Well, took the remaining supplies and had the nephew over on Sunday morning to tie some flies.....or at least we'd give it a shot. He brought his little bro along since he was very interested in learning how to make flies. The youngest one kept yelling he wanted to make san juan worms since those are his favs. I encouraged them to get creative and make something of their own. WOW, wrong thing to say because it's like saying "hey, waste as many hooks and bits of material as possible". LOL.
I only tie about a dozen or two per year. Bad eyes and I lose interest quickly. For some reason, I'm a little more inspired this winter (thanks to gutcutter).
My tying skills are average at best and I'm sure I'll get a ol' fashioned beat down for the quality of my bugs. That's ok, I'll take it like a man.
The first 2 flies were made by the oldest nephew. I told him that we'd name the one with the red tail a "wtf". I attempted to teach them wooly buggers, caddis larva and a basic nymph. After the buggers and larva, they wanted to tie sulphur emergers so we moved in that direction. I also knocked out a dozen ISO thorax ties.
I'll bring them to the newbie jam and maybe one of you can help them. I think the oldest needs an eye exam instead of a tying lesson. LMAO. The little guy was knocking out some real nice looking cdc sulphurs with trailing shucks. He's going to be pretty handy at it.
