I started tying at the start of the pandemic. A random tying tutorial came up on UA-cam and I thought "I can do that". Strange thought because I didn't own a fly rod. Started with sewing thread, yarn, craft store stuff, fur from pets, and feathers I found found floating in duck ponds. Found I really enjoyed tying and started getting legit tools and materials. And actually got a fly rod. Not a long list, but so far I've caught blue gill and large and smaller mouth bass.
Tied my first fly when I was 10 years old - back in 1962. Fly tying became not only a source of joy and creativity, but also a source of "meditation" and stress relief through all the ups and downs of life over the many decades since. I won't say it's "cheaper" than therapy - but it's a hell of lot more fun. At age 70 I just spent the last three months taking a deep dive into tying articulated streamers for the first time. Do I really "need them" to be successful in my fly fishing? No, I don't think so, but geeze they've been a lot of fun to experiment with and tie. In the end, I tie because it brings me joy and it relaxes me. What more could you ask for?
I have a high stress job and have grown tired of watching TV. For the past 4 years, I tie 4-5 nights a week and it is the best thing I have done. Before that I still tied, but it was very specific to what I was going to use in the winter while I wasn't fishing bass tournaments. I also pour my own jigs, make my own crankbaits and topwaters, and do quite a bit of airbrushing of lures. I am always tinkering with something. I 100% agree that catching fish on something you made is a great feeling. I only fish with my flies and I am kind of anal about it. I also love giving my flies to people I meet on the river, especially if they send me a pic of fish they caught with it.
My dad taught me when I was a kid back in the 90s. I was obsessed and then joined the military in 2001 and forgot about it. Picked it up again a few years ago because I needed an indoor hobby. Was like I had never quit. Plus youtube is a huge help now.
Curtis and Cheech-thank you so much for all you do for the sport and all the teaching. Good stuff as always guys. I have fly fished for 40 years. I am 59 now. I am not an expert by any means. Maybe get to fish 10 times a year due to my busy schedule as a physician and surgeon. Always wanted to tie flies and have all the equipment and lots of materials to do so. Just been waiting for the time to get into it. I keep saying when I retire I will do it. I am near that time in my career. A part of me still hesitates because even though I am an accomplished surgeon and have sewn more tissue and organs than many have tied flies, I remain apprehensive to tie flies. It looks like a bit of an overwhelming "rabbit hole" because of all the choices in hooks, beads, materials, etc. Secondly, unlike the both of you I am not an artist when it comes to drawing something on paper or molding clay. I am very good at molding tissue and putting human parts back together the way they belong but by no means am I an artist. I am more of a technician-repair guy than artist. Do you have any advice for me to get over my fears to start fly tying? Can somebody like me (not an artist) become an accomplished fly tyer? Can somebody my age get good at it? I would welcome your comments. Thank you.
I’m an old man. I’ve tied flies forever because I really enjoy it. It seems to be meditative and relaxing. Also, I love the flies I tie, they seem to catch a lot of fish. I’ve gotten into swinging for steelhead and have started to make stupid pretty flies, knowing full well that I’m not really doing that for the fish….nevertheless, they sure seem to do well. I was taught by Doug Stewart, for free, in his shop. He really believed in simple patterns, what I’m doing now probably doesn’t fit….but who cares.
I have been tying for 40 years and I still tie most days for a hour or so I would not say I was artistic but there can be no doubt that when the fish take your own flies its a great feeling and in my opinion it enhances the pleasure of catching any fish on a fly
I’ve been tying since the 60’s and it’s been a life long adventure! Thinking back we never had the source of materials like now a days, it’s come a long way ! Along with the old silk fly lines! I remember stopping on the roadside to cut off a squirrel tail from a road kill many times back then and dying furs ! Thank god for the advancement of new materials and companies like Whiting Farms !
Been tying for about 4 years, I would not consider myself artistic or creative, so the videos from FFF are extremely helpful to someone like me. My Dad began tying when he started fly fishing in the mountains of NC. My Dad has always been creative and can build whatever from the ground up. So in my early days of fly fishing (about 6yrs ago) I didn't think I could be a successful fly tyer, due to not being "wired" like my pops. I gave it a try and haven't looked back. I'm still a video watcher/recipe follower, but I have started to just sit down with no video help, grab some stuff, and make trout food. So if you watch this and aren't sure if it's for you....if I can do it, probably anybody can. 😉
Great video guys! I see fly tying as a hobby on its own and that it supports my fly fishing is a bonus! I got into fly tying in the 60's out of necessity - back then there were few flies available and they were very poorly tied. I've always been a DIY guy so tying my own flies was a given :) I tie for four reasons: for relaxation; for practicing techniques; for experimenting with materials, and to tie imitations of the local forage. After years of fly tying and fishing, I've come to the conclusion that (in spite of the millions of recognized fly patterns) there are a few real "basic designs" and most "new" patterns are just the same old thing tied with a different materials that don't change how the fly swims/fishes. I used to carry hundreds of patterns in my fly vest, now I have a "favorites" box with a limited selection of different types of flies. I've found that simple flies work just fine, I do carry some classic patterns, but most of my flies are generic patterns in the size and color of the local forage.
