A younger gentleman recently contacted me via the Speypages forum about doing a frame for him. His grandfather was a rabid fly angler, tyer, and denizen of Yellowstone for weeks on end...and artist. He would draw his own postcards to send back to friends and family; fortunately for his grandson, almost all were saved. Long story shortened, the grandson asked me to frame up a couple of his grandfather's post cards and a few of the flies he tied. The job provided some unique challenges, but I think I got 'er done.
I developed a way to mount the flies so they are not destroyed in the mounting process; probably similar to what others have done, but it was fun to work out by myself without consultations:
Doing the double matting was a bit dizzying. This is the top mat, getting ready for the bottom mat.
I didn't charge much for this job; I just thought it was cool that the fellow wanted to remember his grandfather this way.
Gary
P.S. still on the fence about what kind of frame for it.
