DarrellP

Smile a lot, and be pleasant. Ask questions but don't be a pest. Look for things to do. Ask, "may I help you?" Ask the boss if there is anything else he needs you to do, before you leave, every day. Be on time, every time. Dress like the other guys. If they wear a button up shirt, don't wear a t shirt. Don't ask how to do something more than once, unless it is really complicated. In other words, pay close attention. You do NOT know a better way, unless you get permission to change to your way of doing something. If the boss says no, it is no. Do all of your duties promptly and without having to be told. If I have to keep pointing out that the floor needs sweeping, I look for a new employee. Your boss doesn't have time to follow you around and tell you what to do. And most important, leave your cell phone in the car or turn it off while at work. You have been given excellent advice above. Congratulations!

As George Clooney said in "Oh brother, where art thou,": "Don't look for logic in the chambers of the human heart."

Define best. Most innovative, precise, does beautiful work, ties the most difficult flies, most prolific, etc.? Genre of flies? Salmon, Trout, Salmon/steelhead, Warm water? The question is a bit broad and subjective. AK Best does some amazing work. Ed Engle, Lefty Kreh, Clouser, Gapen, Craven, Popovichs, and on and on. Bob Lemay ties some precise stuff that works. St Apte? Ron Alcott? In my opinion Sid Glasso was one of the very best.

Royal Wulff, McGinty

I just learned that Mark Noble of the Greased Line fly shop died. Mark died in March after suffering from a stroke. He invented the "After Dinner Mint", a Steelhead fly, which was his most famous fly. He tied a lot of Muddle variations. He was mentioned in Trey Coombs book, and was widely known in the Northwest. I had moved from the NW and had lost touch. He helped me a lot as I started out fly fishing up there. A real loss to the sport.

Beautiful work