Tying TWO in a row of anything dulls my enthusiasm. Guess I wasn't meant to be a professional fly tier. DonO
From: "Harry Mason" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2003 2:48 PM Subject: RE: [VFB] American fly tying and fly fishing > It really does take a certain outlook to sit for 8 hours a day and tye > the same patterns over and over again. I have a few people ask me about > tying professionally, few too none have ever sat and tied for eight > hours much less do so while tying the same pattern all day. If that does > not dull their enthusiasm the fact that they have to tye two dozen an > hour just to make ends meet usually throws them over the top :-) > It's a tough avenue of income > > Harry Mason > www.troutflies.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > On Behalf Of iain short > Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2003 1:27 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [VFB] American fly tying and fly fishing > > In over 30 years of flytying I have rarely made a > worth while profit tying flies for others, always > this meant tying large numbers of identicle flies, > a sure fire way of taking the fun out of tying, I > now only tie for friends who want their flyboxes > topping up. I will never again sit and tie 100 > identicle size 10 flies followed by 100 size 14's > and 100 size 16's. If anyone has the tolerance for > this metheod of making a living I wish them success > and happiness......whatever country they call home. > > iain > > > > > > The negative part was "Don't quit your day job" > I tied for almost four years and lost a lot of time on the > river and in my shop. I was one of the highest paid tyers in > my area and I did make some cash at the expense of giving up > a lot of my time. If I did not have a regular income I would > not been able to pay my bills. I am sure that some people do > make a full living by tying, if you have a following and can > get some big bucks for one of your flies. > All I can say is, if it works for you, it is not hurting any > one else, go for it. > Full time tying is not for everyone. > Tony [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > One result of no offshore production might be more people > > subscribing to the VFB List. Also I think that there was > > a discussion on this list (maybe a couple of years back) > > about the economics that mostly were negative if a person > > wants to tie commercailly. > > > _________________________________________________________________ > MSN Messenger - fast, easy and FREE! http://messenger.msn.co.uk >
