"Amen, Brother Wolfgang. When I went fishing with Stan last Thursday, I
spent
an otherwise useful 20-30 minutes just threading the bastids on the
tippet.
I had two enemies: the shrunken hook eye, brand new eye glasses, and a
fanatical devotion to the Pope (...three enemies.) "

Actually, I've had this creeping anxiety that my FF days might be
numbered because my close-up vision is becoming so difficult. I know
that I can get lenses for that, but I don't normally wear glasses, so
having some just to tie on a fly would be very inconvient. Or one of
those things that clips on to your visor....its not like I don't
already have enough crap hanging off me to snag a line on.

Well, maybe the days aren't numbered, but certainly tying on #16 and
on up flies is by far the most strenuous thing I do with my eyes. If I
don't get it right within a minute or two, my eyeballs feel like they
are being crushed in a vise.

--riverman