Done, Jimmy, I like the way you worded that. It's been proposed in the past to 'elite' tiers, as to which they preferred- tying or fishing. The answer usually goes something like this. "If I HAD to give one or the other up, fishing or tying, I'd probably have to say fishing."
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jimmy D. Moore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2004 7:54 AM Subject: Re: [VFB] Latest IOFF rules- Tuesday am > 34. Would go right on tying flies, even if fly fishing ceased to exist! > > JD > > DonO wrote: > > >Joyce, I modified #3 just for you. > >It's now the IOFF (International Order of Fanatical Flytiers) so we can add > >our sisters in aberrant behavior. > > > >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. May actually carry a kit in the car for handling 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. > >27. Keeps personal records of fly recipes, designs, photos, and sketches > >fly designs and ideas. > >28. Has their fly materials inventoried in their computer. > >29. Flytying/gathering materials is almost always one part of personal > >multi-tasking. > >30. Has lost count of how many flytying sites are in the "favorites" list. > >Has multiple levels of folders to organize them. > >31. Custom builds personal furniture for flytying and buys woodworking > >tools just for the purpose. > >32. Your fishing gear is crammed in a closet so it's not in the way of your > >fly-tying gear. > >33. Goes to a fly show and spends more time in the tying areas than in the > >fishing areas. > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > ======================================================== > Jimmy D. Moore - Scout Exec. BSA (Ret.) > > To view the RENEGADE Swap flies, please click on the first URL below: > http://home.earthlink.net/~rayado/renegadeswap/ > > Author - "MOON HOLLER MISFITS Fishing & Hunting Club", � > http://home.earthlink.net/~rayado/rayadoflyfishingflypatternstips/index.html > Humorist, half-assed poet, and sometimes red-neck Texan. > ******************************************************************** > "Being able to read trout streams is just as valuable to a fly fisherman as the ability to read a defense is to an NFL Quarterback." > > Jimmy D. Moore - � [2004] > ======================================================== > > > > > > > > > > >
