So I dragged out the remnants of my father's and uncles Herters kits this weekend, cobbled up a semi-working vise from the parts in the box and went out to buy some hooks, chenille, and thread. I had previously bought a Dr. Slick ceramic bobbin and whip finisher. I conned SWMBO (She Who Must Be Obeyed) to get me some Sally Hansen, and I was off.

An hour after starting, I'd tied my first fly, a Green Weenie. An hour later, I had 2 more. I tried fishing them in the Clinch River tailwater yesterday, knowing that it was a lost cause - the Green Weenie is not the fly for the Clinch.

By this morning, I'd tied another dozen. This afternoon, I went out for more hooks, some different thread, and hit a craft store for some beads and fine wire. This evening I tied my second type of fly, a zebra midge. This one WILL work on the Clinch. By the time I quit, I'd tied a half dozen of them in brown and olive.

This seems to be a reasonable way to fill a fly box.