[streamer]

Put your takes/review/report/pics of the Lyin' & Tyin' Event here. I'll put mine in here after I take a nap.

Streamer

[22midge]

Well I will get this started.....First we had some missing this time so Phil you had a lot of strength coming your way and the news is good.Hope it continues.For all that couldnt be there ...there is always next time.Ralph all was with yea and it just wasnt the same without you there.We will keep yea in our thoughts.Big O the faith of all was filled again seeing you there .Now for the L&T ---what can yea say but thanks to everyone --learned alot .Mr COLIN we see the future and it looks bright--glad you joined us.Blake what can be said but thanks for sharing and giving to all of us .Thanks to all that helped to learn some and improve what you taught me last time.Thanks Dean for hauling me around and just being there so we can cheat the Smith with what they teach us.Be safe --lets do it again soon. Peewee

[J_Thomas]

A great L&T for sure
1st off -- Thanks to Jule and Bob for straw bossing this event.

I got to spin some bugs with Olyns and swap a lie or 5 with him plus a little tying material. Good stuff.
Thanks to Colin and Jule for letting me use their vise to tie my raggedy azz bugs.
Thanks to Ben Vaughn for being the chaffeur and putting me up. The scotch and his vise at home finally wore me out about 4:00 AM.
Capt Gordon -- Good to see you cuz. You doin' great stuff in tha salt!!
Kevin -- thanks for the peacock eyes
Josh (Supafly) thanks for the bodacious snow shoe hare bugs (awesome)
Brock -- thanks for stepping up at the show with your tying stuff
Keeper -- thanks for keeping your pet dog (Wilke) on a short choker collar
Glad to see many new faces at the L&T

Certainly one of my favorite events of the entire year.
Thanks for the memories

Stone Man

[streamer]

First of all, thanks to DD for his strawbossin' efforts.

I think for the first time ever, I spent more time watching than tying, and I tied a LOT of flies, and gave them away, pretty much like always. I enjoyed teaching a few folks a few new skills, and tricks, but watching Steve Yates, Riverman, JT, Bamboo10, Disco, Teachertec, Smokey, PHG, and others was a delight.

I have to say that I got the biggest thrill watching my son soak up all those skills that so many of you were willing to teach him. Thank you so much. I think he's got some talent, but y'all really have amped his skillset.

Here are a few takes:
Disco and his new high $$$ fishing sled. Hospital neat, though. Gotta fix that.

Good coffee and catching up on Friday night.
Dinner with Olyns and Saint Sandy. What a delight to see him out and about with that old familiar twinkle in his eyes. And a motorized wheelchair in which he races madly about. Watch your toes around the speedy Big O.

Tying at a leisurely and conversational pace. Learning to relax, watch and listen more. I learn more that way. Thanks
for the lesson, Peewee.

Missing Ralph. Noth the same without you, big guy. Our thoughts and prayers were with you.

Sat. trip to the show. Not much in the way of product intros or deep discounts, but great tyers and seminars. I tied a few flies at the CFFC booth, but was tickled to watch C McStreamer at 14 teaching kids how to tie their first fly. He did a great job of helping the younger kids relax and walk away with a fly that they tied of their very own, Nice work, buddy.

Back to the hotel for Sat. night lyin', tyin', meetin' & greetin'. Spun some hair and spun some yarns.

Rooming with Billres and Disco is always a treat. Our room always sounds like a summer camp cabin for 8th graders. Lots of laughs, and a little mischief and drama. Good friends.

Sunday a.m. and a few quiet minutes with my friend, Riverman. Then we talked with Overbooked about the upcoming Dads & Kids weekend in April, and discussed the neurotic aspects of tying flies. Okay.....MY neurosis anyway.

Colin and I took the scenic leisurely drive home, stopped for some good 'cue at Blue Mist, and made it to Cary around 1:30 or so.

Thanks to everyone who made it a special weekend for ma nad my son. We had a blast, and we'll be back.

Here's a few pics of a few tyers.



Devinsdad flinging some Flashdancers



Jason "The Mad Scientist" Baker



Disco pumping out a plethora of poppers.



C McStreamer in focus.



....and teaching his Macaw Nymph to DD.



gqualls tying flies so small that I can't see 'em.



Teachertec fast-spinning his bugs on his turbo-charged Norvise. Hey, Brad....that thang got a Hemi?



PHG.......tying the classics.



Once again Brandy brought her charms to the room.



Finally, the general consensus about this year's Lyin' & Tyin'.

Thanks to everyone who made it a success.

Streamer

[croaker]

Another Good Urn!

Good to see some old freinds and meet some new ones in person.
Thanks Kim fer learnin' me them Hips Poppers.
Bill for sharin' Saint Anns cake and cookies and yer vise.
Overbrook, Riverman, Peewee, Steve Yates and others fer sharin' some nifty tying tricks.
Lookin' forward to the next one.

