Sorry for the blank post earlier. 1) When the pattern recipe is short, I lump all the materials into a ziplock sandwich bag for each pattern I expect to tie. That way I can go from pattern to pattern by just grabbing a different bag.
2) If I am working on one of my series of flies, my Guide's Flies for example, most of the materials are the same, just applied to the hook differently. This makes it relatively easy because all I need to do is remember one bag. 3) If you are the only one tying in a tying theater and have an audience, in my experience a useful "tool" has been a syllabus that you can hand out to everyone. This serves a bunch of purposes: by following it, you are better able to keep on a schedule, the audience has something they can take notes on, and your contact information is there if they have any questions later on. By having flies and recipes listed, the audience can concentrate on absorbing the tying sequence and not worrying about writing everything down. These have worked for me (in my opinion) but to be honest Bill, Rob or Tyanna are going to have to chime in as they have been in the audience from time to time. Rob was the only one I remember falling asleep durng a demo but I think he was bored with my Nor-Vise presentation; "pimping" was the term I remember him using. Don Johnson --- Wes Wada <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi All, > > Though I have been tying flies all of my flyfishing > life (since 1978), > I really didn't get serious about working to become > a very good tyer > until a couple of years ago. Of late, I have wanted > to participate as a > tyer in an Expo, and should have an opportunity this > coming spring. > > I have been to several of the NW Flytying Expos held > each year in > Eugene, and a couple in Bend, so have seem a wide > variety of > presentations. So I do have some familiarity with > what goes on at > these events. > > My question: what do you feel are valuable do's and > don'ts about being > a participant? I know, for example, that you > should be able to tie > your fly in a reasonable amount of time to hold > people's interest. I > saw one fellow using a single edged razor blade to > shave a multicolored > deer hair bass bug head. He was being so very > careful that it took him > about 20 minutes to complete the razor work. By > that time, he had lost > 95% of the onlookers. > > The previous is a question that can also be answered > by listers who > have just visited these events...what makes a > presentation lively, > entertaining and instructive for you? > > Also: for the experienced Expo tyers, what has > worked for you as a kit > to transport your materials, tools and supplies? > > Wes Wada > Bend, Oregon > ===== Not so new but still under construction: http://www.geocities.com/salmn8r/northwestcountryflies.html "Skues me while I sink my fly!" Jimi Hendrix, guitar player & wet fly fanatic. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard http://antispam.yahoo.com/whatsnewfree
