Deb, I always loved to fish. I used to visit my aunt in U.P. Michigan she taught me to fish. I learned patience by fishing tiny steams no bigger than 2 feet wide with wild trout and all i had was a hook and a worm. I sat for hours just watching the fish make its way over. I never did catch a trout that way but the obsession started there. I fished spin and ultra light for a long time and then my husband introduced me to bass and pike fishing. Somewhere I had heard about fly fishing and bought myself a $34.99 K-mart special and any book and magazine I could get my hands on. I spent my first year making many mistakes and catching absolutly NO fish and reading everything. My husband get trying to get me to go back to my spinning rod but I refused. I was going to learn this if it killed me. I heard about a group called the Joan Wulff Fly Fishers and I joined the group I learned a lot from the Women and Men in that group just watching what they did.
I took up tying at the second year of my new obsession and like others I bought a cheap kit that had the basic tools and materials and again bought every book & mag I could get my hands on. I tied and tied and fished and fished and watched and read and caught fish. I love the water, I love the solitude, I love the feel of the rod the weight of the fish I dream and think fishing and tying if I'm not doing it. I'm now the treasurer of the JWFF and I work part time in a shop and I'm starting to in public I tied at the Somerset show. The shop has asked me to tie at thier cabin fever day. I love helping new people in the sport. I help our group and the local TU with childrens groups. This obsession has given me a passion that is unimaginable, indescribable. It has given me a way to talk to people a way to get away from people( when I need to) and something to share with people. Tying is a way to be creative and to releave the stress from a long day. I tie just about every day. Fly Fishing / tying, is my passion, my obsession. Luckly my husband is understanding. He fishes as well. Jackie [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Deborah Duran" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2003 5:32 PM Subject: Re: [VFB] Why I Fly Fishing/Tie Flies? > Guys and Gals- > I was just curious as to what it was that got you interested in flyfishing > and tying flies. I overheard some guys joking at the show I went to > yesterday. One gentleman said that fly tying was just arts and crafts for > guys. I thought that was funny. > I have always loved needlepoint and making miniature crafts. I remember > when I lived in Vermont I wandered into an outdoor outfitter shop in an old > mill building. I saw a guy tying flies in between customers. That really > left an impression on me and I remembered that day. When my husband decided > he wanted to teach our oldest son to fish, and after I had been dragged in > to store after store looking at fishin lures, I mentioned that day to him. > At Christmas time under the tree was my first fly tying kit. Of course for > his birthday shortly after he bought his first fly rod. I never realized > how addicting it could be or how much fun I would have. For my birthday > this year I bought my first rod. I can now outlast my poor husband in any > flyfishing/tying store or show. > I would be interested in hearing some of your stories. > Deb > >