That’s a very informative video but true to the bones I’ve been tying for 30 yrs and the video explains the same reason I started tying my flies. And to save money (hahahaha), every fly tier knows that does not go far when you put a price on all the fly tying material we have on our bench!
There are actually very few dry fly or nymph "patterns". Variations are limitless, but many beginners are overwhelmed with all the rhetoric. Streamers have come into vogue and have infinite possibilities for variation, clever names and difficulty to cast. My recommendation to new fly tiers is learn the following and then be as creative as you want: Elk Hair Caddis, Adam's Irresistable, Stimulator, Wooly Bugger, Pheasant tail. I believe these will give you the basics for all others to come. We tie more for the fisher an than the fish. Ugly works. Size matters. Simple is as effective as complex. Craft stores are a great resource for same materials only less expensive. Nice video. Thank you
This is awesome. This is exactly why I like to tie flies. I think that people that do not tie fly should be watching fly tier and getting a better understanding on the fly there are casting.
I’ve been tying for over 30 years for all the reasons you discussed. My wife asked me once , since you’ve tied thousands of flies what do you think the actual cost is ? Thanks for the video , back to the bench :-)
Your description of why we tie flies could not be any more accurate! Years a go I went to Alaska for rainbow and grayling fishing. Be fore going, I asked what works well there? The head guide said "skidding mice". I tied a few crappy looking mice from You Tube. When I got there the head guide looked at them and said " Nothing like we use up here" At the end of the trip he asked me if he could keep a few!! Love your work! Keep it up and tight lines.
Cracking video I've learned most everything about flytying from UA-cam it really is invaluable. I've watched every single video from FlyFishFood and I've bought from there online shop its absolutely brilliant. Plus I've had the pleasure of meeting cheech and curtis when i visited America for the first time last May . The shop is totally amazing plus they took the time to show me around the new studio upstairs which they said I was the first to see it lol and the warehouse next door the place is total heaven for flytyers.
I picked up a fly rod when I was 8, that would be 1963. Fly fishing may have well been Voodoo I was on my own. I started tying my flies about the same time- It was not very good. So thru the 1960s and into the 1970s was a very frustrating for me. If I caught two fish in a season it was a good season. Joining TU in the late 1970's I met others and they got my casting where it needed to be, and a Fly shop opened near my home, I stood some lessons. Then the 3m VHS instructional tapes came out so I bought a VHS player, and my skill level on the water and at the bench shot way up. I am by nature not an artistic fellow and I flunked Spanish in school not once but twice. I took jobs that would put me in good trout fishing nearby. I flew for a company in WS that had me based in the Driftless Area. I stayed with them for 6 years, Flying Beech 99's. It was a place you when to build multi-engine turbine time and then beat it to the airlines when you logged 500 to 800 hours of it about 9 months' worth of work. I took the job for the fish. I like flies that are simple and quick to tie. You are right about it, we are living in the golden age of fly fishing Fly Tying, and access to instruction. I am going into my 60th year in 2023. I don't think I am going to put the rod down anytime soon. The greatest moment for me was when I tied a # 14 Adams that was proportionally as perfect as you can get. I never fished that fly, it's in the Hook box I got the hook out of, the last one. That got to be 55 years ago now.
