I forgot to tell you of a fly tying video you may enjoy. "Dennis Potter ties DURABLE FLIES for catching trout" He shows several patterns in a very strait forward manner, step by step. He is also quite the character.
Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Haering" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2001 7:51 AM Subject: Re: [VFB] one more question for the tyers/fishers > Remember the idea is to enjoy your time at the vise. Take your time. Make > the flys durable. Speed will come in time. You don't want to take short > cuts that cost you the quality of your flys. I do have speed but that comes > from many years of tying. > > Bob H > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "RT M" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, December 14, 2001 8:12 PM > Subject: [VFB] one more question for the tyers/fishers > > > > This is very interesting. It's nice to know I'm not the only one who > can't > > tie a lot of flies every day, and loses a bunch every outing. > > > > I fished about 30 or days this year, nearly all of them with the fly rod > > (some water just doesn't take to the fly rod). I've been skunked maybe 4 > or > > 5 of them at most, usually the shorter trips. I had a very good year > > catching fish, and where I am (PA), my fishing season is pretty much over > > until spring. I pulled out more sunfish than I can count, 20 or 30 bass, > > mainly from the mighty Susquahanna, and maybe 20 trout. For me, for fly > > fishing, an excellent year. So I was wondering, > > > > How many times per year, approximately, do you wet a line? > > What percentage of those times are fly fishing only? > > How many fish did you catch this year? > > > > Bob > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Join the world�s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. > > http://www.hotmail.com > > > > > >
