I'll second that motion. -Critter
Quoting J&A Burbank <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I know the list is complete but I do have one more thing to add that further > extends my reason for being one of the charter members. > > Has 2 or more bird skins or other animal furs in the freezer awaiting to be > cured. > > Jim > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "DonO" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, December 23, 2004 7:47 PM > Subject: [VFB] Re-posting of characteristics of fanatical fly tiers > > > > The International Order of Fanatical Flytiers (IOFF) > > > > Fanatical Fly Tiers are guilty of as many of the following as possible: > > > > 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 furniture for flytying and buys tools just for the > > purpose. > > 32. Your fishing gear is in a closet so it's not in the way of your > > fly-tying. > > 33. Goes to a fly show and spends more time in the tying section than in > > the fishing section. > > 34. Would go right on tying flies even if flyfishing ceased to exist> > > > 35. Can never leave a pattern as-is. Just gotta mess with it. Over and > > Over. > > 36. Pays bills with flies. Gift-giving consists of flies. > > 37. Has a business card file just for flytying. > > > > > > > > > -Critter (Hunting scaly creatures and catching furry creatures since 1808.) http://www.geocities.com/krazedcritter/Home
