You are entirely correct in that statement, JD. I've been fly fishing for about a year (it's been painful teaching myself through the internet and books), and i recently decided that i needed to learn to tie. I started yesterday and i haven't looked back. I actually just opened up an old pillow to use the stuffing for glo-balls, it worked great! It's 2 a.m. now and i'm still cranking out flies. practice practice!