03-01-2010, 07:04 AM
Personally, I think I have saved a bunch of money on flies by tying them my self. Most people on here talk about seeing new and exciting flies and going out and buying a ton of stuff to tie them with. Now I'm guilty of this as are most of them but I have been able to limit myself pretty well to only buying stuff I need for flies I use. I bet I tie less then 10 different flies so I mostly have stuff to tie those flies with. If you can also limit your self to only the material you need then you can make it worth it to tie flies. That doesn't mean you can't experiment with new flies though, when I experiment with new flies I try and use stuff that I already have an buy only what I must have to tie the fly. Sometimes you never know, maybe the fly you tie with what you have is the one the fish want to take.
It was mentioned in an eariler post but I'm going to say it again. You don't have to buy the most expensive hackle on the market. If I can't find full
dle for 20 bucks I won't buy any. They tie just as good looking flies (in my opinion anyway) as the other stuff but you get the same amount for a lot less money!
Hopefully my late night rambling makes sense. PM me for any clarification.
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It was mentioned in an eariler post but I'm going to say it again. You don't have to buy the most expensive hackle on the market. If I can't find full
dle for 20 bucks I won't buy any. They tie just as good looking flies (in my opinion anyway) as the other stuff but you get the same amount for a lot less money!Hopefully my late night rambling makes sense. PM me for any clarification.
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