Daydream Flies

Nelson Bryant describes the wide-roaming anticipation of pre-season fly tiers in The New York Times. “Many of us who tie flies choose to compromise, to create some flies and purchase others. We may, for example, enjoy fashioning trout flies down to something as small as size 12 or 14, but balk at working with minuscule Nos. 20 or 22 hooks. Or we may not have the patience to assemble classic Atlantic salmon flies like the Jock Scott or the Silver Doctor.”