Getting Started
Hello everybody! This week marks the first time I have opened my fly tying vise since receiving it for Christmas in 2019. Early on, I realized that the vise had minimal materials in it. This meant that a trip to my favorite store was in the future! I went to Sportsman's Warehouse on Friday to scout out materials to make flies. I also found out that materials to tie flies are expensive! I ended up purchasing dubbing, chenille, feathers, and hooks. I should be up and running on learning the basic principles of tying by Tuesday.
Reker and Wong's continuum mentioned that on one end, there is a deeper individual meaning while the other end has a meaning of conformity. Hasselkus (2011, p. 4). To relate it back to my new occupation, I have to look at the outcome that is desirable. My goal is to become proficient at fly tying enough to never need to buy flies again. To me, this points towards the end with deeper individual meaning. But an undesirable outcome could result in me conforming to what the assignment as a whole expects. That is doing the minimum necessary to achieve a passing grade and never picking up the vise ever again after. As of today, I associate the occupation of fly tying on the more personal end of the continuum. It is a desirable activity that should, theoretically, save me money in the end.
I believe that this new ocupation falls under the expressive meaning side of meditative thinking. I am taking on this new occupation with the intent to use it for my own gain. Little new advantages will come from it as well. I will be able to develop my pincer grasp and develop micro hand-eye-coordination. This activity will allow for time to myself. This will allow me to become meditative in thinking. There will alays be an aspect of calculative thinking involved. This will be the beginning of every new fly I wish to tie.
I look forward to this new challenge. Please feel free to join the ride with me, and post any comments necessary. I will be happy to answer any questions that I can and try my best on others that might be tougher.
Hello Glenn! I love that you chose an occupation that will be of value to you in your future. It sounds like a great skill to have for someone who enjoys to fly fishing. It seems like your trip to Sportsman's was one you were excited to make. I have never really gone fishing. A few weeks ago I was up by Stanley Idaho, I found it fascinating to watch the fly fishermen. You wrote about the undesirable aspect of just doing enough to get through this assignment and never doing this occupation again; what could make tying flies turn into the social end of the continuum that Hasselkus described, (2011, pg.4)?
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ReplyDeleteI am jealous that you were out in Stanley. Their water levels are low and the fishing is amazing right now! I believe that your comment is asking me how I plan on keeping this occupation relevant in my life? For this, I have found fly tying seminars that are designed to bring together many different classes of fly tiers. I hope that by meeting others who are involved, that I can keep this new occupation fun for the future.
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DeleteThat is interesting the low water levels makes the fishing amazing. We love to go boating and low water levels are not helpful for us. I think its such a great idea that you are participating in seminars and classes to meet others who are involved in this occupation. It will be fun to see some of your work eventually.
Glen this is awesome! I can only imagine how painful it will soon be when you start losing the flies that you took hours to tie. I lose flies and it isn't too big of a deal, but now it puts a whole new meaning into your fly fishing experience! I love it. What fly pattern do you plan on tying first? Im excited to follow this blog and see your progress with it.
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