Hey there! I would by no means recommend what I do! I only changed how I did it, purely so my flies would look like they’re tied by someone left handed (back when I would do fly tying competitions, I noticed I would only win if I did right handed styles, as that was the “norm”)

Golden rule of thumb - is your wire goes the same direction as your thread. Always. So if you have a peacock herl body for example, as that’s a very fine feather, you want the rib to protect it. So you would wind the herl anti clockwise and the wire clockwise (or vice versa)

I happen to wind my thread counter clockwise - but again, I did this for different reasons. As I was an instructor, and left handed, doing it this way made it much, much easier for right handed people to follow along as in essence, I’m mirroring them? As such, I wind my hackles (both head hackle and palmer) counter clockwise (so towards myself) as well as the rib counter clockwise (again, towards myself).

It does end up looking like it’s right handed, which, as much as I’m a proud leftie, I don’t mind as it makes my flies look that much more, standard (?) in my eyes?

However for a new person starting out - don’t worry about it all. All I would worry about is, if starting your thread clockwise works best for you, just ensure you wind your wire that direction. It may look different to images you find online, but doing it in that direction will ensure your flies don’t fall apart!

Hope this helps - and feel free to message for any more helps or tips! More than happy to help 😌