I'd like to add that there are a lot of places in the country that don't have good fly shops. Also the type of fishing in my general area requires different weights of flies that (until a few years ago) were not widely available from commercial patterns. Having materials on hand gives me the ability to tie flies for a last minute trip that I can't get locally and won't have time to get it shipped before the trip.
i tie my own salmon tubes and dressed hooks because i have in the past bought a lot of commercially tied flies over the years in scotland and alover the uk and many were crap or fell to bits, so once i learned to do it to a very good level i made sure none of my tubes unwind as between every component i put a drop of varnish and finish the head with superglue before a few coats of varnish! but more than anything its more satisfying catching a salmon on a fly i have tied myself, its very satisfying when you take it out the vise on friday night and it catches a salmon on saturday 🏴
Great podcast. Here is an ides. Put together lots for some of these flies. Every thing you need to tie maybe six or a dozen. That way we can try then out without buying materials we don't hsve. I think I've seen orvis do a few of theses. Kenn
I tried to convince myself(and my wife) that I'd save money by tying my own. Lol. What a huge joke that was. On me. But I do enjoy it. Creating, copying, making art. There are some flies I've seen that I'll never ever use for fishing, but I want to tie them anyway, just for my own satisfaction and for displaying. I see a shadowbox or large picture frame full of really beautiful patterns somewhere in my future. Lol Love your channel, fellas. You always make me laugh/smile. Keep up the great work and tight lines. Peace.
Last dozen or so years more into Stillwater and boxes upon boxes of balanced leeches, chironomids, and cormorant flies. Nothing like feeling a hard take of a chironomid !
I enjoy the creative aspect as well. I experiment with color and shape to make flies. I make some of my flies in a larger size to make pins to wear. Still they look like the fly I’m trying to imitate.
I've been tying since I was 8 30 years lately I'm still at in everyday its the best thing I ever got into nothing like tying a fly a catching a trout on it an absolute rush
I've been tying since I was 5 or 6 yrs old; I'm 80 now. I love watching any tier as I always learn something. My question is where can I get one of those vests that Curtis is wearing? PJH
@@FlyFishFood a real man is a male who ties his own flies, fixes his own house and car and loves and provides for his wife and children. Did I mention he also ties his own flies? yup. Worth saying twice =)
My kids moved out and I bought new furniture and a new vice and set up shop in the living room and I tie flies and watch tv in a quiet house with my beautiful wife.
The only thing I disagree with in this video is something Curtis said. It's not "like art" it is an art form. If you're dreaming something up & then creating it, that is art.
And if you lose a fly you don't need to go to the store to get one you can just make it at home or on the go. It would be hard to do that with other types of fishing.
You ever mess a cast up and your fly lands somewhere you weren't trying to send it, and before you know it a fish has eaten it? That's why I tie flies. When that happens I can tell myself, "that wasn't dumb luck, the fly I tied just looked that good!"
I tie because I'm a pompous asshole and I enjoy hooking up with a fly that I tied and out fishing people around me. Love it or hate it I'm just being honest.
@Fly Fish Food It's like golf. I'm only fishing against myself. I don't actually care if I get outfished. I'm just making the fish late for something anyways, I don't keep them.
Why? Because we can tie a specific pattern vs the same old lame stuff forced upon you by fly shops. No matter what fly shop, the patterns are mind-numbingly similar yet don't really represent what you actually see out there. Not only THAT, but you can tweak one of those mind-numbing patterns as you see fit.
I started trout fishing down here in Oz in the 60s as a youngster but never learned to tie. My teenage son and his mum are into it now and both tie beautiful flies. I found your connections between art and tieing to ring true. About to bite the bullet and unleash my inner muse & start trying to learn to tie. Looking forward to it, if my wife can stand the swearing ... 🙂 Nice insights thanks. PP
I started tying at the start of the pandemic. A random tying tutorial came up on UA-cam and I thought "I can do that".
Strange thought because I didn't own a fly rod.
Started with sewing thread, yarn, craft store stuff, fur from pets, and feathers I found found floating in duck ponds. Found I really enjoyed tying and started getting legit tools and materials. And actually got a fly rod. Not a long list, but so far I've caught blue gill and large and smaller mouth bass.
Tied my first fly when I was 10 years old - back in 1962. Fly tying became not only a source of joy and creativity, but also a source of "meditation" and stress relief through all the ups and downs of life over the many decades since. I won't say it's "cheaper" than therapy - but it's a hell of lot more fun. At age 70 I just spent the last three months taking a deep dive into tying articulated streamers for the first time. Do I really "need them" to be successful in my fly fishing? No, I don't think so, but geeze they've been a lot of fun to experiment with and tie. In the end, I tie because it brings me joy and it relaxes me. What more could you ask for?
My story exactly. Every winter I tie hundreds of flies I will probably never use but I just can’t stop, I ‘m addicted, but a good addiction.
There is nothing more satisfying than catching on a fly you tied yourself. It's that simple, IMHO.
