Mike, You more than measured up in the Nixon swap this year. The Beaux is on of Tom Nixon's more complex pattterns and you did a great job.
Mark Delaney --- Mike Morris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > All; > > This whole perp thread has upset me more than a > little. I have participated > in three swaps and in each I have been severly > challenged and I worried > cnstantly thatI would not "measure up" I struggle on > anyway. Swaps give me > an added incentive to improve my work as well as try > new kinds of things I > would otherwise not attempt. I catch 90% of my > trout on caddis nymphs-they > always work and I can tie a hundred different kinds > no sweat. I joined the > Tom Nixon swap even though I Haven't fished for Bass > for 20 years- I worked > hard on those flies and worried until the flies > arrived that my flies would > "make the grade". In the stonefly swap I tried to > recreate a pattern I tied > as a kid and when I tied the first few they were > horrible. I had to > discover all new materials and spend a lot of time > online just to get a fly > I thought was passable and compared to some of the > beautiful flies I > received I felt somewhat small, I couldn't even get > six legs on mine and > some of the ones I got looked like they could crawl > off the table. I > continue to persist despite this. > > I am currently in the life cycle swap, this was the > biggest leap for me yet- > I have never been able to tie the beautifully > proportioned dry flies I see > in the pictures and My first efforts are pretty > poor, I worry constantly > that I will not be able to conquer this in time, but > the positive feedback I > have received from some of the VFB'ers (including > DonO!!) has kept me going. > > > My point is that I join swaps for the challenge and > the pressure they put on > me to do the best I can, I hoped that I wasn't being > judged and analyzed as > to whether I was worthy to join future swaps, it is > difficult enough for new > tiers (which I am, I stopped tying flies in the late > seventies and just > picked it up again last year) to go out on a limb > and put their efforts out > in a group such as this, believe me folks this is a > pretty intimidating > crowd, skill wise. > > Please don't add any more pressure to the learning > process than there > already is or you will end up with an ever shrinking > core group constantly > swapping flies with each other and no new blood ever > entering for fear of > not measuring up!! Where's the fun in that? > > Mike M. > > ===== So much water, so little time! Website: http://chemprof.tripod.com/fishing.html E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Meet the all-new My Yahoo! - Try it today! http://my.yahoo.com
