11-07-2011, 09:00 PM
[cool][#0000ff]Lookin' pretty good to me. Good selection of styles and colors...most of which should catch some fish.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I first started wrapping sewing thread around barnyard chicken feathers...on big ugly hooks...when I was about 7 or 8 years old. Even to my proud young eyes they looked pretty gross. But I got some instruction from a favorite uncle and honed my skills a bit and sonufagun...some stupid fish started committing suicide on them.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I'd like to think I have improved a bit since then. At least I get more approvals from the finny critics. And over the years I have learned not to scoff at some of the amateurish efforts of newbie tiers. On more than one occasion I have seen them outproduce the more "traditional" ties. In fact, while living in Sacramento, I gave some lessons to a young Jedi who managed to catch the winner in the annual steelhead contest on the very first fly he tied all by his ownself. How do you top that.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]You have been given some good evaluation and constructive criticism. I toss my offer into the ring to provide some "Tying 202" stuff the next time you are down this way. Sometimes you gotta play around a bit and learn the basics before the more advanced stuff has any real meaning. But it is always great to have other folks willing to share their knowledge and experience and to shorten the learning curve.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I first started wrapping sewing thread around barnyard chicken feathers...on big ugly hooks...when I was about 7 or 8 years old. Even to my proud young eyes they looked pretty gross. But I got some instruction from a favorite uncle and honed my skills a bit and sonufagun...some stupid fish started committing suicide on them.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I'd like to think I have improved a bit since then. At least I get more approvals from the finny critics. And over the years I have learned not to scoff at some of the amateurish efforts of newbie tiers. On more than one occasion I have seen them outproduce the more "traditional" ties. In fact, while living in Sacramento, I gave some lessons to a young Jedi who managed to catch the winner in the annual steelhead contest on the very first fly he tied all by his ownself. How do you top that.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]You have been given some good evaluation and constructive criticism. I toss my offer into the ring to provide some "Tying 202" stuff the next time you are down this way. Sometimes you gotta play around a bit and learn the basics before the more advanced stuff has any real meaning. But it is always great to have other folks willing to share their knowledge and experience and to shorten the learning curve.[/#0000ff]
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