I have a high stress job and have grown tired of watching TV. For the past 4 years, I tie 4-5 nights a week and it is the best thing I have done. Before that I still tied, but it was very specific to what I was going to use in the winter while I wasn't fishing bass tournaments. I also pour my own jigs, make my own crankbaits and topwaters, and do quite a bit of airbrushing of lures. I am always tinkering with something. I 100% agree that catching fish on something you made is a great feeling. I only fish with my flies and I am kind of anal about it. I also love giving my flies to people I meet on the river, especially if they send me a pic of fish they caught with it.
Been building my rods and tying flies for 40 years. So much satisfaction derived from catching trout with rod I built and flies I tyed. Great video
My dad taught me when I was a kid back in the 90s. I was obsessed and then joined the military in 2001 and forgot about it. Picked it up again a few years ago because I needed an indoor hobby. Was like I had never quit. Plus youtube is a huge help now.
Curtis and Cheech-thank you so much for all you do for the sport and all the teaching. Good stuff as always guys. I have fly fished for 40 years. I am 59 now. I am not an expert by any means. Maybe get to fish 10 times a year due to my busy schedule as a physician and surgeon. Always wanted to tie flies and have all the equipment and lots of materials to do so. Just been waiting for the time to get into it. I keep saying when I retire I will do it. I am near that time in my career. A part of me still hesitates because even though I am an accomplished surgeon and have sewn more tissue and organs than many have tied flies, I remain apprehensive to tie flies. It looks like a bit of an overwhelming "rabbit hole" because of all the choices in hooks, beads, materials, etc. Secondly, unlike the both of you I am not an artist when it comes to drawing something on paper or molding clay. I am very good at molding tissue and putting human parts back together the way they belong but by no means am I an artist. I am more of a technician-repair guy than artist. Do you have any advice for me to get over my fears to start fly tying? Can somebody like me (not an artist) become an accomplished fly tyer? Can somebody my age get good at it? I would welcome your comments. Thank you.
I’m an old man. I’ve tied flies forever because I really enjoy it. It seems to be meditative and relaxing. Also, I love the flies I tie, they seem to catch a lot of fish. I’ve gotten into swinging for steelhead and have started to make stupid pretty flies, knowing full well that I’m not really doing that for the fish….nevertheless, they sure seem to do well. I was taught by Doug Stewart, for free, in his shop. He really believed in simple patterns, what I’m doing now probably doesn’t fit….but who cares.
I have been tying for 40 years and I still tie most days for a hour or so I would not say I was artistic but there can be no doubt that when the fish take your own flies its a great feeling and in my opinion it enhances the pleasure of catching any fish on a fly
I’ve been tying since the 60’s and it’s been a life long adventure! Thinking back we never had the source of materials like now a days, it’s come a long way ! Along with the old silk fly lines! I remember stopping on the roadside to cut off a squirrel tail from a road kill many times back then and dying furs ! Thank god for the advancement of new materials and companies like Whiting Farms !
Been tying for about 4 years, I would not consider myself artistic or creative, so the videos from FFF are extremely helpful to someone like me. My Dad began tying when he started fly fishing in the mountains of NC. My Dad has always been creative and can build whatever from the ground up. So in my early days of fly fishing (about 6yrs ago) I didn't think I could be a successful fly tyer, due to not being "wired" like my pops. I gave it a try and haven't looked back. I'm still a video watcher/recipe follower, but I have started to just sit down with no video help, grab some stuff, and make trout food. So if you watch this and aren't sure if it's for you....if I can do it, probably anybody can. 😉
Great video guys! I see fly tying as a hobby on its own and that it supports my fly fishing is a bonus! I got into fly tying in the 60's out of necessity - back then there were few flies available and they were very poorly tied. I've always been a DIY guy so tying my own flies was a given :) I tie for four reasons: for relaxation; for practicing techniques; for experimenting with materials, and to tie imitations of the local forage. After years of fly tying and fishing, I've come to the conclusion that (in spite of the millions of recognized fly patterns) there are a few real "basic designs" and most "new" patterns are just the same old thing tied with a different materials that don't change how the fly swims/fishes. I used to carry hundreds of patterns in my fly vest, now I have a "favorites" box with a limited selection of different types of flies. I've found that simple flies work just fine, I do carry some classic patterns, but most of my flies are generic patterns in the size and color of the local forage.
Got a fly tying kit for Christmas 1959. Tying ever since. Love to fool a fish on something I created. Tks for this video
That’s a very informative video but true to the bones I’ve been tying for 30 yrs and the video explains the same reason I started tying my flies. And to save money (hahahaha), every fly tier knows that does not go far when you put a price on all the fly tying material we have on our bench!
