Welcome Nick,
You have found the Haven for all great fly fishers, (not counting myself
in this description). You will find that there is more knowledge on this
group regarding fly fishing, fly tying and the outdoors in general than is
probably contained in the Library of Congress. You have a vast assortment of
fishers here, from trout to blue gill, cold water to the salt water species.
Don't be coy on asking questions, if it wasn't for this group when I got
back into it about 3 years ago I would have been lost. Every greats each new
question with enthusiasm, directness and great help.
You have joined the finest bunch of folks I have ever had the
opportunity to call friends, all, 600 +/- of them.
Again, welcome aboard and enjoy.
Jimi
I've been waiting for this for a long time now. When I moved, my whole stack
of feathers disappeared and I had to build it up from scratch. And with a
limited wallet I had to make priorities...which gave an indian result when
it came to the rooster department. Then my physical condition made me have
to take a break from the fly-fishing and to just tying flies without being
able to use them became to depressing, so everything went down in the cellar
for some years.
Now I'm better, so the vice is back on the table...though also unemployed
so I've still been using those indian "biproducts" (while I've been drewling
in front of quality hackle PICTURES on the Internet).
When someone said quality hackles before, the word Metz was the first
thing I thought of...I'd never seen a Whiting before. But today, there is
something NICE waiting for me in the kitchen. A Whiting pelt...and this time
I can look at it in 3-D. Of course I had to make some priorities this time
too, so I didn't stretch further than bronze...but it sure looked good
enough to me. And since I'm not a professional, I also took a combo one
(grizzly-brown). 50% less of both colors...but by looking at it, there
seemed to be quite an amount of feathers good enough to be used. I'm rather
convinced this will last a good while...
Now I'm heading for the vice...and this time I will be tying with a smile
that streches from ear to ear.
Have a good day, everyone. I'm sure my own will be...
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