Chuck asked,
Who would ya'll say is the best ever fly tier???
That is impossible to answer. Why?
Because there are so many fantastic fliers around. I look at
Cecil Guidry's Stonefly nymphs and Reggie Alexander's deer hair bugs
and know that they are absolute masters of the art of fly tying.
A few of you might have seen them the year they tied at Sowbug.
Other than that, they are only known locally in the Indianapolis
area and would never be found in a "list of famous fly
tiers".
Then there are those with whom most of you are
familar - Deb Duran, Byard Miller, Tony Spezio, Ye-o DonO,.....and the
list could go on for many lines.
I'm sure there are hundreds, yea even
thousands more who are also true artists of fly tying in the U.S.
And then we go across the pond and look out, you've got that many
more. Just check out Hans Weilenmann's site for upwards of 200
examples of the very best.
http://www.danica.com/flytier/
Those who are the most famous tiers tend to be
the ones who are best at self-promotion. That does not
necessarily mean they are the "best ever fly
tier".
And if you look at the materials available
today that allow a mediocre tier like me to make some flies that
occasionally look good, there is no way you can compare with someone
who was tying with the materials at the turn of the century - NO,
Chuck, the OTHER century. <g>
So Chuck, I'd say that was an excellent
question, but also one with no answer.
Yoost my 1-1/2ยข worth.
Allan
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