

Allan

[Fly Goddess]

That 95% of everything included in all fly tying "kits" is useless.

I guess I found the two kits someone should have told you about... I wish someone had told me to not sale my Scott Eclipse rod.....

[chewydog]

That fly fishing is all about tying knots, not catching fish.

Plus, X2 what Allan said.

[Tig]

Learning to cast with a level line is about as frustrating as it gets. Since this is under fly tying I should add something about that. Sooo I wish someone had told me about buying materials only for the flies I want to tie instead of just buying materials because it looks so cool. I probably could have saved several hundreds of dollars (or more)