Better have lots of time and gas money. Unless you live nearby with near daily access and local intel you might as well mail me your gas money. Been there, done that. There’s no patterning those fish.
My experience is, the more tore up a fly gets the better it works sometimes. I believe it was Leonard Wright who wrote about old time European fly fishers who loaned out newly tied flies to be fished by someone else and then brought back to them to use.
GM and Toyota made novas in the California nummi plant. Workers came from laid off Fremont autoworkers. They were considered the worst workforce in the nation. When nummi closed, a bunch of them came to GM wentzville assembly center.
I always wonder why they focus on us here in the US to clean up the planet when China and India pump out huge amounts of pollution. Wouldn't we get more bang for our buck cleaning that up first? Gretta Thunberg should go to China and tell them how to save the planet. She can contemplate it while she sits in their work camps....