Wayne Knight wrote:
rw wrote:


Nothing is sacred.


I expected a answer along this line from you (that's not an attack) but
if take a step back and re-read some of your own posts, even to you
some things are sacred.

Nothing is sacred to me, because Im an atheist, but I have preferences
like anyone else.

The good
librarian residing in Texas has different standards for his woodworking
tools than his flies and rods. Me, I think tradition in trout fishing
is sacred. While foam bodies, plastic eggs, and synthetic posts may be
easier to tie; to me tradition counts for something and I wish they
(the synthetics)could be outlawed in a trout fly.

It's not the "easier to tie" aspect that interests me -- it's the
creative use of new materials to make better imitations or better
attractors.

If you restricted yourself to "natural" materials with sal****er flies,
you'd be at a serious disadvantage. For trout flies it probably doesn't
matter that much, if you discount the "easier to tie" aspect. :-)


I suppose you use the leatherman as a vice too?

I use a Renzetti Sal****er Traveler. Love it. It can handle a huge range
of hook sizes.

Take care of that foot, Wayne.

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