@wd40 Yes, it's the basic intro kit from Cabela's/Bass Pro. I can see that it's good enough to get started, but like my other hobbies, I'll soon go stupid with it. At least I'm under no pretense that I'm trying to save money by tying. And it looks like Regals are as much or more than the Renzetti Travelers these days. I think I'd get a lot of use out of the rotary function on the Traveler, but man, the Regals are just beautiful.
@troph, as a dorky kid who had half-dried Testor's bottles scattered about his room, the same thought occurred to me. We're just big kids, after all. It's a little early for me to enter my "puttering" phase, but why not? My younger son suggested I'll need a tying station with a pipe rest before long.
My older one is off at school in Colorado, so I wrote him a little note and slipped that first ugly fly in the envelope for him to fish when it thaws out. That was a pretty cool misty-eyed dad moment.
I'll bet it'll look great stuck in a tree.