mine is to tie more dry flies
Any fly tying related new year's resolutions?
mine is to tie more dry flies
My new years fly tying resolution is to make step by steps for each new pattern in 2011 as I tie them.
Tie more of the older classical trout flies like Peter Ross.
Would like to practice more the "old" feather wings.
I am going to try to do the one I didn't get done this year, and that is learning to spin deer hair.
My other resolution for this year I did accomplish and that was to tie more 14 to 18's and less of the 26 to 32's.
14 to 18's tied about 20 dozen for the year. 26's 2 dozen and 28's and 30 1 dozen each and only 2 dozen 32's.
Also I want to get comfortable with doing "Married" Wings.
Last edited by bdesavage; 12-27-2010 at 07:44 PM. Reason: Brain Fa*t
Along with any other tying I do, I'm planning to learn to tie the featured fly in each issue of PA Angler & Boater. Not a huge goal, but one I can do.
A right emblem it may be, of the uncertain things of this world; that when men have sold them selves for them, they vanish into smoke. ~ William Bradford
I finally realized that Life is a metaphor for Fly Fishing.
Many years ago I made a resolution to not make any more New Years resolutions. I do believe that it's the only one I ever kept.
"If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went"
Will Rogers
Not to buy any more fly boxes...
This past year I wanted to try tube fly tying but never got around to it. Tying some tube flies are near the top of my list for this year.
2010 is the first year in 17 years that I did not participate in a swap. I plan on remedying that this coming year. I will have my eyes open for a couple wetfly/flymph swaps.
A second resolution I have been making and keeping since I cant remember, is to throw away any material I havent used in the previous year, excluding hooks, hackles, and thread. This simple task has had a couple benifits for me. It makes me think a little harder when I go to purchase a new item, and it has done wonders keeping my fly tying area clean. I came up with this resolution many years ago when my wife demanded I clean my fly tying area, and I found a Stetson hat in one of my baskets of material. I thought the hat had been stolen/thrown away by my wife years previous!
I resolve to search through my fly-tying materials to see if I can find a Stetson Hat!
David Merical
St. Louis, MO
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