It’s been a few weeks since I’ve tied some flies and I’m definitely behind for the ‘usual’ amount that I tie every year (the ‘little lady’ is crackin’ the whip and wedding planning stuff is killing me)…
Now I finally have an ‘excuse’ for the ‘little lady’ as I conveniently received a ‘fresh batch’ of pheasant tailwings in the mail from GFV…
-”See dear, I can’t go with you to meet another caterer or florist, I need to tie flies before these pheasant feathers go bad, I’m behind!” –She bought it (she knows I’m full of shit though)…
So, down to the ‘Man Cave’ I go!
Yep, “The Man Cave.” The ‘room’ in the house (basement for me) that a guy can make a mess, drink fine swill, crank Country and Rock n’Roll music, watch sports, tie flies and act like a jackass with his buddies…The only thing I’m missing is a foosball table…
Fellas, if you’ve been married for more than two minutes and tie flies you know about the mess and the smell of tying material, i.e, rotting capes etc.—Women DO NOT like this–at all…So, we get our own ’special area’ in the house for these things…It’s a win-win if you ask me!
Every guy deserves a ‘man cave’ (the garage doesn’t count) that they can decorate any way they prefer…Sports stuff, fishing stuff, models in bikinis, etc…Afterall ladies, you GET the rest of the house to decorate…It’s only fair, I’m just sayin’…
The pictures here are ”The View from my Bench” (where I tie flies)…The boys over at Buster Wants To Fish inspired this…They’ve been asking their fellow readers to mail in pictures of their fly-tying ‘bench’ and then posting them…Mine isn’t nearly as impressive as some of the ones that I’ve seen–Wow…
-I can’t say that I have a specific ‘bench’ for tying flies…I’ve always had my fly-tying stuff in ‘cases’ and ‘boxes’ that I can conveniently set-up wherever. You might notice a couple of large boxes on the bench in the pictures—-my ‘fly stuff’ boxes. I built them out of scrap poplar many, many years ago and they ended up weighing about 50 pounds each (ha)…They look kinda cool though…
Regardless, having the whole basement (man cave) to myself and being a guy rules…
I like the Vitamin R in the top picture…it’s just the right kind of beer to drink in the Man Cave!
Yep, keeping my sponsor happy!
I know you love the man cave jmac!
The Man Cave is super cool, dude…
Who let the dawgs out??!
Nice! Now back to ordering the correct color flower for your lapel in the ceremony jj.
I’m crying…It sucks.
What do you mean garages don’t count? When I lived in a smaller place I had a basement cave too. Yours is much much nicer than mine was.
Gerry has a pretty sweet garage deal going, I speak as an eyewitness.
The garage is also the man cave but in my case it’s the workshop and gets pretty dirty (sawdust etc)…So, I don’t want to tie flies and stuff like that in there! Plus, there’s no heat in my garage (unless I put a heater in there)…
I have seen some pretty sweet ‘garage/shop man caves’ though!
Also, I need to elaborate on that some more:
The garage is typically/usually dealt to men as the “man cave” and that’s it for “your space.” It’s a given.
Well, that’s horse manure…
Gentlemen are kind enough to tolerate the “wimmens” decoration and placement throughout 90% of the house…
So, we get stuck with the sh1tty “room” and we are happy to have it. Dear.