"riverman" wrote


that it was my first catch, I'd be embarassed at how poorly it was
tied.

Anyone else?



I don't.

But, each year, about this time, when I clean out and reorganize my boxes I
find flies that, " I'd be embarrassed at how poorly it was tied." This
year's production looks damn good, now. But somehow I bet what's left of
it in 2011 will look a bit shoddy then, not from wear but from improved
standards.

One of the joys of this hobby/sport/passion/lifestyle called fly fishing is
learning. IMHO, nothing we do as humans is more fun than learning and fly
fishing seems to be endless in it's possibility to teach.

Learning a better way requires admitting the old was ... not as good.

Not just tying, but all of the aspects of the game, find me constantly
embarrassed as I think back on what I used to think I 'knew.'

The times I've sat and pronounced opinion on FFing tactics, equipment and
other things, certain I was nearly an "expert" have almost always ended up
in that blush causing mental file cabinet storing things like the time I
stepped forward hoping for a good night kiss after a first date, tripped on
the door mat, fell, and shoved my date off the stoop into a rose bush ...
( and that's one not too embarrassing to share. unlike some of the FFing
stuff ;-)


Larry L ( who is certain that the arrogance underlying this post will get
filed in that blush file, too, someday soon ;-)