On Sep 25, 12:23*pm, wrote:
On Wed, 24 Sep 2008 20:27:29 -0400, Dave LaCourse

wrote:
but I wonder if Vinny could tie and make a "get by
living" tying flies.
Dave
(Hoping there are no smart ass remarks posted)

* Doing the math will be sobering. In round numbers at $10.00 a dozen,
which in real terms is over market, Vinny would need to build 2500 dz
to make 25k. Assuming he sits for an 8 hour plus day, 5 days a week,
he would need to average about 1.5 dozen an hour to crack that nut.
Many think ...that's all?... I can do that, what's the big?....my
suggestion would be then, sit down and tye as many princes you can in
one day... then get up the next day and do it again for 8 hours...if
after 5 days if you still have the fire...you have a chance of making
the 25k. I tied for supplemental *monies ( sons college) and gear for
over 10 years, my last order was a mixed bag of 1700 dozen...I
finished it but it took all the "spare" time I had for over a year and
soured me on doing anything remotely close again. Being able to tye
the bug is one thing but to do it for weeks on end is another thing
altogether.

harry

PS...still no killer caddis...sorry

By the way, this kind of math is viewed in the eyes of someone making
a significant amount more than Vinny needs. I know my brother and
sister both subsist on about 600 bucks a month from Social Security.
Yes, I help out and they earn a little bit of pocket money doing odd
jobs for other folks (pet sitting, cleaning out barns, mowing, making
planters), but the most either of them has made in a year with a "real
job" is 11K. For them, that was flush.
Vinny will probably have subsidised housing and other support (SSI),
he just needs some extra cash to make it through the winter.
Frank Reid