Rob Keeble
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Darren does your Dad tie his own flies or has he given it a try?You know I had the conversation with my Dad last night. They retired almost 20 years ago when they were in their mid 50's. Dad fell in love with trout fishing when I was in my teens and it has been his passion for many years now. He's gotten where it's hard for him to bend over just to get the fish out of the water. He's fallen 3 times this year on the banks where he fishes as they aren't the most even. He's had surgery a couple of times now on his shoulders and it's gotten where he just doesn't enjoy the sport as much. He's gone once in the last month and it was hard to hear him tell me that he thought he was done with it. But as many of you, he's adjusted and has other interests and will adapt to what life is throwing at him. One of my goals has been to get my shop setup where he can come and use it as well, heck, he's got quite a few tools in there that were his in the first place. He and I also share an interest in shooting, so hoping to do more of that with him also, even if he can out shoot me with one arm behind his back.
One of my projects on the "list" is to make a case something like Brent has made , but one that will open into a fly tying work place.
I am thinking ahead to what to do when mobility becomes an issue and both wood carving and fly tying besides other things are two of the ideas i want to have prepared for by then.
Only thing is, tying for the sake of it i am not sure of. Best fun is when one ties a fly and then uses it to catch something. Oldest son and i gave that a go many years back when i first got a basic tying kit from Bass pro on a business trip to USA before any thoughts of moving to Canada. He caught on his, i am still 0/0. Lol.