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Fly tying...
- Kissmybrass
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Fly tying...
My kid's getting into it!
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- BrokenolMarine
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Re: Fly tying...
It's an addiction.
Tina and I both have tied for years, and taught for Healing Waters. We also taught casting, rod building, and mentored on the trips for the vets. Miss Tina is a gifted tyer, especially with realistics. Her dragonflies were on display at Orvis for a couple years. Tying is a great way to pass the time, quiet, and relaxing. Keep in mind that Michael's and Hobby Lobby are excellent locations for tying supplies.
Feel free to pm for advice.
We can't wait to do some fly fishing here in our new home, once spring rolls in. The kayaks are waiting, and we are told there are great locations all around.
Btw... Nice looking wooly bugger on the kids vice!![Razz :P](./images/smilies/icon_razz.gif)
![Very Happy :D](./images/smilies/icon_e_biggrin.gif)
![Very Happy :D](./images/smilies/icon_e_biggrin.gif)
We can't wait to do some fly fishing here in our new home, once spring rolls in. The kayaks are waiting, and we are told there are great locations all around.
Btw... Nice looking wooly bugger on the kids vice!
![Razz :P](./images/smilies/icon_razz.gif)
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Re: Fly tying...
That’s a pretty intense look on his face. A sure sign of “getting into it”. Thumbs up!
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Re: Fly tying...
My Dad's Dad used a bamboo rod and took all kinds of fish mostly on what he called a OO Black Gnat. He would go to the chicken coop and gather black feathers and trimmed them to what size of fish he wanted to catch. I wished I was a little bit older and learned more. I was just a tow headed kid at that time. He was born in Indian Territory in 1898. He died when I was 10 years old.
I do hope that your kid really "gets it". It is a great past time. I have tied for a long time. Also, got into Native bow hunting using my own feathers out of my own coop.
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I do hope that your kid really "gets it". It is a great past time. I have tied for a long time. Also, got into Native bow hunting using my own feathers out of my own coop.
Muddy Waters69
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Re: Fly tying...
Good for him!
Better than being on the couch pecking on a video game.
It gets even better when you catch fish on flies you have tied.
Better than being on the couch pecking on a video game.
It gets even better when you catch fish on flies you have tied.
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- Kissmybrass
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Re: Fly tying...
That is so awesome! any pics of the dragon flies?BrokenolMarine wrote: ↑Sun Feb 20, 2022 7:31 pmIt's an addiction.Tina and I both have tied for years, and taught for Healing Waters. We also taught casting, rod building, and mentored on the trips for the vets. Miss Tina is a gifted tyer, especially with realistics. Her dragonflies were on display at Orvis for a couple years. Tying is a great way to pass the time, quiet, and relaxing. Keep in mind that Michael's and Hobby Lobby are excellent locations for tying supplies.
Feel free to pm for advice.
We can't wait to do some fly fishing here in our new home, once spring rolls in. The kayaks are waiting, and we are told there are great locations all around.
Btw... Nice looking wooly bugger on the kids vice!![]()
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H006M Big Boy Classic .357
Sig 320 XCompact
S&W 686 Plus 5"
Rem 870 Tac
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Sig 320 XCompact
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- BrokenolMarine
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Re: Fly tying...
The first picture I posted on line, I talked about how Tina had found a dead dragon fly on the window sill and attempted to copy it by tying it in bright silk threads. This is the pic I posted. Everyone said I should post the picture of the dragon fly she tied.Kissmybrass wrote: ↑Wed Feb 23, 2022 2:06 pmThat is so awesome! any pics of the dragon flies?BrokenolMarine wrote: ↑Sun Feb 20, 2022 7:31 pmIt's an addiction.Tina and I both have tied for years, and taught for Healing Waters. We also taught casting, rod building, and mentored on the trips for the vets. Miss Tina is a gifted tyer, especially with realistics. Her dragonflies were on display at Orvis for a couple years. Tying is a great way to pass the time, quiet, and relaxing. Keep in mind that Michael's and Hobby Lobby are excellent locations for tying supplies.
Feel free to pm for advice.
We can't wait to do some fly fishing here in our new home, once spring rolls in. The kayaks are waiting, and we are told there are great locations all around.
Btw... Nice looking wooly bugger on the kids vice!![]()
![Smile :)](./images/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif)
A friend of ours ran the Richmond Orvis Fly Fishing Department and saw the post, he asked if Tina could display the Dragonfly in the fly tying section for a couple weeks for other tyers to see, inspiration, so to speak. "Sure, let me put together a display."
If you looked closely in the display, you would see a couple of her crickets as well, but I don't think they are visible from this angle. They work REALLY well for panfish. Crappie really crush them.
![Very Happy :D](./images/smilies/icon_e_biggrin.gif)
The two weeks turned into two months, then a year, then two. We finally drove down and picked up the display right before Christmas one year, because our friend had been promoted and left, and one of the gals working in the fly fishing department kept calling because a customer kept coming in offering on the display wanting to buy it for his wife. Realistic flies aren't cheap, they bring big money. His offer for the entire display kept getting higher and higher, and the "Not for Sale" was not dissuading him in the least. He had plenty of money, what he didn't have is what he wanted. THAT display for his wife for Christmas. He was insistent that everything had it's price. We brought it home before one of the clerks sold it to him and never put it back on display. We still have it in the tying room here.
Tina had taught a couple classes on her dragon fly at Orvis as a guest instructor, and realized why they loved having the display there. It was selling LOADS of materials. The tail was silk, and takes a LONG time itself, to wrap.
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You can tell a lot about the character of a man...
by the way he treats those who can do nothing for him.
by the way he treats those who can do nothing for him.