"Double Whammy" Custom Fly Bench

[Jon Williams]

I'm new to the area and forum. I noticed a few of you post pictures of your fly tying benches so I thought I'd share these pics of my new tying bench.

During the storm (formally known as the "Double Whammy" storm), I was part of the restoration crew (electric) and was fortunate enough to come across a piece of a 75 year old pine tree that had been blown down in Medina.
Long story short, I cut a slice of the stump I brought home and 20 hours of sanding, routering, and cutting later, whalla!!

It's definetely NOT a portable bench, but it IS one of a kind. The fly holder in the upper right corner is made from a branch off the same tree. My wife thought I was out of my bleeping mind when I started, but has since grown to love it.

I'm always looking for suggestions on new flies. Look forward to getting to know some of you.

Enjoy!!

Jon

[Hal Eckert]

Very nice maybe some day I will get back to such a state.:beathead:

Here is mine from a month or so ago, looks a little worse right now with the heavy witner fly tying stage we are in. The beauty of the roll top desk is that I can hide it from the lady of the house with one downward pull on the cover.:thumb:

:confused: :eek:

:beer2:

BG

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v231/eckhal1/IMG_0002.jpg

[Rory McMahon]

thats pretty close to what mine looks like right now

[1morecast]

Black Ghost,
Thx. for the pic. I have been trying to tell my girlfriend that it is normal for a fly tying bench to look like that!:thumb:
Frank

[Jon Williams]

I think I see Waldo in there....

[kodiaksalmon]

That's pretty cool Jon. How did you keep it from splitting? Or was it dead when it came down? Just the time between then and now seems a little short for that to completely dry and season enough to work with it.

Jeff