Your first random shiny encounter

[sandragon13]

I'm a shiny hunter, myself...my first one that I remember was an Oddish, north of Vermilion City in the postgame of my first playthrough of Gold version. At present, between Gens 3 and now, I have something like 120 shinies, possibly more; just caught a shiny Skarmory earlier this week. My next targets are Tangela, Cofagrigus (whenever their mirage islands are visible) and Magnemite (when they're not). Believe it or not, I'm one of the few shiny hunters who has had no luck at all with chain fishing, and have never successfully encountered or caught a shiny through this method.
-sandragon13