Chuck Tryon Flies

[Gavin]

Here’s a few tied by Chuck. Nice guy, but not much of a fly tier 

[BilletHead]

2 hours ago, Gavin said:

Here’s a few tied by Chuck. Nice guy, but not much of a fly tier 

Pat has almost the same assortment she was gifted by Chuck at her casting for recovery retreat. Plus a couple of his signed books. I got to meet him also when I picked her up.

[tjm]

2 hours ago, Gavin said:

not much of a fly tier 

but but, but he wrote at least two  books on flies;  Figuring out Flies (1990), All about Flies  (2001),  and  (maybe revisions or change of publisher or more books/) All About Flies: Everything the Fly Fisher Needs to Know  (2003) and All About Flies: Everything the Fly Fisher Needs to Know (2004)

[jdmidwest]

I bet they still catch fish....

[fishinwrench]

5 hours ago, tjm said:

but but, but he wrote at least two  books on flies;  Figuring out Flies (1990), All about Flies  (2001),  and  (maybe revisions or change of publisher or more books/) All About Flies: Everything the Fly Fisher Needs to Know  (2003) and All About Flies: Everything the Fly Fisher Needs to Know (2004)

Well, let's face it......Fly tyers, and fly fishers really don't need to know that much.   🤷‍♂️ 

Most of what we know, or think we know, is a waste of brain bandwidth. 😉

[Deadstream]

Daaa,  thought they looked good, its late on Sunday.  Wrench is right on

[tjm]

Oh, we need to know so little that anyone could write the book? I had thought maybe it was a case of the old "those that can, do;  those that can't, teach" adage. Then again maybe Sharon wrote the books, her name is on them too. I've never seen them or their books, but a few years ago some post got me interested in the  Mo.  smallmouth book and in looking for it I saw the others and a couple of  movie books too.  I had never heard of the guy until I started reading this forum. I've still never heard of him outside of this forum except when searching for the book.

The flies look pretty fishy to me.

[ColdWaterFshr]

22 hours ago, Gavin said:

Here’s a few tied by Chuck. Nice guy, but not much of a fly tier 

True, not much of a tier, but super nice guy.  Got to meet him at one of the Smallmouth Rodeo's.  His books, "Fly-Fishing for Trout in Missouri", and "200 Smallmouth Adventures" are must-haves for any beginner her in Missouri.  I learned a lot from them.  

Also I learned a lot, particularly about fly-tying and fly-fishing, from Gavin and a few others.  M Swederska.  Actually going fishing with Al Agnew once or twice, and some of the other MSA members.

[tjm]

17 minutes ago, ColdWaterFshr said:

"200 Smallmouth Adventures"

 At $300 on eBay, $400 on Abe Books and $764 on Amazon, I would not personally think of it as a "beginner's book", or a must have. I had it on a couple of watch-lists for a couple of years then   stopped looking for it.

[fishinwrench]

1 hour ago, tjm said:

 At $300 on eBay, $400 on Abe Books and $764 on Amazon, I would not personally think of it as a "beginner's book", or a must have. I had it on a couple of watch-lists for a couple of years then   stopped looking for it.

That's a pricey "map".   I'd definitely sell my copy for 400.00 in a heartbeat.