On-line Fly Tying Video: Welcome to the 21st Century

My Dad, who is in his seventies, called the other day to tell me about some new trout fishing flies he tied following step-by-step directions in a YouTube video.  The thought of my Dad surfing YouTube looking for fly tying videos made me chuckle but I thought it was pretty cool and definitely a sign of the times.  How Times Have Changed My first fly was a Black Ghost that I tied following step-by-step instructions in How to Tie Freshwater Flies by Kenneth E. Bay (Winchester Press, 1974) complete with black and white illustrations.  Yes, black and white illustrations. Gone are [...]

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