Thursday, November 20, 2008

Flies




The weather is a little cooler and that makes the Trout think of fly fishing. There seems to have been a lot of talk about Montana lately. So where did I find him? He was sitting in the garage tying trout flies for next summer.




How he does this is remarkable to me. The hooks are extremely small and by the time he has the feathers and other things attached, it is miraculous that anything so pretty come out of it. He has patterns he follows for favorite flies and he does a beautiful job. I do a lot of knitting, but even I can't maneuver my small fingers around something like this.




2 comments:

  1. Hi Susan! Thanks for the comment on my blog!

    Where did you live in the midwest? I just recently moved to Boston, but I spent many of my years in Indiana!

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  2. Born and raised in Iowa, lived in Michigan, Wisconsin and one wonderful year in Heidelberg, Germany.

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