Re: DonO's microscopic fliesHi guys,
Just got in & got my mail. Thanks, Dan, for the wonderful compliment.
My back doesn't hurt quite so bad after reading your kind words. O that it
were true.
You've really hit the nail on the head, though. No one really needs to
do better than will actually serve the purpose intended, especially as in
something like fishing. But in flyfishing and in flytying there IS
something more. Like Shakespeare, some (but not all) seek that special
experience that comes only from our best efforts achieving an elevated
result. Sometimes, as in flyfishing, the moment may be alone, with no one
to witness. Sometimes the moment can be shared with and appreciated by
others. Satisfaction, like beauty, in in the "eye" of the beholder. Dr.
Dimento (oops! 2nd person) isn't satisfied until he pushes the envelope so
far beyond uselessness that no one else even wants to go there. But that's
OK. I'm having fun, warped and twisted sometimes as it is. And if you
enjoy looking at what I did, then we're both having fun. Win/win. If you
seek an elevated form of perfection, though, watch Marv Nolte tie a salmon
fly- a world champion at work.
Sometimes elevated achievement comes by way of diversity, also. That's
why I love this list. I've been on it for many years and am on no other.
Everyone who contributes AT ALL adds to that diversity. Byard makes sure
the diversity doesn't get out of hand, but otherwise, the list would become
like the boredom of tying a thousand humpies, and would get old fast.
Since we are an extended "family", we do need to consider others, both their
feelings and their time- and their values. For me, a hundred "me too's" are
interesting because I see who's around the dinner table, so to speak. But I
also understand that others don't care unless they're there to eat. So
Byard sits at the head of the table and calls the shots. It's his
Shakespearian "play", and it's truly a compliment for him that so many good
people, and some world class tiers, have been in his "theater" for so many
years.
Just my 1 cent worth
Thanks again
DonO
PS Jimi, loved your post. I don't care what your wife says about you,
you're OK!
----- Original Message -----
From: Dan/Sal Wheaton
Subject: [VFB] Re: DonO's microscopic flies
Dan Crowe asked re DonO's midge:
>How do you tie something that small, and how do you fish it?
Samuel Johnson once said of Shakespeare's plays, "No one but a blockhead
ever wrote for any reason other than money." To which I respond, "That may
be so, but that's no explanation for why he thought he had to make his plays
that good."
Dan
