Re: [VFB] Dry Flies 101-reply

[Drafey -]

Ok Don.... Now are you really fishing so much you use up 100 Adams in a season or is that how many you need because you spill your flybox in the river three times a year?

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*How many #12 Adams do you plan on tying? A Whiting 100 pak will give you
100 Adams flies. Tie them well, and that's a season's worth. YOu may even
be
able to find a hundred pak of cree. But if not, go with brown & grizzly
mixed for the hackles. Then you still have brown and grizzly to tie other
flies.







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(*Don's comments)

Here is the deal: I CANT TIE DRY FLIES!!!!
Either they sink, float on their side, come apart, or just look sick!

*All dries will sink with drag, land on their sides when wet ot slimed,
come apart when chewed on or cast a lot, and ratty-looking flies
catch just as many fish. So what's your problem again?

I can't afford full high quality hackles, so I use what I can get.

*Hint- Tie less flies, but of higher quality. Work on making each fly
perfect.
If it's not perfect, cut it off and tie it again. Figure out why it's not
coming
out perfect. Ask questions here. But train yourself to self-train, too.
As you repeat the 'perfect' process, speed will naturally come, and you'll
end up with many good flies. If you quickly tie lots of imperfect flies,
this
is what you're training yourself to tie- quick, imperfect flies. Train
yourself
to only be satisfied with perfection and it will come. And train yourself
not to get frustrated. This is as much a key as is talent or money or
anything else.


I have seen Whiting 100s advertised. Are they any good for a start?

*They are perfect for what you need. Decent price, no waste, consistent
quality.

I am planning on tying just one size of one type of fly, say a # 12 Adams.

*How many #12 Adams do you plan on tying? A Whiting 100 pak will give you
100 Adams flies. Tie them well, and that's a season's worth. YOu may even
be
able to find a hundred pak of cree. But if not, go with brown & grizzly
mixed for the hackles. Then you still have brown and grizzly to tie other
flies.

Can I omit the upright and divided wings and still enjoy a fish getting
fly?

*Yes, you may, but wings are an important part of the 'strike image' of
up-wing style
dry flies. It's better to have a 'no-hackle fly' than a 'no-wing fly'. Get
a winger neck, as these are cheap and very easy to learn to use, and one
neck will wing a hundred flies. If you can't find them, I can send you one.

Do you have anything in your vast knowledge of dry fly tying that you would
care to pass on?
Del

*I just did, and the only thing that is 'vast' around here is me. lol
DonO

*Practice, patience, persistence. (The same with tying as with fishing.)
Learning to tie a certain pattern (or master a new material) has to be as
much fun as being able to tie the finished product. This is crucial because
you'll spend much more time learning to tie a pattern than you will spend
time tying what you're already good at.
Enjoy the journey, not just the destination. Enjoy the process of figuring
it out.
This is what good tiers are all about.


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