Time to Tie Flies

We are just entering the months with the coldest days of the year. Not a lot of sportsmen want to spend time in the outdoors now. (Imagine how wildlife deals with the cold.) Anyhow, most sportsmen find things to do during the winter to put in their time, including watching outdoor shows on TV, curling up with sporting books near their woodburners, or reloading shells. Hoping to fool fish with artificial flies, some sportsmen head off to obscure corners of their homes where they tie these artificial flies.

Spending quite a few hours in my fly-tying room, I have made a solid dent in the number o...