What Level Tyer are You?

[Greg Hunsicker]

Level 1 Intermidiate

I've been tying for about six or seven years and I can tie any fly that interests me. I would starve if I had to tie production because nobody ties as slow as me. On a good day abouut six an hour.

Greg

[Gandolf]

Hi FlyPimp,

Enjoyed your photobucket pictures...but as was mentioned above. Intermediate tier you aren't. Advanced tier you are!

Regards,

Gandolf

[Gnu Bee Flyer]

I am an all out expert...... now before you go off the deep end on me.....remember...

EXPERT= X is the unknown quantity and spurt is just a drip under pressure.

[the rod tosser]

id say some where in the intermediate stage .

[Gigmaster]

I am an all out expert...... now before you go off the deep end on me.....remember...

EXPERT= X is the unknown quantity and spurt is just a drip under pressure.

Amen to that.

I consider myself an advanced tyer, both in skill and age!!!!! I am the X-Spurt previously mentioned.

Semper Fi!

[Bucky]

I have been tying for about 5 years, but I don't get to fish much, usually a couple weeks a year only in Colorado and northern Wisconsin, so i never have tied much until recently. My flies catch fish, especially on my last trip to the Poudre Canyon in CO. I caught some 14-15 inchers onsome fly i tied a few years ago and I now have no idea what it is (I have labeled it the Long Draw Bomber after the campground we stay at).

Anyways, I am definately still a beginning level tyer.

[JeffHamm]

I've been tying for 8 or so years, and would be intermediate. I know enough techniques that I can tie a variety of patterns and structures, work with a range of materials, and have a pretty good idea of what it is I'm trying to do. However, I tie slowly and if I don't pay attention I will still crowd the head, fight with proportions, have wet fly wings fold over or split on occasion, etc. Hmmm, any and all of those can happen even when I think I'm paying attention! That said, I'm pleased with some of the flies I tie, I and others catch fish with them, and I find it relaxing and enjoyable.

-Jeff

[Ron Eagle Elk]

After 40 (plus or minus a few years) I'm still a beginner. Every time I sit down at the bench, read a tying book or watch another tyer I learn something new. That's why I stay interested.

REE

[Sagittarius62]

Rank beginner without a doubt. 1. Only a few months at the vise(vice). 2. I am not very prolific, an hour or two tying is about all I can do at a time before either my back, eyes, or butt start to remind me to take a break. 3. I am not a very disciplined tyer. I tend to wander from pattern to pattern as my fancy takes me. (swaps often help me with this shortcoming.) All of this being said, Luckily the kids eat pretty well whether I tie 5 flies a day or 5 dozen. As has been said, my wife sees all my work, (because I stick them under her nose) and says "that's pretty", or "nice", or "this one is very small", (not that you can trust a woman when it comes to the size of things) or "very interesting, is that my red nail polish"?

[tlerm]

What's the level before Beginner? I've only been tying for 6-8 months, but my flies catch fish, so I'm happy.