ran into Monty, Mantis, lou t, and Charlie among others at the event yesterday.

Lot of tyers there, and the regular vendors showed up, so there were plenty of tying toys to fondle.

It is humbling to see the quality of the tyers, both stateside and abroad. And one of the young ones, maybe 10 yrs old, just blows me away. And he doesn't even need glasses to tie.

BTW - heard that Gudebrod is getting out of the fly tying biz. Too bad, 'cause I'm fond of their threads and their old style funky spools. I think Orvis (with regular size spools) relabels some of Gudebrod's stuff, so wonder what they'll do next?

With Uni, Gudebrod, Veniard, and Danville, along with the odd Griffith and Benicchi threads, I have everything I've ever felt the need for.

tl
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