CONGRATS, LeboFish!
"The first trout on the Long Rod", is always a great thrill and one I bet NONE of us, has ever forgotten, either!
Don't know, if you tie yet, but that's the NEXT great and wonderful, thrill of this religion/art form/sport, whatever it is, we do............will be!! When you hook, play and (hopefully net), that first trout on a fly created by your own hand!!
As, stated, "welcome" and may you never look back!
(or, add up, what you'll spend!)