As some of you know this year I am making gifts again for my friends and family (really running out of time. I have a few packages still here that I have not mailed out yet.)

I have a brother (Ed.) I never know what to get him. The two things I think of when I think of Ed is karate and fishing.

Well I was talking with an Internet friend of mine (Hi Chuck!) He said something about fly tying. We got talking about it and then he sent me this kick butt starter set that he made up for me (thank-you Chuck.)

So, you know me. I jumped into yet another hobby to learn!
Here you see where I added the bead (to look like a head of bug.) Then I started to add the lead wire.

Here I started to put a feather on it.

This picture is after adding another hackle and some copper wire and chenille added to it.

Ok, maybe Ed will get lucky with this thing and the fish swimming by might be partly blind to my mistakes..

I noticed my fingers are fat and those hooks are really small. Even so it was fun to do.

**My buddy (Chuck) told me that I used a scud hook with more of a wooly bugger type of fly. Right now that sounds Greek to me BUT I am in the mood to learn a little Greek!

He also shared a wonderful link with me that you might like to see about fly fishing

right here

If, you'd like to see more of what I am making you can click here.