Bedlam,

Welcome to the madness. Sounds like your wife really did her homework on what to get.

I suggest you start here http://www.flyanglersonline.com/flytying/beginners/ Our friend Al Campbell did a remarkable job in designing a beginners section that builds tying skills on tying skills. Make sure you follow the tutorials in sequence and tie more than one of each fly. The flies will get better as you tie more copies and you'll build muscle memory, which is very important.

Your wife does know you won't be saving any money tying your own doesn't she?

Above all, have fun with fly tying. If it's more trouble than it's worth, your doing it wrong.

REE