The guy catching the fish had flies I didn’t have, tied in a way I can’t tie. But he let me take a look at them and I figured I’d try to replicate to the best of my ability and see what takes.

I took a tying class a few years back and bought a vise. Nobody told me at the time they made left handed ones or that you can convert them, so I just turned it backwards. I use scissors with my right hand because they never had the lefties in school. It’s all screwed up but I won’t be on display at Somerset anytime soon, so what’s the difference?

Baseball works as a backdrop because there’s a lot of nothing going on between the something and you can look up based on the sound off the bat. So the Yankees are in first, and I have some baitfish patterns that haven’t failed me yet.