From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [VFB] flies tyed....... Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2005 13:02:54 EST
Saving money was the original plan,,,but as it happens,,,now I spend more on
materials and things like that then I probably would have been spending on
flies. Now I tie for the relaxation, satisfaction and enjoyment. I've learned a
lot by tying my own flies,,learned to be more patient with my
pets,especially the cats and dogs when they hold of my necks and tails. I've learned more
about the insect world around the lakes ,streams and rivers that I camp at.
Instead of saying "man,,look at all them bugs in the water" I can actually name
them and the stage of their life that they are at. I can actually walk into
a fly fishing shop and know the names of the flies they are selling and in
some cases how badly they are tied or how well.
When I started tying my own flies (some 25-30 years ago) it was to save, I
had a box of nymph hooks and some dubbing and some pheasant// turkey tails.
I read a book on tying "The Basic Manual of Fly Tying" by Fling and
Puterbaugh and that was the "end " of my "free time". Now I've got shelves of books
and magazines, thousands (I do mean thousands) of hooks,
drawers/dressers/desk/plastic shoe boxes stuffed with fake hair, real hair, bucktails, squirrel
tails, calf tails, feathers,tubing,,,you name it, I've got it here, not to
mention the rods and reels. Some how now the money spent doesn't matter. It's a
hobby that lasts a lifetime and something I'll never regret that I started
doing.
Ray Gattus Sr.
PS: Also meeting all the great people here on the list and on the stream, fly tyers are a different breed of fishermen and fisherwomen.
Hi Ray, i have to agree compleltly with you on that one. Non tying fly
fishers ARE a different breed altogether. Even the guys who only think about
duplicating bugs are a bit "Off" lmao. mark.....
