To all the fly tiers out there what do you do with all the flys that you tied that where bush league/ hack ties until you got that pattern down a little so that it resembled something worth sharing with the river or friends.
To all the fly tiers out there what do you do with all the flys that you tied that where bush league/ hack ties until you got that pattern down a little so that it resembled something worth sharing with the river or friends.
Use them, fish eat any thing. try on different species,perhaps rockies or high mountain creeks . Even chub or course minnows. Never tied a fly that wont work at some time or place.
Because I don't follow patterns I do a lot of trial and error
I have a big reject box if the fly does not seem to get results that is where it goes. When I am low on hooks or anything I think I can salvage off them I cannibalize the flies in the reject box.
When I get a new idea in my head I want to try it can cause a good number of flies to end up in that box
If I don't like the tie, I simply take a x-acto to it and save the hook.
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Often I have been exhausted on trout streams, uncomfortable, wet, cold, briar scarred, sunburned, mosquito bitten,
but never, with a fly rod in my hand have I been in a place that was less than beautiful.
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