Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Too Many Flies & Short of Boxes

Great news first!! Everyone is enjoying mild weather with no winds here in Livingston, especially after the hazardous & brutal snow storm around Thanksgiving. Furthermore, today I really felt I became a Montanan again (I was a student at Montana State in Bozeman and worked at a ranch in Sidney) because I felt hot when it was only above 40F outside!!!! I opened up windows and door for fresh air instead of smoking & ash like smell inside caused by wood stove. Also it almost all made me go fishing........but calm down and analyze first. I thought about Yellowstone around town and Lower Madison but snow piles haven't melted yet and I doubted if those public accesses had been cleared. I would get stuck and possibly further worse accidents could happen. Maybe I would go either one of spring creeks right here then.
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At least, this weather break motivated me to post one. Assuming and hoping I will be guiding next year, I'm tying lots of lots of flies. Most of them are generic patterns for Paradise Valley Spring Creeks. I'm confident of my tying so I'd like to sell them to clients rather than just give them.




Counter-clockwise from the top, shown are Sparkle Dun, Foam Nymph, Improved Sparkle Dun, Soft-hackle (all these are meant for Sulphur mayfly or smaller PMD), and small olive-black X Caddis.


I'm working on how to organize and store all of these flies and I'm getting short of boxes. But there should be a smart way or two to organize, so just buying more boxes doesn't solve my dilemma.

I could think of one solution off the top of my head...............some of you readers out there may be interested in purchasing my flies?? That will reduce my inventory and give more spaces among my current boxes. And then I will have a bit of funding to buy boxes if needed......
I'm just being funny and "fishy" about money-making idea but there's NO JOKE about my fly tying and products so if some of you happen to be interested in my flies, just let me know!
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2 comments:

  1. Links Tackle ShopDecember 8, 2010 at 10:26 AM

    Hey you should come down to Gardiner one of these warm days and we can fish on my lunch break. The confluence of the Gardiner and the Yellowstone is just out of the park and also the water is warmer. Can be some good hatches and fishing on days when the wind is laying down and it's above 40.

    -Link

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  2. Lefty Angler & FliesDecember 8, 2010 at 8:03 PM

    Sure,
    How can I get a hold of you? You can email me from the contact in my profile. We seem to have relatively warm temps for a while. Wind could be unpredictable as always. Anyway I'm in the middle of things and dying to get out fishing. your lunch break or weekend works for me.
    S-Y

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