What a great shame Tony.
The flies you refer to come ouot of Africa and although rubbish, still
cost a good $2.50 here. I used to spend big for little return when
starting out, before venturing into fly tying and spending big on
materials. The old story......"The Most Expensive Way to Save Money" :)
I try to involve my kids in fixing things Ie putting in screws,
tightening nuts, etc so that they will know how to take care of
themselves and be able to change their own light bulbs. Laugh if you
will but there are so many who simply cannot do it.
Shame they don't have the fishing bug (fishing fly?? very funny!!). I
still enjoy using my grandfather's old tools. Shame he wasn't into
making bamboo rods and fly fishing!
On 10/08/2014 4:04 AM, 'Anthony Spezio' via VFB Mail wrote:
I live in a rural area where they are lakes and rivers all around. One
of the big business in the area is fishing and guiding on the lakes
and ricers and creeks along with a lot of campgrounds. What we see
here are many people leaving Wal-Mart with 15.00 spinning outfits on
plastic covered cardboard kits. Our Wal-Mart quit carrying any type of
fly fishing gear except a few flies in a package that fall apart after
the first cast. We had three fly shops in the area. we now have only
one and that one has changed hands three times since it opened. I have
personally tutored a number of young folks but as far as I know only
three have stayed with it.
What bothers me most I have seven grandson and great grans sons but
none are interested in fishing. No interest at all. When they visit, I
never see their noses out of their cell phones or computer games. They
are all addicted to them. My son in law is a good fly fisher but his
some has absently no interest even though we have taken him out and he
has caught some fish. I have also tried to teach him to tie, no interest.
Tony
On Saturday, August 9, 2014 10:43 AM, Wes Wada <[email protected]> wrote:
We've had a lot of discussions around here about the state of
flyfishing and tying, and whether there is enough new blood and
interest to sustain it.
Our local flyclub also has youth programs such as Next Cast and
Kokanee Carnival, but in general, like elsewhere, this is an older
person's pasttime like rock hounding, old time fiddlers, or classic
cars. Also, first impressions for a lot of folks is that this is an
expensive, elitist hobby to get into.
We have a large fly tying expo in Albany, Oregon each year, and one
friend, who owns a major fly tying materials company, always points
out how you can look at the show floor and not see anyone visiting
that is under 40.
I don't think there is any question that in the future, many flyshops
and fishing gear businesses will bite the dust, as there won't be the
critical mass of customers existing to sustain them. Across the USA,
fishing and hunting licenses sales have been in a steep decline. Our
local F&W department has just announced a 35% cut in their budget due
the poor license sales and the Congressional sequester.
That's not to say there isn't a younger group out there, but as Peggy
noted, they are more internet and social network oriented, and much of
what they learn is through YouTube, Vimeo and sites sporting video
tutorials. If you want to see some of this younger crowd, attend a
fly fishing film tour showing. Membership in fly clubs is not seen as
a cool way to spend your time!
More than anything, IMO, families do not stress the outdoors like they
used to, due to lack of experience, time or money. Every fly fisher I
know grew up in families that spend at lot of time outdoors fishing,
camping and hunting. Also organizations like Cub and Boy Scouts were
a lot more prevalent. Not having these resources, it is no wonder
younger people fall into other interests.
What we need is another "the movie" grin. Transformers vs. the Wily
Brown Trout.
Wes
On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 7:33 PM, Jimmy D. Moore <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Well put, Peggy
JIM
Peggy Brenner wrote:
I think our ages reflect all the fly tying groups in general,
however, we are all for the most part active. A good number
of our over 50's are still working, all of us volunteer in our
areas and we have extended families to take care of.
Joyce, it's nice to see someone else in healthcare hanging in,
it's the fastest changing industry right now and the pace is
picking up.
We had decided and planned to retire completely August 29, but
have decided we will each need a small business to dabble in.
Peggy
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