Overly complicated?

[fishdog54]

Many, if not most of the "Irish" salmon flies were/are extremely ornate and time consuming to tie. Many with materials from the four corners of the globe! Dee & Spey flies, much less so. Today, we have developed many hairwing style flies to simplify the tying process of those older patterns. One reason, I'm sure being the availability of the materials. As with any new patterns/techniques you and only you can can decide how much or how little effort or money you want to put into this hobby. I know that there are some new patterns that do not appeal to me at all, and some that incorporate materials that I don't have and have no intension of getting or will just substitute another material if I like the pattern/style and want to fish it. I also know there are going to be (original pattern) flies I like, but can't tie, because the tier used the nose hairs from Fluffy the cat for the tail of the fly, and now Fluffy doesn't want to cooperate any more! LOL!!! It's all good!!

Best regards, Dave S.