A lighthearted read, with solid content amidst the frivolity

[Hans Weilenmann]

In other words - recommended reading:

http://www.sexyloops.com/flytying/north ... ets1.shtml

Enjoy,
Hans W

[chase creek]

Yes, a bit off the wall , but some very useful information.
Kind of the "Steve Martin" of fly tying.

[hankaye]

Hans, Howdy;

A look from a 'different' direction .....
Thanks for pointing us in his direction.

hank

[tie2fish]

Thank you for finding and sharing this, Hans. It's a treat to see the "mysteries" of our common interest revealed with a tongue in cheek instead the more common onerous didacticism .

[michaelgmcgraw]

a nifty entertaining article.

[Otter]

[quote="tie2fish"didacticism .[/quote]

thats a mother and a father of a word , googled, found definition and am therfore a word wiser thanks for the instruction which enlighened without being didactic

Have you ever sat at the vice and whacked out a few different spiders, jumping from one game feather to the next and simply enjoying tying seemingly simple flies , marvelling at the beauty and symmetry of a partridge or wookcock hackle, cursing at the fragility of starling, wishing you had a magical cape with smaller hackles and simply revelling in working with natural materials. Whacking out beadhead nymphs or ones weighted with lead or wire is a chore and a half, many dries, similar , but from simple spiders to more complicated such as winged greenwells I find myself far more enjoying the tying, an enjoyment that I only ever experienced whilst tying more materially complicated Irish Lough Wets.

Visually a take to a dry is fantastic but the possibility of a take just subsurface, be it visual or hidden has a certain magic about it that neither dry or deep nymph fishing can match. Is that part of the attraction, combined with pleasurable tying with nearly totally natural materials , is that what makes our interest in these styles so addictive ?

[Kelly L.]

In other words - recommended reading:

http://www.sexyloops.com/flytying/north ... ets1.shtml

Enjoy,
Hans W

thanks for that link, great article

[tjd]

Hans,

Thanks for sending this along! A great read, from a different perspective. Very refreshing!

Best,

Tim