[Jockiescott]

Grassy_Knollington mentioned on another thread about some of his early flies.

It got me thinking of a Cascade that I like to keep to remind me of how I used to tie. This wasn't tied that long ago either and shows that anyone can improve. I got fish on this fly too which shows that salmon really are not fussy. Thankfully!

Anyone else brave enough to add to this thread with their early tyings?

I should be able to dig out a few more.

 

[Lamson v10]

I have kept a lot of my first tyings and still have around 150 (mostly on salars) in a box and that's after I've striped about half of them, always good to look back at them and see how overly dressed they were , I do think that my tying has improved a little from when I first started tying but I still think there's still plenty of room for improvement, I've had some really good advice on the open forum and by pm which was and still is greatly appreciated

My first ever park shrimp and one from recently

My first cascade and one from recently

My first flamethrowers and one from recently

 

[Jockiescott]

An early attempt at a Scandi:

And one of my first entries at TOTM:

 

[Jockiescott]

Caught a fish on this about 6 or 7 years ago:

This is how I wanted it to look from day one:

 

[Grassy_Knollington]

Most of my boxes are at home so I can't do a show and tell for a while but those flies there aren't too bad compared with mine

The best ones are those from when I first got the fly tying kit, I reckon that thread was 4/0 and trying to do a hairwing without a big turnip head was impossible!

If you want to see some of those from when I started back again in 2012/13 search for the 'Durham Ranger' shrimp pelters!

Lamson, I'd fish your 'before' ones and frame the 'afters'

WRT the Park, Ross MacDonald seems to have a particular way of tying his shrimps with those long, sparse front hackles that stand out rather than being swept back, I also like the way his flies look scruffy but not over-dressed. Anyone who can tie one of his flies in a semi-passable impression could nail any modern-style fly.