Mr. Child's Tools:
Turning the Mundane into the Exotic
Written by Ingrid Sils
Photographs by Paul Schmookler
The one thing that all fly tiers have in
common is their tools. Regardless of
expense, a fly tier's tools are usually
purchased a few at a time — until he or
she has everything that is needed. And
that, for most tiers, is that, but there can
be few of us who haven't looked at our
bench and haven't noticed that our
precious tools can hardly be considered
as "a set." — That is until now.
Dean Childs has taken the mundane
fly-tying tools every tier takes for granted
and has turned them into something
special — works of art that are as
functional as they are beautiful. Read
about the unique process Childs uses
to create these beautiful and
indestructable tools which, remarkably,
he guarantees for life.
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