Let's see here- 2, 3, 5, 8, 9, 12, 15, 19, 25, 26
Here is one to consider adding- Who has almost lost a spouse or significant other due to tying (too many hours on the bench, impossible!)? Or behaviors related to tying (my case, picking up roadkill)?
Eric
>
> 1. Raising genetic birds, exotics, or game for tying
> purposes.
> 2. Anything involving the family pet(s) and the
> ensuing procurement of tying
> materials, including whiskers for antennae.
> 3. Causing a traffic jam in your pursuit of road
> kill. Knows how to de-bug
> road kill.
> 4. Making your own hooks
> 5. Dyeing your own materials not to save money, but
> to get 'just the right'
> shade.
> 6. Anyone who uses bark, tea leaves, roots, etc to
> dye materials.
> 7. Taking a vacation to tie flies, or make fly tying
> shows as a tier on a
> regular basis.
> 8. Searches through waste cans/dumpsters for tying
> supplies.
> 9. Name on 'call list' at taxidermist (at least
> one) for scraps, tails,
> etc.
> 10. Owns more tying gear and materials than fishing
> gear.
> 11. People think of you first as "The fly tier",
> even before your
> profession.
> 12. Has more fur and feathers than he/she could
> ever use in a lifetime, and
> sees no reason not to collect more.
> 13. Has a library for fly-tying.
> 14. Has an dedicated area for fly tying that never
> gets used for anything
> else.
> 15. The first use-consideration for any container
> is fly materials, and
> people know to save them for you.
> 16. Ties a 19/0 fly, then a size 32 Mustad fly.
> (Need that one so I can
> get in)
> 17. Takes up photography, buys gear, just to
> support/photograph the
> flytying hobby.
> 18. Has a web site for flytying.
> 19. Gets a rush from seeing Whiting Cree or exotic
> bird plumage.
> 20. Ties classic Atlantic Salmon Flies
> 21. You open a fly shop.
> 22. You own a Whiting stuffed rooster, and then
> name him.
> 23. You meister mega-fly swaps, and then actually
> do it again, and again.
> 24. You enter more fly swaps than sit out.
> 25. You actually tie all of your flies for all
> swaps you enter.
> 26. Ties professionally although they have a job
> that pays the bills.
>
>
>
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