Ain't Lyin' & Tyin' Grand!!!

croaker

[Al]

As I said in the other post about the fly show (which will not be on my "to do list" next year) I thought the L&T show was great. I reconnected with lots of folks I have not seen in a year and met a few more for the first time.

As some of you know, I had cataract surgery 10 days ago and as a result can't see worth crap. My reading vision is good but I need a new pair of glasses for distance. I know I looked right at folks and did not recognize them. My apologies for that. I am really bummed that I missed Olyns as I always enjoy talking with him. New "cheaters" sometime this week - can't wait.

[Devinsdad]

Big Thanks to my buddy Streamer for helpin strawboss everything. Good weekend fer sure

So many materials floatin around premo deer hair, Awesome dyed Biots, Fantastic Peacock.. all kinds of goodies....

Big Thanks to CMcStreamer for helpin the CFFC with our tying program for kids.. there were certainly some happy faces leavin the tyin table. Good job dude!

Thanks to GQuals for all the goodies.... Danged if I am not humbled everytime I hang out with you....

Good to See TBryan and his dad, that was a pleasant suprise.. glad your back from the stint in Texas Todd, you got no reason not to come to Shady Valley now.

Lots of new faces, I hope FFNC and I didn't scare BCCatamount off

JT thanks for showing me the way to tie a good Tellico, though Hellbender did his best to ruin my learnin

teachertec, the new secret wings are da BOMB! good ties my friend..

Swappin stories about our younger days and our spoon wielding Momma's with FlyChamps and Streamer..

Sharin Lunch at Lupies with BillRes, Disco, and the Streamers
Don't drop your pickle

Closin out Saturday night laughin with Disco and Croaker.... We laughed so hard we thought we were gonna have to do CPR on Croaker

The crowd was just the right size, and everyone had a great time....

Blake, thanks again for the swap items, and thanks for the invite... Devin and I will surely come for a visit when the weather gets a bit warmer...

PeeWee as always good to see you my friend.

Who invited the Canadian...

Peddler finally got his fly... Streamer can rest easy now..

Caleb and Flyman thanks for the help and the tips....

Just a great weekend as is always with this crowd....

Lets do it again soon fella's...

I'll put some pictures up tomorrow....

[phg]

It's always great to see y'all and to spend some time together. I look forward to this event, each year, as it signals the end of winter and the beginning of fishing season. That was actually a fairly flattering picture Jule took of me, and I can now see why, if I walk into a restaurant with a hat on, I'm automatically offered a senior discount, but if I don't have a hat on, they ask me to pay full price....

I really meant to take more pictures this time, which I did do, but there were still only 3 pix, and I'm not posting the one that didn't come out.

It was just about supper time on Sat. when I walked around and took these. Several of the main conspirators were missing, at that time, but you can see a bit of what it was like.


I had just gotten back from supper, but most everyone else was still out. Just a few die-hards that would rather do this than eat....


This is the tough crowd I was sitting with. Flychamps was across from me, and Josh and Brandy were to my left.

The crowd on Sat. was a bit smaller than most of us were expecting, but I guess it's because the show ended on Sat., and a lot of people just didn't stay over. That's OK, though. I had a great time, picked up a few tips, renewed some old acquaintances, and made a few new ones.

Olyns, it was good to see you out and about on Fri. Fernando, likewise on Sat. Old Flytier and Secret Weapon both showed up on Fri, that was a pleasant surprise. Creek Scum was there with his dyed biots, Jule and OB, were spinning deer hair, while JT and Peddler spun BS. Bamboo10 had the raffle rod to show off, and gqualls was peddling beads (great deal!) Even TE Schuler showed up on Friday, with about 1/2 the NC fishing team. Flemming was there with a few of his sketches, and of course, we can't forget Kevin and his peacock feathers. Between Steve Yates, OB, and Blake, if you forgot to bring some material, they were pretty likely to have it....

I'm already looking forward to the spring show, although I hope to get a bit of fishing in between now and then.....

[teachrtec]

Where to begin.

Great bunch of folks as always. Great to see and talk to a lot folks I knew and meet several new people.

Great ideas that I came home with. I got to see and hear so many neat tricks: cactus to dubbing.

Going out to eat sushi with a great crowd of folks.

Thanks to everyone involved for making it a great event.

If we could get some of the tiers featured at the show to come to Lyin and Tyin I probably wouldn't go to the show just hang out at the hotel.

[ctchrelz]

L and T - what a great time. Thanks to everyone for making everyone feel welcome. Great knowledge was shared and passed as well as flies. Tom, Blake, Josh, Smokey, Jule, Gary, Kim, thanks for taking the time to show me some tips and tricks. Tom thanks for the time to teach me how to hackle correctly and other tips. It was great to meet everyone and hang out. If I can't be fishing, this is a good way to spend the afternoons.
A special thanks to Ben for sharing his chuck!

I tried to get some shots of everyone, but I did do some tying and probably missed a few folks. Sorry if I missed you. Pictures will be posted in 2-3 posts.

pt