Went and done it

[robinsoj]

My parents bought me a Renzetti travel vice (with pedestal) for Christmas. They asked for a list and this was what they picked hehe. My uncle was there and he just started tying about 6 weeks earlier. He tied a pheasant tail for me to show me how it's done more or less :). I tyed a hares ear. The smallest hook he had was a size 10, so I used that. I decided to only tye one fly and try to catch a trout with it since you only tye one first fly.

It came out fine other than I didn't do the feathers on the top of the head correctly. I'm anxious to try it out. It has been months since I got a fly wet in a river.

I did a little searching for recommended vices and remembered the Renzetti being mentioned before. I used it while tying my fly. It does seem to be a quality vice. I guess I have some material and tool shopping to do now. :)

I bought my uncle an original artwork by RAW (with rosewood frame), a River Runs Through It DVD that we watched there, a fly box from Orvis, and a reel case from Orvis. He had not seen the movie yet and the phrase and fly on RAW's artwork was from the movie.

[robinsoj]

Here is a picture of my uncle with RAW's artwork at Christmas.

[RAW]

Yeah!

Thanks for the pic, it brightened my holiday.

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Nice art .......looks like your dad was stoked too 8)

[robinsoj]

I took my first and only fly out today. This was during one of my favorite ways to spend a day...snow boarding and fly fishing. As expected, the trout ignored it. My uncle only had "large hooks". I used the smallest (10) he had. The fly did look good in the water, though. Maybe another time and place. Believe it or not, I didn't lose the fly.

I put on an olive WD40 (28) after trying my fly for a while. I had a take on the second cast. Later, I hooked into a few larvae that looked very similar to the fly...same color and size. Still, I only had two confirmed takes (hooked into one) during the couple of hours I was there. There were a few browns rolling every now and then.

Here is a picture from today of my first fly; commonly known as First Fly Mutant and a picture from snow boarding at Powder Mountain. The snow boarding was awesome, Jelly Man.