The picture says it all, my Regal has literally been on fire now for the better part of four months. Finally, the show season for me comes to a close this coming weekend. For the last four months I have been traveling across various locations on the Eastern seaboard as well as the Midwest tying flies, giving presentations and promoting the launch of my first book. Although it has been exhausting at times, and time away from my family is a struggle, I have managed to survive burning the candle at both ends as I am very good at, working all week, tying at night and away every weekend.
This weekend in Michigan marks the end of the show season for me, and although I didn't make it to every venue and every show out there, I did manage to meet many great people and forge some great new friendships and connections along the way. All is not over however, as I have several smaller club presentations and gatherings throughout the year which I thoroughly look forward to. If my numbers are correct, somewhere around 250 dozen streamers have turned off the jaws of my Regal in the last four months, and now once this weekend is behind me, I will be able to pick up and begin the stack of fly orders I have waiting for my attention as well as the many new ideas that I have on paper that need to be put to iron for the coming years round of field testing.
Once the dust settles, the blog posts will become a bit more frequent and some of the tying videos that need to be completed will be shot and edited. Now that things are behind me a bit, it is time for me to make up for some lost time, many fish are in need of attitude adjustments, and I think I am the person who needs to do the adjusting if you catch my drift. It has been a tiring but great run this winter, and I want to take the time to thank each and every one of you who took the time to stop by and pass on your positive feedback on my first book. From what you all tell me, I didn't disappoint and it makes it all worth while. I will now leave you with a bunch of photographs from the last few months. The next posts should most definitely if all goes as planned, be littered with pictures of some time spent on the water. Here's to a banner 2016 on the water!
-RS-
