Tying times

This post is a pun - Maybe is should read "tRying times".

Are you well? I can't say I am.
This week I'm going to see a Urologist and have a cystoscopy. For a while now I've been troubled with kidney "pains", I had a stone removed in 2004, and lived each day since consuming 2-4litres of water under medical advice. It meant lots of toilet trips but hey I didn't want to have to go through that OP again. So a few months ago I started having issues and after scans, consultations and tests they haven't found any root cause. Except that the pain has nearly gone now in the last 2 weeks. So just to be sure I'm off for the exam this week. GREAT!

My birthday is coming up, I'll be 36 in a few weeks. No great deal. Having spent most of my life with a baby face it will mean a lot to be older. So what do I want to do for my birthday? Easy - go fishing. Yep. After many years of having to go to school or work on my birthday, I decided a few years ago to do what I want to do on my day. Once I decided to re-tile the bathroom. Never again, as I didn't get to bed until near midnight. It helps of course that the day of my birth happens to conincide with the opening of the fishing season here in New Zealand. Yippeee.
This year a good friend has said he will consider joining me on some little trek and fishing expedition.

The second part of my pun today is the "tying" part. The economic situation at home has made me think about combining my hobby and my time to tie some flies in a part commercial situation. Hey, if I earn a few $ to pay for my habit/hobby or at least to pay for gas money then so much the better.

So I've started tying some flies to sell online. Who knows, coming to a flybox near you might be one of my flies.


Tightlines

Jonathan