Noob wooly's

congrats!
good job...they will most definitely catch fish


only thing i could say...
smaller heads and shorter tails

****, I wish my first buggers looked so good!

Keep your first one. Fish it hard, and rescue it when snagged.

Catch a fish on it.

Retire it.

Your first fly that caught your first fish on a self-tie has a high concentration of good juju. When kept in a fly box, a little juju rubs off on the other flies. When kept at the desk, it'll improve your tying. No! Really!

bings good ties dude you are on your way to addiction and a shallow bank account lol

Good Job... Just a few things that I noticed (and did myself when I started out). 1) Careful not to crowd the eye of the hook. You'll be glad you left yourself alot of room on those cold winter days trying to tie one on. 2) Don't let those flies just sint in a box or worse, thrown away. Use them because they will catch fish!!! LOL

Ok, a couple questions on tying a wooly.
 
1. Do you always lead wrap the hook ?
 
2. When trying to make my tails smaller what part of the marabou is best , The webbed fibers off the stem or the wispy single ends ?
 
3. Should I stick to the standard colors or can you mix and build what you want and have them work equally as well ?
 
4. What size hooks are best ?
 
5. When you finish palmering your hackle, how many wraps do you make at the head ? Should it be wispy or a full collar ? Is there to much hackle at the head of this fly ?

 
6. How come when I sit down to tie a fly a cold cervesa shows up by my right hand, is that normal ?
 
I'm out of hooks and I can see how this can be a little addicting.
my first dozen..Still have to work on crowding the eye...
 

 
 
 

1. No you can use brass/tungston beads to aid in sinking them either by themselves or in conjunction with lead wrap.  You can also tie them with no weight/no bead although I personally do not.  I try to minimize the amount of shot I need on my leader and prefer a heavy fly in most cases.
 
2.  I like to use strung marabou.  I try and select the quills that have tapered fine fibers on them.  I don't like to go with the ones that or too webby nor do I want them too fine.
 
3.  Any color combo you can imagine will take fish.  Play around with color schemes until you develop some favorites.
 
4.  For trout/steel I primarily tie and fish all my buggers on #8-12 4xl hooks.
 
5.  I like my flies a bit sparser than the one you have pictured in general.  There is no set number of turns of hackle you should use for each fly, I personally like to space the hackle out a little more.  I typically just make one extra turn of hackle on the head prior to finishing the fly, 3 firm thread wraps on it, whip finish. 
 
6. I often have that same problem
 
One more word of advice, invest in a hackle gauge, for 5 bucks or so it makes selecting hackles with the same length much easier and quicker.  You can also use the hook gap width to selct the proper size hackle for each hook; to do this wrap the hack around the bare hook you are going to be tying on and it should be between 1.5-2 times the legth of the hook gap.
 
Looking good so far and welcome to your new found obsession.....err ahh money pit I mean. 

1. No, you can always use some type of bead. I like them heavy so I use a tungsten bead and even some lead wire wraps.

2. Both. Depends on what look you are after. Bushy, full or slim, sparse.

3. Standard colors are pretty much proven to work. With some experimenting with different colors and other body materials you will fins some of your own favorites.

4. I use 4XL streamer hooks sizes 4 - 12, and also used upturned eye salmon hooks in sizes 4-8. All depends on what I am gonna fish for.

5. I usually always add an extra wrap in front or even use a different type of feather for a collar. I like the buggers to have what some people call shoulders. I personally like the longer fibers sweeping back over the body.

6. It's a problem because of the drink lol! I usually got whiskey or some scotch.

Keep it up! Pretty good so far!

doesn't hurt to have
a lil livation next to ya like a dorm fridge stocked with beer and a bottle of cognac

Your flies will steadily decrease in quality as you tie...but you wont notice.

I find that my tastes change slightly while tying. Normally I like dark beers and dry martinis...when tying, I tend to like paler, cheaper beer, and good wine...which is odd, because I normally hate wine of nearly any type.

 
Thank You fellas, got some more supplies today and will give all this great info a try..
 
I may try and master the whip finish tool this evening. I should sell tickets...

Thanks cold, that whip finish is about the neatest **** thing...
Went to the shop and spent the $40 Steely34 said is customary..
Found one way to quit crowding the eye, beadheads..I like their look better also..
Thanks again for the tips guys, it sure shortens the learning curve..
Here's the last dozen..Once again all criticism welcomed...
 

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Man you guys this could be worse than a **** Crack addiction..

Sounds...and...looks! to me like your hooked on this Bingy. Flies look great! You'll be tyin all kinds of stuff real soon. You may want to think of gettin an account at that fly shop you go to. Soon they will know you well enough to send ya a Christmas card!!!! Heck - the shop I go to have a special chair for me right next to the coffee pot!

ORIGINAL: KJH807

nice implrovement!

the recent round of olive and browns look great

I like the White one also.....

KJ  IMPROVE your Spelling  LOL  Or do we start calling you Mr Miagi.......