Tony , Sorry not getting back to you sooner ,I hope you like the historic
rod tapers I sent you and it was tapers that turn out to be their number one
personal favorite rod .from these wonderful rod makers ,Bill Tobin and Bill
Taylor. Several times at Darbees between hatches I would do their yard work
and mow their grass and feed their chickens .
NOW FOR ALL THOSE TEACHERS OF THIS WONDERFUL CRAFT........FOR MY FLY TYING
CLASS I ALWAYS PUT TOGETHER ONE FLY PATTERN IN ONE ZIP LOCK BAG WITH ENOUGH
MATERIAL FOR EVERYONE , I USUALLY SET UP ENOUGH FOR A HALF DOZEN DIFFERENT
PATTERNS . THIS IS WHY ALL MY BEST MATERIALS ARE GONE NOW .AS I ALWAYS
TAUGHT FREE CLASSES.... WHEN I USE TO HANG OUT AT DARDEES ,DETTIES , ART
FLICK ETC NOT ONCE DID THEY ASK FOR MONEY ....FREE CLASSES WAS MY WAY OF
PASTING IT ON THEIR SKILLS ,AS I KNOW THAT WAS THEIR WISH WOULD BE AND TYING
TODAY WOULDN'T BE WHAT IT WOULD BE WITH OUT THEIR GENEROUSLY TO SO MANY OF
US .. WHEN TEACHING I USE A WHITE BACK GROUND BY WEARING A" BUTCHER
APRON," THAT WAS SHORTEN ON THE BOTTOM..THE LEFT OVER MATERIAL I USE IT FOR
A 7" X 7" POCKET ...MY CLASSES WAS 12 to 14 WEEKS UNTIL THE SCHOOL CLOSE
DOWN OR I HAD TO GO FISHING..I INCLUDED LEADERS ,KNOTS , CASTING LESSONS
,CHOOSING ROD TAPERS ,INSECT STUDIES , FISH BEHAVIOR (feeding habits ) I DID
THIS FOR OVER TWENTY FIVE YEARS...
GLENN OVERTON..............Libby ,Montana ..on the Kootenai River
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From: "Tony Spezio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, October 24, 2005 5:59 PM
Subject: Re: [VFB] Tying materials storage.
I put the materials in a ziplock bag for the fly I will be tying.
I only take what I need to tie each fly. Normally I tie three to four
different flies. That means that I carry three to four ziplock bags with
just enough materials to tie about a dozen of each fly. The ziplock bags
are marked on the outside with a marking pen for the fly the materials
will tie. I have built a tying station that will fit in a aluminum camera
case that hold all the tools I need and the bobbins with thread. All of
this stays on the tying station. I do remove the vise and lay it flat on
the tying station. The ziplock bags are laid on top of the vise. My
battery powered tying light is in the case too. This makes a neat compact
traveling kit and only takes me a couple of minuets to set up. Over the
years I learned to carry only what I need to tie the flies that I will be
doing demo tying on.
What if I might be asked to tie a fly that I had not planned on tying, I
just borrow what I need from the guy that uses a hand truck to carry in
his tying materials. LOL
Tony
KEITH PASSANT wrote:
OK guys n gals fess up. When you travel to tie at shows or go to a camp
or such and
take materials with you how do you store your kit for travel? I have
tried all sorts
from tying boxes, to tool boxes, bags to suitcases and am not happy with
any of
the methods.
What system do you use? Home build or shop bought?
ALL ideas welcomed
KP
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