There are actually very few dry fly or nymph "patterns". Variations are limitless, but many beginners are overwhelmed with all the rhetoric. Streamers have come into vogue and have infinite possibilities for variation, clever names and difficulty to cast. My recommendation to new fly tiers is learn the following and then be as creative as you want: Elk Hair Caddis, Adam's Irresistable, Stimulator, Wooly Bugger, Pheasant tail. I believe these will give you the basics for all others to come. We tie more for the fisher an than the fish. Ugly works. Size matters. Simple is as effective as complex. Craft stores are a great resource for same materials only less expensive. Nice video. Thank you
My mentor who taught me how to tie passed away this week. It is sad, but he's in a better place.
Great video, I’ve been tieing for over 30 years, still enjoy the artistic aspect of it as well as fishing with flies I have created myself.
Exactly!!! Couldn’t have said it any better myself!!! Keep the Videos coming!!! 😎👍🏻🎣🐡
You guys are so fun to watch with all your tips and snide remarks to each other. I've learned a lot from your videos, thanks.
Great video guys. Stirs some emotions. I can remember clearly what got me into fly tying. Nice vice Curtis. 👏😉🎣
Awesome! Can you do a video on how you set up your bench and organize your materials?
This is awesome. This is exactly why I like to tie flies. I think that people that do not tie fly should be watching fly tier and getting a better understanding on the fly there are casting.
I'm addicted to it. It is soooo relaxing, even when I'm in mortal battle with some contrary material! 🙂 Cheers!
I feel you about uncooperative materials. I've cut plenty of materials off of hooks and started over.
I’ve been tying for over 30 years for all the reasons you discussed. My wife asked me once , since you’ve tied thousands of flies what do you think the actual cost is ? Thanks for the video , back to the bench :-)
Great to see the Talon vice. Love mine😍
Your description of why we tie flies could not be any more accurate! Years a go I went to Alaska for rainbow and grayling fishing. Be fore going, I asked what works well there? The head guide said "skidding mice". I tied a few crappy looking mice from You Tube. When I got there the head guide looked at them and said " Nothing like we use up here" At the end of the trip he asked me if he could keep a few!! Love your work! Keep it up and tight lines.
Cracking video I've learned most everything about flytying from UA-cam it really is invaluable. I've watched every single video from FlyFishFood and I've bought from there online shop its absolutely brilliant. Plus I've had the pleasure of meeting cheech and curtis when i visited America for the first time last May . The shop is totally amazing plus they took the time to show me around the new studio upstairs which they said I was the first to see it lol and the warehouse next door the place is total heaven for flytyers.
Excellent, guys. Hearing your shared stories was very motivating.
I picked up a fly rod when I was 8, that would be 1963. Fly fishing may have well been Voodoo I was on my own. I started tying my flies about the same time- It was not very good. So thru the 1960s and into the 1970s was a very frustrating for me. If I caught two fish in a season it was a good season. Joining TU in the late 1970's I met others and they got my casting where it needed to be, and a Fly shop opened near my home, I stood some lessons. Then the 3m VHS instructional tapes came out so I bought a VHS player, and my skill level on the water and at the bench shot way up. I am by nature not an artistic fellow and I flunked Spanish in school not once but twice. I took jobs that would put me in good trout fishing nearby. I flew for a company in WS that had me based in the Driftless Area. I stayed with them for 6 years, Flying Beech 99's. It was a place you when to build multi-engine turbine time and then beat it to the airlines when you logged 500 to 800 hours of it about 9 months' worth of work. I took the job for the fish. I like flies that are simple and quick to tie. You are right about it, we are living in the golden age of fly fishing Fly Tying, and access to instruction. I am going into my 60th year in 2023. I don't think I am going to put the rod down anytime soon. The greatest moment for me was when I tied a # 14 Adams that was proportionally as perfect as you can get. I never fished that fly, it's in the Hook box I got the hook out of, the last one. That got to be 55 years ago now.
I'd like to add that there are a lot of places in the country that don't have good fly shops. Also the type of fishing in my general area requires different weights of flies that (until a few years ago) were not widely available from commercial patterns. Having materials on hand gives me the ability to tie flies for a last minute trip that I can't get locally and won't have time to get it shipped before the trip.
Nice video guys. I'm going to suggest this to my beginner tyers to motivate them.
