snakefiddler wrote:

how does one reconcile the loss of a fly with the work put into making it?
i've not tried to tie any, but i imagine it is a hell of a lot of tedious,
intricate work. i think i would be sick if i lost one to a tree, or a poor
job of tying it onto my tippet, etc.....

It's just a fact of life, and there's always more where that one
came from. I guess it could be looked at as tedious, but for me,
working with your hands isn't tedious even if it is slow-going. (Well,
tying flies for the GFS might be considered tedious.) I woodwork also,
and I do it almost exclusively with handtools. It's slower than using
machines, but you're also more in touch with the process.

I tend to look at it from another perspective: There's nothing like
catching a fish on a fly you've tied yourself.

they're gorgeous....

Thanks. But there's a downside to taking macro pics of your own
flies. You can see every little imperfection.


Chuck Vance