Rob Blomquist stated, "Quite frankly, I think all tips are useless . . ."
Interesting comment, Rob, to the extent the aforesaid comment was preceded by at least 2 tips from you. :-) I happen to agree with your "keep tying" comment, which I don't consider a useless tip, but I do disagree on the swaps. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rob Blomquist" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2003 10:10 PM Subject: Re: fly tying > On Thursday 04 September 2003 07:35 pm, Brian Reese wrote: > > I am hoping to get advice on how to speed up my fly tying. I have been > > tying my own flies for about four years. I recently began tying for a > > couple of friends and noticed how long it takes me to get through a dozen. > > Does anyone have basic suggestions or tips? > > Just keep tying. > > And join a few fly swaps. When you tie 20 of the same pattern, the first 3 > will move slow, and the last 17 will just jet right along. > > Really. Tying in swaps is one of the most effective things that I have done > for my tying. I used to stink at mylar bodies, so I asked around and go shown > a better technique, then I went home and tied a dozen Mickey Finns for a swap > I was in to get it right. > > Then all of a sudden, you will find tying a dozen to be a snap, and tying 50 > is quite reasonable. > > Quite frankly, I think all tips are useless, unless you are really comfortable > tying the fly, or using the material, or doing a technique. I just spent > about a half an hour learning a new herring fly for saltwater. It required I > use new materials in new ways, but reality was it just a streamer. But I had > to manage a flakey material (Gliss n' Glo) and I had to make a sparsely > dressed fly. Betcha if I tie a dozen, the twelveth will take 5 minutes. > > Rob > > -- > In my family there was no clear line between > religion and fly fishing. > Norman Maclean
