Hello all,
In the next couple paragraphs I will try to introduce myself, including
my passion for fly fishing and fly tying.
I am Martin Stout from The Netherlands, born in 1979 and with my lovely
girlfriend Jacomar I live near Rotterdam in the Netherlands. After
several years of 'normal' fishing, I started fly fishing in the years I
attended the University of Delft (graduated in 2004). Friends of mine
where fishing with the fly for pike and always caught more pike then I
did, which I did not find very amusing. OFCOURSE, Fishing is not always
about catching fish but much more about the surroundings, however once
in a while catching a fish is nice too.
In the early years, I obtained my flies from the same friends that
seduced me to fly fishing however I wanted to understand and experiment
more with flies and decided to tie my own flies. With a little help
from my friends, I taught myself to tie my own pike flies around the
year 2001. I never could have imagined than that fly fishing and fly
tying would have this much impact on my life as it is right now.
In the year 2004 I joined with the fly fishing club of Spijkenisse (VVC
Spijkenisse www.vliegvissen.com). Recently (2007), I went into the
tying board of our club and by now I am one of the fly tying teachers
in our club. I am also active on the internet the nice thing about this
is that it resulted in a lot of friend all over the country, and in the
future maybe even all over the world.
I think I do not have a real specialty in fly tying, other than "to go
with the flow". I just tie the fly I fancy when I am behind my vice.
Personally, I think tying with hare's hair and CDC is very nice. I have
seen this on the site of Jean Paul Dessainge (www.jpdessaigne.com) and
that inspired me a lot. Next to that, I find it also nice to tie Pike
flies and all other kind of streamers.
Kind regards en tight lines
Martin Stout