Fly tier Bill Pfeiffer expresses the koan-like paradox of fly tying: "'There’s this mystical aspect, but it’s not that mystical of a thing,' he said." He's referring to the fact that many of the most effective flies — like the woolly bugger — are not hard to tie and don't always imitate anything. Alex Strickland in the Montana Kaiman.
Woolly Buggers and the Fly Tying Mystique
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This page contains a single entry by Marshall Cutchin published on February 22, 2006 6:54 AM.
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