With all the new members coming on the forum and saying how bad their first tries look, I just had to go dig around in my basement and see if I could find some of my first. Don't laugh too hard, these probably weren't my 1st attempts, but close. Guessing somewhere between 6th & 8th grade (20 yrs. ago) and had only a 50 page book to learn by. When I found crappie.com, my tying skill improved a little. :rolleyes:

This is my brain.......






This is my brain on Crappie.com.........



I loved spinning deer hair back then, was one of the first real "tricks of the trade" I learned. Even the ugly jigs caught fish too. I don't have too many old jigs, I cut them down cause they were too expensive to get more, hooks were cheap.

Anyone else have any of their first tries hiding in the closet? Lets see them.