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    Here are some of my first flies. Constructive criticsm is welcomed.

    Baybum
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    You are off to a great start! My first flies looked like complete garbage!

    Your pictures turned out really good too!!
    David Merical
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    You DO look like you're off to a good start!! Just watch, carefully, the materials crowding the eye. It can be a pain to get to the stream, and not be able to get the tippet through the eye!
    Trouts don't live in ugly places.

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    They look great! The real test will come when you fish them, but I don't think you'll have a problem getting takers. I especially like your foam beetle.

    Nice job!
    Trout don't speak Latin.

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    Very Nice,

    When I mess up and crowd the eye, I use a very fine dubbing needle, (bead needle stuck in a cork) heat it to a red hot and burn out the eye. not as nice as tying it right but better than cutting the fly apart with a razor blade and starting over.

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    Great flies! I started putting rubber legs on the same beetle pattern, just a bit larger, and in yellow.........bass & crappie love 'em....................ModocDan

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    Maybe you should come over and tie my flies................
    Good fishing technique trumps all.....wish I had it.

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    Yours look way better than my first flies. Keep up the good work.

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    Thank y'all for the compliments.

    I have been running some line through the eye when I am done, just to clear out any cement or make sure I can get a line through. I need to focus more on not crowding the eye so I don't have to worry about it.

    I fished with that beetle last Saturday and caught 2 bass and a bluegill on it. As soon as that beetle hit the water for the first time, I had a bass on it. I was pretty tickled.

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    Those look good, I specially like the Poly Wing Caddis. I just see a couple little things:

    1) Just like Betty said, watch out for materials crowding the eye of the hook - getting the correct spacing will come as you tie more flies.
    2) On the all-purpose nymph, it looks like you cut the tail fibers (pheasant tail, maybe?) square as opposed to leaving the tips intact. Was there a reason for that?

    Alberto

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