Thanks Nick.
I haven't tied since the SowBug in 2004 so I am a little rusty to say the least.
I have only tied about 15 dozen flies the past month trying to get some flies
tied for my trip to Alaska in Sept.
I have been getting better and faster and they are looking better the more I
tie.
The biggest problem is getting the proportions correct.
Peggy's swap is for Catskill Dry Flies. That is a whole nother ball game.
Tiny upright wings and heavy hackle really gets you to be exact.
I watched a video of Mary Dettes tying and she does not use a bobbin or whip
finisher.
I plan on using both and a very strong magnifying glass to even see that tiny a
hook.
I actually have some 28's but I would never think of tying a dry fly on a hook
that small.
At least not for a couple of more years of tying.
Thanks for the encouraging words, and yes I will do my best no matter what kind
or size of swap I am in.
Thank you,
Alan Di Somma
Phoenix, Mexico's second largest city....
Money will buy a fine dog, but only kindness will make him wag his tail.
----- Original Message -----
From: Niclas Runarsson
To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com
Sent: Monday, July 27, 2009 6:29 AM
Subject: [VFB] Re: Catskill Dry fly update
Hoping for noone to get disappointed is not real swap thinking, Mr. Di Somma.
Let me tell you about some real swap thinking:
Right this moment, I'm hosting 'On the Edge To Nothing Swap 2009' at the
(Swedish) 'Edge FlyFishing Forum'... size #20 and smaller. And now I have seen
some true swap thinking. This has become something I will use as an example in
the future, when it's time for the old "A swap isn't a contest. It's all about
effort." explanation.
As a fly-fishing forum, this one differs a lot from VFB. Most of the talk is
about fly-fishing and not really much about tying. Few of the tyers are
advanced tyers. I wanted to see how much they really liked to tie tiny flies
themselves so I invited them to a swap, but I took it "easy" and set the bar at
#20... with a three months tying time (partly to be able to even fill the
list). It took me by surprise, to say the least. The list of 12 participants
was filled in less than 24 hrs... and most of the guys went out to buy hooks to
even be able to participate. (A few of them didn't even know where to find such
small hooks when signing up.).Only one of them chose to tie on a #20, as
"large" as possible. The rest went down to #24 and smaller. (This #20 tyer
later had to drop out... but less than 15 minutes after announcing it a new guy
stepped in, coming in with a #28 PT nymph.) One of them bought #22's... as
"practice hooks", so the #26's that he also bought wouldn't come as a shock.
All this talk about buying hooks" was really nice to see. It was new, but they
were ready to try. But it didn't stop with hooks. Two guys had some problems.
But instead of dropping out or going for larger hooks, one of them got himself
new glasses... and another bought a new vise!!! "Give up??? - No way!!!" LOL
This turned out to be more than checking out the midge interest. It also
became a check how people felt about swapping... and here it wasn't any "No, I
can't do good enough to swap." Here we had some TRUE swap thinking: "I'm not
afraid... it's effort that counts.", "It might not be the best... but it sure
will be fun." The swap has been going on for two months now and the talk in the
thread is the same: "Holy smoke, this was fiddly... but WOW it was fun!", "WHY
haven't I tried this before???" etc. Some of these guys are guys who have
complimented the midges I've posted earlier and then said things like "I
wouldn't be able to tie in the thread on a hook that size" when I've asked "Why
not try it yourself?".
It really gives me a warm feeling reading through the swap thread (and I have
read it more than once... just for the fun of it).
When you WANT to give... then you're ready to swap. Same effort from everyone
will make noone give less than the other.
/Nick
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From: phxflyt...@cox.net
To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com
Subject: [VFB] Re: Catskill Dry fly update
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2009 07:40:39 -0700
Peggy:
I should have my tying skills up a little higher then they are now so I
would like to try this swap.
I'm not sure yet what I will tie but I sure would like to be in it, with
these great tiers.
I hope no one will be disapointed with my tying.
Thank you,
Alan Di Somma
Phoenix, Mexico's second largest city....
Money will buy a fine dog, but only kindness will make him wag his tail.
----- Original Message -----
From: Peggy Brenner
To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com
Sent: Saturday, July 25, 2009 8:01 PM
Subject: [VFB] Catskill Dry fly update
And let's try our luck in the path Mary Dette and all the famous Catskill
Dry Tyers laid for us with a swap, room for 10 and not due till December. And
to keep it a real stretch of our skills let's try for small dries, 16 and
under, all levels of tyers.
1 Peggy B Condor
2 Neville Gosling
3 George Vincent
4 Michael Bliss
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6
7
8
9
10
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Peggy Brenner
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