My first swap was on this site back in 2003-2004. The folks let me in the swap and never said my flies were bad. We all started with tht first turn of the thread. Years later I led some swaps on here (different forum name then) including a swap for first time tiers. It was a lot of fun and all of the flies caught fish. A fine fellow, bassman, and I wrote the "Important Swap Items" on the swap page. So, tie as you will and go from there. Who knows what you will do here, what you will learn and then what you will teach?