Nice video guys, Art and Fly tying hand in hand!
i tie my own salmon tubes and dressed hooks because i have in the past bought a lot of commercially tied flies over the years in scotland and alover the uk and many were crap or fell to bits, so once i learned to do it to a very good level i made sure none of my tubes unwind as between every component i put a drop of varnish and finish the head with superglue before a few coats of varnish! but more than anything its more satisfying catching a salmon on a fly i have tied myself, its very satisfying when you take it out the vise on friday night and it catches a salmon on saturday 🏴
Kenya, Im a fish fly tier ✊🏿 creative work definatley
Great podcast. Here is an ides. Put together lots for some of these flies. Every thing you need to tie maybe six or a dozen. That way we can try then out without buying materials we don't hsve. I think I've seen orvis do a few of theses.
Kenn
I tried to convince myself(and my wife) that I'd save money by tying my own. Lol.
What a huge joke that was. On me. But I do enjoy it. Creating, copying, making art. There are some flies I've seen that I'll never ever use for fishing, but I want to tie them anyway, just for my own satisfaction and for displaying. I see a shadowbox or large picture frame full of really beautiful patterns somewhere in my future. Lol
Love your channel, fellas. You always make me laugh/smile.
Keep up the great work and tight lines.
Peace.
Last dozen or so years more into Stillwater and boxes upon boxes of balanced leeches, chironomids, and cormorant flies. Nothing like feeling a hard take of a chironomid !
I remember watching Jack dennise western trout fly tying videos to help me learn .
I enjoy the creative aspect as well. I experiment with color and shape to make flies. I make some of my flies in a larger size to make pins to wear. Still they look like the fly I’m trying to imitate.
I enjoy y’all so much👍
FFF, Would love to see you guys on Rumble
Where can I get one of these neon lights in the background??? I love them
I've been tying since I was 8 30 years lately I'm still at in everyday its the best thing I ever got into nothing like tying a fly a catching a trout on it an absolute rush
I've been tying since I was 5 or 6 yrs old; I'm 80 now. I love watching any tier as I always learn something. My question is where can I get one of those vests that Curtis is wearing? PJH
REAL men catch fish on flies that they made out of stuff they gathered. Its primal, its fun, its rewarding. 9 out of 10 dentists agree.
This brings up the age old question. What is a real man?
@@FlyFishFood a real man is a male who ties his own flies, fixes his own house and car and loves and provides for his wife and children. Did I mention he also ties his own flies? yup. Worth saying twice =)
Purposely avoiding flies that you know will catch fish is the game I play too. Playing a game you know you can't lose does take the fun away.
Can anyone tell me what kind of vise Curtis is tying on?
My kids moved out and I bought new furniture and a new vice and set up shop in the living room and I tie flies and watch tv in a quiet house with my beautiful wife.
Something special about catching a fish on a fly you’ve tied yourself
I suck at tying but still love it
"The Godfather". AKA Curtis Fry LOL!
The only thing I disagree with in this video is something Curtis said. It's not "like art" it is an art form. If you're dreaming something up & then creating it, that is art.
And if you lose a fly you don't need to go to the store to get one you can just make it at home or on the go. It would be hard to do that with other types of fishing.
You ever mess a cast up and your fly lands somewhere you weren't trying to send it, and before you know it a fish has eaten it? That's why I tie flies. When that happens I can tell myself, "that wasn't dumb luck, the fly I tied just looked that good!"
More equipment, that’s the reason I need a she shed! Lol
I tie because I'm a pompous asshole and I enjoy hooking up with a fly that I tied and out fishing people around me. Love it or hate it I'm just being honest.
So what happens when you get out fished?
@Fly Fish Food
It's like golf. I'm only fishing against myself. I don't actually care if I get outfished. I'm just making the fish late for something anyways, I don't keep them.
Why? Because we can tie a specific pattern vs the same old lame stuff forced upon you by fly shops. No matter what fly shop, the patterns are mind-numbingly similar yet don't really represent what you actually see out there. Not only THAT, but you can tweak one of those mind-numbing patterns as you see fit.
Curtis has a nicer vise but Cheech has better hair...Lance doesn't have either ;)
I just wasted 9 minutes of my life when I should have been tying flies.
“Trying”
Tip for new tyers...buy the best tools you can afford.
I started trout fishing down here in Oz in the 60s as a youngster but never learned to tie. My teenage son and his mum are into it now and both tie beautiful flies. I found your connections between art and tieing to ring true. About to bite the bullet and unleash my inner muse & start trying to learn to tie. Looking forward to it, if my wife can stand the swearing ... 🙂 Nice insights thanks. PP