Another longing desire that is now a passing thought. The most beautiful works of art that have ever graced the art of fishing. Anyone tie them?
I've tied full-dress featherwing Salmon Flies. It is fascinating and occasionally frustrating. Many of the materials are hard to find and when found, expensive. Your average side-of-the-road fly shop won't have silkworm gut, silk threads and floss, Asian Kingfisher, Bustard, Toucan, Indian Crow, Jungle **** and a whole bunch of other materials. There are some acceptable substitutes for CITES protected feathers and some sources for legally raised birds so be prepared to search and at the conclusion of the quest fork over significant money. Oh yeah, assembling a library of instructional books, some old some new, can also pose a challenge but it's great fun if you can hold up under the pressure.Another longing desire that is now a passing thought. The most beautiful works of art that have ever graced the art of fishing. Anyone tie them?
I could have swore there were a few fly fishing threads around here. There's gotta be a few chaps that tie flies.
There isn't a lot of (or any that I know of) fly fishing spots around here so not something I partake in.