The only reason I can think of for posting this is because I wanted to. Maybe just to try and make me feel better or maybe because I miss posts from AC. Today at work, during some slow time, I looked at Al Campbell's Simple Fly patterns and printed some off and brought them home and sat down and tied some. They are really neat flies and are very simple to tie. Not sure if I enjoyed tying them more or enjoyed reading Al's comments on each one more. He made the following comment at the end of the instructions for the "To Simple Ray Charles" fly: "For all you guys who think a fly has to be more complex than this, go ahead and rib it with gold or copper wire if you wish. You might even want to make the head prettier than I do. It won't bother me a bit if you do. I'll be fishing..AC" After reading this particular comment, I smiled to myself and wiped my eyes. I really miss someone I never met and it hurts. JC, if this does not belong, you can delete it. I feel a little better now. Thanks


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Warren