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I'm still waiting for my beads to arrive to start mine. I'm sure I'll ave the same experience Steve.
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Yes sometimes fly tying in numbers gets the best of you..I don't know how many times I have thrown my vise across the room. There s no question about it being a disipline.. Some people call fly tying relaxing, but i think its far from it.. I like my flies perfect for some reason although the fish probally wouldnt give a crap..I really do beat myself up over the tying part of fly fishing, but I have stuck with it for many many years(its sweet ,yet sour)
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all you need is a sterio and some good CD's ;D just tie a few of a pattern go to a different pattern and then come back to the first, or do a bunch half way then go back and finish them. It takes a special kind of person (aka flytying robot) to tie the same pattern over and over and over....... all day long.
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I started my 3 sons (ages 5, 8, and 10) fly tying a month ago and they are already more disciplined than I am! Maybe it is because they don't have any preconceived notions about what a fly is "suppose to" look like.
They just like to have fun and make something that looks cool. I think I have learned more from them in the past month than I have in the past 15 years - namely, relax and don't sweat the details!
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add a nice beverage and some Johnny Cash on the ipod and off you go.
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UPDATE... I now have to make 13! :) Just kidding. But in all seriousness, I did learn that I can hammer out quite a few if I just sit still and do it AND stick to one pattern. Funny, after 17 years of fly fishing, this is a first.
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Tying lots of flies can be taxing. I usually tie a dozen, take a break and then go back and tie more. I can't crank out dozens of flies at a time. My adult ADHD kicks in and it can become a bad scene gone bad in a hurry!
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kYLE, yup l am one of those robot fly tyers, there was a time when was full time pro tyer that a average day would result in 10 to 15 doz, simply numbers make money.
As Aaron will tell you l can churn flies out in a hurry and still enjoy to do it, but bear in mind for me it is not so much a issue of stress, l do not really have to think about it, done it so many times.
I do watch the TV when l tie that l find relaxing also a few beers or Scotch .
I still find great pleasure in developing new and better fly patterns and figuring out what is needed as the habits and choice of the fish change as they do.
What may work well one year may not the next, you never know, subtle changes can make a world of difference at times.
Tying is a skill make no mistake about that.
As is fly fishing, the more you do it the better you should become.
Davy
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The Key word to Disciplined fly tying is DISCIPLINE. As a teacher, fly fisherman, and tuba player, many times it is the discipline to sit down a practice tuba that sometimes hangs me up BUT I make myself set aside X Hours a week to prepare for this gig or that. I need to do the same with tying. Dedicate certain hours to tying with no interruptions. It would probably save me money, hone my skills, and set me up for many hours of future fishing.
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Im big on foot tapping when I tie,eventually I wear myself out though...
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You know, its funny what you can learn when you crank out more than 4-5 of the same fly at a time like this... I did it last night tying up some flies for our fly swap... By about the 10th fly, I knew exactly where to put the thread to get the tails to sit JUST right, where to wrap to make the wings look the way I wanted, etc... I got so much better and faster in such short time by just going the distance and making more than 4 flies at a time. These subtle "tricks" you learn when tying in bulk go a long way, and when you sit down to tie up that pattern again in the future, its like clockwork. I was told that when learning a new pattern you should always tie up about a dozen to get them looking the way you want, and I shrugged it off and would tie up about 4 and call it quits. Makes a world of a difference if you want your patterns coming out premo tying up a good bit of them.
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doing at least a dozen of the same fly at a time is probably one of the best ways to get better. The other thing would be to back up and retie something if it doesnt look right. Most guys dont do that they want to get through the fly...but if its a new pattern to you it will take a couple dozen or more until they look like you want them to consistently. some of the guys on here have tied thousands and thousands and their learning curve will be much shorter. keep at it guys im still debating what i want to tie for the swap...any suggestions.
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SherpaB,
How about some Barr Emergers in BWO with a flashback? Nice western fly...
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When I am tying for myself to fill my wet fly boxes I generally will tye two dozen of the same pattern and move on. The thing I do to break it up a bit is to tye two dozen of a basic pattern followed by two dozen of challanging pattern and then go back to a basic pattern and then back to a challanging pattern.
