Hey Folks,

I know that this question has been asked before, in fact, I remember some previous responses from certain FAOLers. But times and people change, so I'm going to ask the question again. What percentage of the flies that you use in a given season are tied by you personally? What percentage are purchased from fly shops or stores? What percentage are gifts from friends who tie or from fellow fisherman?

I tie about 99.5% of all the flies that I fish in any given year. 0% percent of my fishing flies are from stores though I will buy some new patterns to serve as prototypes or models once in a while. About one half of one percent of my flies are "stream gifts" from people who have a fly that's working well that day and wish to share it. How about you? 8T