"Big Dale" wrote in message
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I'll tell you how to get practice and that is to join the fly swap after new
years. That will give you a little pressure and I bet that by the time you tie
enough for the swap you will be tying a pretty good parachute Adams. Then just
tie it is different sizes and colors. I still think of flies as little yellow
or black or green or grey ot brown bugs.

Don't worry about sending me any flies...get someone else hookd on tying flies.
It is something that is fun to do when the weather is too bad for either work
or fishing.

Big Dale


I figured out some time ago that, just because I tied 100 flyz, even the one hundredth
fly could still be a POS. I was so embarrassed with my entry in one of Frank's big
swaps, after receiving flyz tied by real tiers, that I decided not to enter another
swap until I could send out something presentable. I have decided to work in that
direction. I'll see in a year, if I am capable of entering another swap.

I think the parachute Adams I have tied so far are fairly decent. However, my size
16s look more like 14s and my 14s look more like 12s or even 10s in some cases. The
tails on all are probably way to long, but they look good that way to me. The dubbing
doesn't seem near as tight as the ones I recall havin' purchased, or the ones I see in
Hughes' book and on-line. I'll work on a tighter wrap. I think I'm not using enough
wax--plenty on the thread, but I haven't been puttin' any on my finger and thumb, when
I twist the dubbin' on to the thread? I'm gonna keep workin' on parachute Adams for a
while. I want to see how small I can tie them.

I also need to get some new glasses and a mag./light comb. I think I will work
exclusively on dry fly patterns for the foreseeable future, as they are what I like to
fish and they are just so nifty lookin' to me. I love how light and dainty dry flyz
appear to be, yet they will take a hell of a beatin', if tied with care.

Anyway, you'll end up with some of my flyz in the near future, no matter how much you
protest! Remember, I still have your address form all the flyz you have sent me--YOU
HAVEN'T MOVED, HAVE YOU!?

Thanks for the helpful advice,

Mark