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No no nothing bad about this lol. So my daughter and son in law bought me a tying kit for father’s day. I broke it out and tied my first. I am afraid if I’m not careful this will get expensive! Lol
I have always wanted to try but never could convince myself to jump in and buy stuff. Well, no excuses now.
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Nice. Welcome to the addiction
It is enjoyable
It’s definitely an addiction. Enjoy!
think of it as therapy
Think your addicted now??? Just wait till you catch a fish on you jig, you tied. That's when the addiction hits. And looking at that tie, it won't be long. Congratulations on a very nice tie that should put many fish in the cooler.
Congrats on your first tie. It certainly fun and addictive. It starts slow and then grows on you. I've been tying over 30 years now and still finding new things to try. Hot days of summer are here. Perfect time to soak up the ac and create something for the next fishing trip.
Buy big plastic crates....you will fill them up.
👍🏼👍🏼 Nice!! I'll just leave this link here...you're going to need it..:biggrin
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Make yourself a place to keep these early ties after you fish them a few times. You won't believe how fast your skill set grows. Just remember there is no wrong way to create a masterpiece, the fish will help you sort them out. Welcome aboard.
Haven’t had much time to practice but did get a couple tied up. Already ordered more stuff, got a tying station to try and keep organized and out of the wife’s way lol.
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The journey begins. Nice looking tying station.
I have tried it and I am not good at it. Several on here and it looks like you are.
Practicing
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Great start.
Looks good. When trimming feathers or hair trim the end that was closest to the skin, end being tied, instead of the loose end. Other than that I see nothing wrong with them. Great job...
Already looking better, those should catch some. Just add water and let the fun really start.
Update, son in law bought bought some powder paint, toaster oven and more jig heads
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Looking real good.
Congrats on your first tie, I been doing it for almost 50 years now.
You are well on your way sir.
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Them ALL look good and will put fish in the bucket...
They look good. What is the material used on the orange jig?
Dyed squirrel tail, krystal flash and sparkle braid for the body. Got it from Barlow's. Not sure its intended for body material but... i liked it.Quote:
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It's different. I like the sparkle braid. Thanks
You are on the way. I used the sparkle braid a lot when I was tying commercially. After I tied in the tail I tied in a piece of braid and after wrapping a chenille body I pulled the braid under the chenille body and tied off creating a contrasting belly stripe. Called them flash guts. They do work very well. Tied thousands for one customer.