>Here is where I am on my Twelve Steps to Flytying Freedom; now I only tie >salmon, steelhead and nymphs(big easy flys) and buy my dry flys. >www.hillsdiscountflies.com sells pretty good quality dry flys for ~$8/dozen. >At that price it is not worth the hassle to tie your own parachutes, >stimulators, and other time consuming patterns.
My name is Kent Lufkin and I'm a recovering fly-tie-aholic. My eyesight and patience are in short enough supply to tie anything much smaller than a size 14 or requiring more than 3 or 4 separate materials (besides hook and thread.) I rarely lose flies anymore so it's much less hassle to buy tiny dries and midges instead of tie 'em, especially complicated patterns. Mosquito, humpy, parachute Adams, stimulator, stone fly nymph? I buy 'em all now - life's too short.
