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My dad was a commercial tier in the 50's, learned from him in the 60's. His adage was tie 6 to get to know the materials. Another 6 to figure out the pattern, the last 6 to figure out the shortcuts. Strip the hooks, Start tying the fly. Used this way for 50 years, through my commercial tying, it embeds the pattern in your mind for good.

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Now that is useful advise. I find myself tying one or two flies of a new pattern and then trying to load my fly box with them. They usually look shabby and sometime later I'll look at em and discard them. I'll bet that if I followed your advise, knowing that I'm just tying the first 18 for drill, I'd probably be more satisfied once I start tying them for my fly box.

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