30 years ago I purchased a cheap $10 vise, a few tools, thread, jigs and some tying material on my 36th Birthday and started my tying journey. I'm 66 years young today. Bought a book by Skip Morris on fly tying since I didn't even know how to start the thread on the hook. First few jigs were started by tying overhand knots on shank and then wrapping over those. The book was a huge help and got me going in the right direction. Was hitting the fly shop every week when I got paid for more tying materials and with each passing day my obsession for tying grew. In these 30 years I've tied probably over 500,000 jigs and while I don't tie as much as I used too it's still a big part of my life still to this day. The support I got from other tyers when I found this site in 2009 helped me become what I am today, a better fisherman and a tying addict. Thanks Crappie.com and all the members here on this site. P.S. I'm not done yet.