Re: [VFB] Is it me???

[Tony Spezio]

Jimi,
You will never become a commercial tyer. LOL
I would get calls for 15 doz. olive woolly buggers.
I only lasted three years before I gave it up.
I only tie for Phyllis now.
Tony
Desert Eagle wrote:
I can understand that. When I was in the Coast Guard I had a friend on board
ship who would tie while underway. He would bring all of his materials for
tying just 3 flies. One of the shops sold them, (about $3 or 4 apiece I
think), and they were killer flies for the Chesapeake bay area. When he was
off watch and had time he would sit on the mess deck and tie. He had pre
packaged boxes at home so that if he was running out of materials his wife
could mail them out and he would get them on the next port call or mail run.
Each box had just the materials he needed to continue. I saw him tie
probably 40 or 50 flies at one sitting. When we got back in port he would
have them all packaged up in the various sizes and take them down to the
shop and collect his money. It was a nice side business for him.
I can set and tie maybe 10 of one fly in a sitting and keep them the same,
but it takes discipline to do it. I am getting better though if I put my
mind to it and stay focused.
Jimi
Jimi,
You've hit on something that separates the professional comercial flytier
from the rest.  One of the attributes of a good professional tier is the
ability to make any number required of identical and correctly
size-proportioned flies.  This is not as easy as it seems, nor is it a skill
achieved overnight.  It takes organization, patience, a good eye, skill, and
persistence.  If you can tie 1, 2, 3 dozen flies all so identical you can't
tell one from another, you have what it takes.  If you can change sizes and
do the same thing, you have what it takes.
It takes more than that, and Joyce can probably add a lot to what I said as
far as details.
Iffin ya don't, that's okay too.  Experimentation, creativity, and
innovation is how all those flies came to be in the first place.
DonO
----- Original Message -----
From: "Desert Eagle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, July 26, 2004 6:35 PM
Subject: [VFB] Is it me???
 

Or is it a common trait of fly tiers. I find that I set down to tie a
   

number
 

of one fly, after about 3 or 4 I start changing some things. Sometimes
   

just
 

little things, others I start creating something only vaguely resembling
   

the
 

fly I started on.Not always mind you, just on some particular, (like
   

nymphs
 

and streamers, clousers and such). Just wondered if I was odd or if it was
   

a
 

normal trait.
Jimi
   


 

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