I will write a more detailed update to this post in a few days or a week. For now, I just want to say that I started tying these 48 flies on Tuesday evening, December 14th, and what you see here – the finished replica of the wet flies from Ray Bergman’s book Trout, was the end result of my work by noon on Friday the 17th.
It was an enjoyable experience – therapeutic, relaxing, rewarding – to tie another set of wet flies for another frame. I did the tying at my family cabin in Tioga County, Pennsylvania, and the mounting of the flies and assembly of the frame at my mother-in-law’s home in Cogan Station. A benefit of the last period was that my first-born grandson, “MJ,”
This is me, December 17, 2010 with Plate No. 3, wet flies from Trout
was there for an extended weekend. He will be two later this month.
All things came together for a memorable experience!
Absolutely gorgeous, Don.
Thanks Mike! But what or who is gorgeous? Me or the frame?? Ha, ha, ha, ha!!!
Don,
Beautiful work. Your work is wonderful. I saw your post on Maineflyfish.com about being in Maine and possibly doing a class or speaking. I was wondering if you might be willing to do a class in the Bangor area during that the time you are here? Possibly Saturday, March 26? Or another date if that doesn’t work.
If you are interested in talking about it please email me. I had hoped to get to Marlborough last weekend but it didn’t work out for me.
Don
Sure, Don. I am certainly willing to discuss this possibility with you…I’ll send you an e-mail. Thank you so much for your compliments. I truly appreciate them very much!
Wow Don! Quite impressive, Congrats again on the arrival of the new Grandson!
Thanks Darren! I appreciate it! I was talking about you last weekend at Marlborough with someone, Peggy Brenner, I think. Good stuff. I told her about the streamers 365 project. She had not known…