Mark: Thanks for the tips.. Good ideas..and YES. I have MILLIONS just stiffing my mattress..I wondered what all them lumpy spots in my matresss were LOL...and ... I wndered what I could do with all that money.... now I know, Buy fly tying stuff LOL...Seriously.. I have thought about this, and have come to the conclusion.. I am gonna strive to come up with the worlds BEST "Bluegill Fly"... Ther ear eno trout where I'm at.. I don't bass fish... We don't have pike, tuna, salmon, steelheads, or things like that... We don't have the Ocean of Gulf of Mxico that I can go to ovee a cpl times a yr.. But, I have Monster Bluegill withing MINUTES of my front door... and they are my passion as to the type of fish I fish for, so it makes sence that for me, that (the ultimate Bluegill fliy(ies) would be thje route to go right???? Cause even if I tied the salmon flies fo rexample. I have no way to "try them out" for myself...Chuck
----- Original Message ----- From: "mark romero" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2005 5:37 AM Subject: Re: [VFB] Feather ? Biots - Enjoyment in tying > Chuck, lemme pull your coat to one thing. It's gonna be a while til you find > your niche.......something you can really get into "Beyond" just tying per > say. First of all you must develope a passion for tying in general. I have > no doubts you'll do that. But at a certain point, you'll find an area in the > larger world of tying that you ESPECIALLY love. Then finally, you'll come to > realize that (if your like me at all, lol) you have thousands of dollars of > materials that you may never use, lmao. So be carefull not to go to crazy > collecting materials.............although that's a REALLY hard one to > manage. Cause if your like most tyers, you just CANNOT help yourself when > you walk in a fly shop, go to a show, pick up a catalog, etc., etc., > etc.....well..........least you'll be prepared if and when the time comes > you wanna open up a fly shop, lmao. Maybe that's what i'll do, lol. mark > > >From: "DonO" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: <[email protected]> > >To: <[email protected]> > >Subject: Re: [VFB] Feather ? Biots - Enjoyment in tying > >Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2005 08:10:03 -0600 > > > >Chuck, > > > >As in everything, there are extremes as to viewpoints. Some > >tiers/flyfishers would catch trout all day on a piece of yarn tied to the > >hook if that would work. And then some will fish only if they can dry fly > >fish, and that only with a traditionally tied classic dry fly pattern. > >Both > >views are valid. I know guys that fish with $70 Cabela's kit-rods, and I > >know guys who go out with no less than $3 grand worth on them and in their > >hands, with hand-tied flies (theirs) and hand built rods (theirs). > > > >I enjoy studying the creatures I fish for, the materials I use to tie the > >flies to catch them, and the foods that I imitate with these flies. To me, > >it's part of the enjoyment of the sport. I can tie 12 months a year, but > >flyfishing in Wyoming is viable for about 6 months a year, unless you're > >one > >of those polar bear flyfishers. > > > >So studying flies and feathers and furs and all the misc. stuff available > >is > >just part of the whole experience. Feathers are particularly fascinating > >to > >me. Just think of the DNA files it took just to create the pattern of a > >ring-neck pheasant. Everything is so complex and diverse, yet together > >looks so congruous and in place. Where are the main banks that cover color > >coordiantion? Each follicle does its own job, but are they all > >individually > >controlled, or is there a master gene? It could take a lifetime of work > >just to understand the splicing codes of hybrid species. And if you think > >all ring-neck pheasants are identical, think again. After examining > >hundreds of tail clumps, getting the 'skirt feathers', I find that rarely > >can I get two feathers from different birds that match enough to mate, much > >less match perfectly. > > > >So yes, I could use a traditional Adams to catch lots of fish. But my > >Adams > >has Pardo Cd'L tail fibers, rope-dubbed mink underfur for the abdomen, > >hand-picked genetic Winger wings, and Hebert Speckled Champagne Badger > >hackles. Will it out-fish the traditional? Who knows? Do I care? Nope. > >Do they work? Yep. Really good- I'm happy with them. Ta-daaaa. Mission > >accomplished. > > > >There are many tiers on this list that tie just for the joy of tying and > >extending their expertise. I invite them to add their ideas to this > >thread. > > > >DonO > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Chuck Alexander" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: <[email protected]> > >Sent: Monday, June 27, 2005 12:08 AM > >Subject: Re: [VFB] Feather ? Biots > > > > > > > Don: Great info.. Thanks... I think it helps a LOT to know things like > >this > > > if I am going to be tying my own flies.... Chuck > > > > > > >
