Re: [VFB] flies tyed.......

[mark romero]

Ed, now i'll give you an alright for the amen and a amen for the alright. 
THAT's the ****. Man, if i couldn't fish no more, just tyin' alone would be 
just fine and dandy......NO problem. And the never ending learning 
experience is what it's all about. I'm sure you done forgot more than i'll 
ever know, but that doesn't diminish the FUN.......AT ALL.  (always did love 
that word, comes from music) "Know-what-i-mean?" Thankx Ed, mark

From: Ed Ward <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: <vfb@troutnet.com>
To: <vfb@troutnet.com>
Subject: Re: [VFB] flies tyed.......
Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2005 21:19:06 -0800 (PST)
Why do I tie flys  several reasons, as a kid  I could  go out  trout 
fishing with my  bait and sheet metal and usually catch my linit  the first 
day or two, but catching  trout with bait or sheet metal  ment almost sure 
death for the fish. Then by chance one of my neighbors Slim asked me if I 
fished, I replyed  sure do  I got my limit the first day.I then asked him 
if he  fished and  informed me that he did in deed, I asked him how he did 
and he informed me he  cought 53 trout the first day. Not knowing  about 
catch and release at the age of  7 I informed him that  he could get in  
big trouble catching that many trout, it was then that I found out he 
didn't  kill any trout but just fished for the fun of it. He continued to  
tell me that  he uses flys and  it didn't  kill the trout. My next  
question was a really dumb one I asked him how he cought  so many flys for  
bait, but Slim was very understanding and  started to tell me  about flys 
and how to tie them, he asked me if I had a
 couple a minutes, I said sure and he  took me into his  shop and showed 
me how it was done. After  he gave me a quick lesson he said he had some 
work to do but asked me if I wanted to tie one while he did his work. 20 
minutes later he inspected my  fly and asked if I was going to stick with 
it,  with the thought of catching fish on something I  created myself  from 
nothing more than silk, wool, and feathers  was to much  I was hooked,  he 
pulled out his pocket knife and started  to cut  some materials   to get me 
started.  Over the years I've met   other fly tyers  who helped me learn  
new and more tricks of the trade. So here I am  looking back over more 
years than I care to  remember still learning  more  tricks of the trade.  
Even if I had to quit fishing  I would still tie flys just for the 
enjoyment of  creating  something  old or  something new. So keep tying and 
keep fishing.   Ed

mark romero <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:For all the dear fly tyers 
who covet this page, lol. I would like to poll
your opinions of why you tye, and why that is..........i propose that to 
tye
flies simply to catch fish is as mundane as it is to go fishing simply to
catch fish. It is a fact that tying flies that "Work" is a worthwhile
pursuit. But is that all there is to it? Quite not.........as you fish to
find solitude, peace, the comfort of nature.......a better understanding of
one's self......to test your patiance.......your cunning.......your
dilagence.......your stealth...........your anciant ability as a
hunter.........and so many other things........so should you tye for an
endless varieity of reasons. What are yours? mark..... how many words did
i mispell? lol



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