Beautiful flies vs. Not So Beautiful

Tom Nakashima wrote:
I've paid 55 cents per fly, which I
thought was a pretty good price, and they do match the patterns I wanted.
-tom

Tom,
I suggest you take up fly tying. It will cost you a LOT more for
flies, so don't think otherwise G and there's a good chance your
flies will be pretty shoddy at first :-), but tying is what changed
"another way to fish" into a true passion for me, personally..

I know you practice casting at lunch and spend WAY too much time in fly
shops G ... you just strike me as a guy that should roll his own.
FWIW, it's not the flies one ties that make the difference, it's all
the study that tying leads to and encourages that adds so very much to
the hobby of fly fishing.