I am game in on this one too. > >THE RULES: > > > >1. Raising genetic birds, exotics, or game for tying purposes.
> Not yet (talkin the wife into it. > > >2. Anything involving the family pet(s) and the ensuing procurement of tying > >materials, including whiskers for antennae. I have an Maine Coon and an abyssinian who routinely contribute to my materials cabinet > > >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. Red Squirrel anyone? Grey squirrel, racoon, skunk, turkey (my fav) > > >4. Making your own hooks How does one do that? (Sorry, I seem to remember there was a thread on this one and I missed it. > > >5. Dyeing your own materials not to save money, but to get 'just the right' > >shade. Is there any other way.. > > >6. Anyone who uses bark, tea leaves, roots, etc to dye materials. Coffee > > >7. Taking a vacation to tie flies, or make fly tying shows as a tier on a > >regular basis. Vacation to my tying bench > > >8. Searches through waste cans/dumpsters for tying supplies. All the time > > >9. Name on 'call list' at taxidermist (at least one) for scraps, tails, My hunting buddies keep room in their freezer just for me. > > >10. Owns more tying gear and materials than fishing gear. easily. > > >11. People think of you first as "The fly tier", even before your > >profession. only my closest friends > > >12. Has more fur and feathers than he/she could ever use in a lifetime, and > >sees no reason not to collect more. Yup. > > >13. Has a library for fly-tying. Right next to my tying bench. > > >14. Has an dedicated area for fly tying that never gets used for anything > >else. Yes. > > >15. The first use-consideration for any container is fly materials, and > >people know to save them for you. Yes. > >16. Ties a 19/0 fly, then a size 32 Mustad fly. (Need that one so I can > >get in) I am currently between a 2/0 and size 28, workin' my way to the 32s > > >17. Takes up photography, buys gear, just to support/photograph the > >flytying hobby. I was a photographer before fly tying, but I am on the look out for a good macro lense for my old Minolta. > > >18. Has a web site for flytying. Currently under construction. > > >19. Gets a rush from seeing Whiting Cree or exotic bird plumage. The zoo is one of my favourtie places. > > >20. Ties classic Atlantic Salmon Flies when not tying anything else. > > >21. You open a fly shop. Would like to, and I am in prime realestate. > > >22. You own a Whiting stuffed rooster, and then name him. No, but I have seen the one at Hunters in New Boston, NH and I can't help but dreaming...one of these days > > >23. You meister mega-fly swaps, and then actually do it again, and again. Haven't meistered yet...getting up the nerve. > > >24. You enter more fly swaps than sit out. On the fence > > >25. You actually tie all of your flies for all swaps you enter. Well, I tie them all, whether or not I can get to the post office when they're open is another story (I know, excuses excuses). > > >26. Ties professionally although they have a job that pays the bills. Not a pro, would like to one day (main stream retail is gettin' on my nerves wicked bad). > > >27. Keeps personal records of fly recipes, designs, photos, and sketches > >fly designs and ideas. Multiple notebooks. Some in full colour... > > >28. Has their fly materials inventoried in their computer. Got a database all set up. > > >29. Flytying/gathering materials is almost always one part of personal > >multi-tasking. absolutely > > >30. Has lost count of how many flytying sites are in the "favorites" list. > >Has multiple levels of folders to organize them. lost count last year > > >31. Custom builds furniture for flytying and buys tools just for the > >purpose. yup > > >32. Your fishing gear is in a closet so it's not in the way of your > >fly-tying. nope, right next to the tying bench in easy reach. > > >33. Goes to a fly show and spends more time in the tying section than in > >the fishing section. Yup. > > >34. Would go right on tying flies even if flyfishing ceased to exist. Yup. > > >35. Can never leave a pattern as-is. Just gotta mess with it. Over and > >Over. Some variations work, others don't. I make sure that I learn the traditional pattern, then once I do that well, then I screw around with it.
