an addiction

Im thankful I tie my own...I'm sure I have an addicition for that. 

I don't think I could afford to fish if I didn't tie all of my flies.

My addiction is in the tying of the flies. I have way too much time on my hands. An example I spent the past few days reading everything I could about midge fishing - an area that drove me craze in years past.

I have found that most of the new patterns are being created in the western streams. How much more effective are they that what we use here?

Here are some patterns that I am going crazy trying to find patterns for:

Midge larvae - Lee's Ferry Midge, "Magic" Midge, Biot Midge
Midge Pupae - Serendipity, Owens, Thread midge
Emergers - CDC, RS-2

Or the Charlie Cravin Flies:
Black Beauty, Blood Midge, Miricle Midge or Biot Emerger

How about Charlie Meck and his Big Baetis nymph

Now add these to the tons of midge patterns you already carry - where do you stop?

My addiction is fly tying
The more different types of flies you tie, the more material you half to buy. This has been going on fot 30+ years.
I moved my fly tying area in the house 3 times always looking for more room.I was given a box full of vintage flies from the 30's and 40's. Now the addiction is buying old flies and trying to reproduce them just like the old ones .
My better half is always woundering what is next.

DT - your the greatest

you fellas are sick doctor fishenfool says the cure is to keep tying and send to my house. lol I need another fly box to fill. Dt i think i am going to install some peg board to make more room for more stuff.

fishenfool, i'm still jealous of your fly tying table and cabinets. peg board? heck your birthday's coming up, i wouldn't be surprised if some one made you a wooden display case for the new hackle you're buying!!! ~dt
the elk hair will be coming in your birthday package.

I'm totally addicted to fly tying.  When I buy flies I generally buy two.  One to fish and one to tear apart with a magnifying glass so I can try and reproduce it.  I've been tying hard for the last several months and have more original patterns than anything else.  I'm just dying to get out and try some of these flies I'm dreaming up.  I just hope some of them work in the steams and rivers.  I have about 12 dozen of my own design flies and about 12 dozen traditional flies just waiting to get wet.  My favorite flies to tie are buggers and zonkers with cone and bead heads and clousers. 

Is the epoxy really needed on the clousers? 

Interesting question you pose. Most new members of the Brothers of the Angle buy dozens of flies at a clip. If they make the transition to tying, the fly fest continues. What finally slowed me down was the discovery that most of the flies I was tying were actually Western patterns. So I rethought my approach (several times).
 
At this point I tie a few flies within each major group that have been effective for me.  All the flies I tie lend themselves to "repurposing" by slight changes in materials, color or tying method. They're almost guide flies, but most could trace their ancestry to some traditional pattern.
 
One poster mentioned that he was unable to get the hang of tying. I'd suggest taking a class, if possible. I've found that most people with "tyer's anxiety" need to concentrate on certain basics like, 1) using the hook's features to judge proportion and 2) knowing exactly where to put on the next turn of thread and 3) exactly where to stop. Published recipes are often cryptic on these basics. It's kind of like teaching the golf swing without spending time on proper grip. That's just this fella's .02.

never an addiction on spending 1.50-4.99 on 1 single fly

Thank god its simpler to tye then it is to get to the flyshop.

my tying is a bad addiction, I have to tie at least 25
flies a day all winter & some days 5 & 6 dozen do not
want to run out, I hate to buy flies