Thanks everyone, it was a great feeling to have a fish on the other end of that line knowing I had at least tied good enough to fool one fish in the sea!

Great Job, that's what it's all about! So does a flounder fight pretty well, I imagine it digs

Never caught one, new to me. That's pretty neat.

My son, was just with Bobby Clouser jr. a couple wks ago learning to tie the clouser minnow. He was great with my little boy..BASSMAN was spot on , using less material, stressing to put more hair on the bottom of the fly when it's in your vise, so the fly flips and rides the proper way.
That looks like a pretty darn good fly there, great job.

Mtnbrook
No they do not fight hard at all. They pull for about 3 seconds then they are just weight on the end of the line. I caught one that went almost 16" good eating size and never even thought about putting him on the reel. A seatrout caught in the surf pulls much harder and a ladyfish puts on a great jumping show that earns it the title of poor mans tarpon.

Paden
Thanks, yes I have saved a few flies. I have always done this, if I catch a significant fish (first trout over 20", first saltwater fish on fly, etc) I save the fly. I've done the same with flies I tied. Small collection all dated with what the significance is. I do the same thing with bullet casings for deer or shotgun shells for turkey. Date them and engrave buck or doe, weight, antlers. I hope my kids will love the outdoors as much as me and find my collection of junk interesting.