>>2709929I got em from Avid max, they were Pepsi supreme unpainted jig heads if I recall correctly.
I hate to say it but wooly buggers are the best fly to learn to tie as a beginner. They teach thread control, proportions, ribbing, counter ribbing, and if you stray from normal chenille theyll teach dubbing techniques, too.
Zebra midges are easy but also easy to fuck up, classic hair wing streamers are fun and I tied a lot of those as a newbie, and dry flies are cool but hackle is expensive. If you really want to tie dries, you can do almost all of them with grizzly, brown, and black, or some combination of them. Also if you get half capes they cost less and you'll find out what feathers you really use. No one beats Whiting farms dry fly hackle.
I learned to tie on youtube, watch people like Tightline productions, gunnar brammer, the feather bender, Kelly gallop, in the riffle, fly fish food, and countless others. Tie patterns that look fishy to you, and dont just watch the pattern, watch the technique.
