flashabou on nymphs

Larry L wrote:

I don't
honestly believe such detail adds many more fish, if any, to the "score" at
the end of the year. But then I don't fish for the score.


You've said that many times in the past but I don't think it's true.
Your score maybe isn't about numbers, maybe it's getting that "tough"
fish or seeing the take or ..... The "score" does play a part or it
wouldn't be fishing. People just keep that "score" in different ways.



P.P.S. I suk at tying and even my best products are still damn slovenly
compared to many other tier's products ... but I still love 'em and the
pleasure they bring.


I also think I "suk" at tying but I think alot of that has to do with
being able to see your own mistakes much better than those of other
people. This applies to lots of "crafty" things like woodworking, home
remodeling, etc. Your faults are glaring to your own eye but aren't seen
by others unless you point them out.

You've been tying for a long time, your flies catch fish for you
probably better than what you could buy in the store. To me this makes
you a good tyer.


Willi

"Willi" wrote


You've said that many times in the past but I don't think it's true. Your
score maybe isn't about numbers, maybe it's getting that "tough" fish or
seeing the take or ..... The "score" does play a part or it wouldn't be
fishing. People just keep that "score" in different ways.



That, sir, is very true. I am competitive about fishing in many ways.
For instance, I get great pleasure in catching a fish that another angler
has given up on ... .... far greater pleasure than I would have
if that other gent hadn't left defeated.

And, I often mention my "not keeping score" partly because I'm aware of just
how often I'd be a loser in such a game ... better to belittle the game
than be defeated at it. G

Privately, I try hard to maintain a fairly accurate self apprasial and note
the irony in much of what I say here. But like most of us, I usually keep
my honest self appraisal to myself and pretend the irony doesn't exist G

"Reality" is that, measured by fish caught, I'm usually in the top group of
anglers on the waters I fish, when I'm there fishing. And, yes, I do notice
that. I also notice that there is usually a guy or two "out fishing" me at
my prefered haunts, and I hate them G.




Crap, now I gotta come up with an entirely new ROFFian persona ... :-(





You've been tying for a long time, your flies catch fish for you probably
better than what you could buy in the store. To me this makes you a good
tyer.


In most cases, yes. However, many of my personal efforts to "create new
patterns" fail, too, and I'm too "conservative" ( I've come to define this
as 'mindlessly refusing to accept the facts that would lead to intelligent,
needed, change' ;-) to admit it sometimes.


Larry L
( Who is now going to UOP, where his son is performing this afternoon
....bassoon and bass clarinet )

I do not think this is an imitation of the natural features of the painting so much the attention of trout in a rather subtle way. Some insects have rainbow wingcases, but I can not say I've ever seen a natural one. Maybe I do not have enough close attention.