Who Remembers their first fly rod caught trout?

[JimBob]

Who Remembers their first fly rod caught trout?
Mine was 40 years ago, a 12-inch stocked rainbow, on a fly I tied myself, a big thrill for me. I also caught another that same day, both released.
Once that occurred, I had enough confidence to make fly fishing my main method.
I still fish that same spot, because it holds some great memories for me.

[okflyfisher]

My Dad and I caught a lot of brook trout when i was young dunking worms and minnows. I was 11 or 12 when i started fly fishing - fly tying . i remember the first time catching brookies on a fan wing royal coachman dry fly I had tied. They would jump over the fly and take it on the way down... simply amazing!

[gerri]

I clearly remember my first fly rod fish but it wasn't a trout. It was a bluegill along the Maryland portion of the C&O canal. I still have the rod ... a 2piece metal thing about 9 ft long marked union hardware. I have no idea what line weight was on the improvised reel.
Gerri

[FishnDave]

I remember. July 8, 2010. Caught 8 of them from a lake.

[NJTroutbum]

My first fly caught fish was a Bluegill. On a Parmachene Belle wet fly. Caught about 12 of them and a couple small bass that day. Right about 42 years ago. First trout was late that same year...a stocked Rainbow on a Cow Dung wet fly.

[Silver Creek]

It was a 16" trout from the Firehole River on a Gary Borger Strip Leech.