8 Minutes of Fame

I think it was Andy Warhol, or was it Andy Griffith?, who said that everyone would be world famous for 15 minutes at some point in their life. Well, if that's true, I've got about 7 minutes left...

I was unexpectedly asked to be on a segment of the local cable access news show, New Brighton Now! a few weeks ago. I guess the host, a very nice woman named Lynn, noticed that I teach fly tying classes through the Parks & Rec department. She must have been having an extremely slow time of finding guests, because she emailed me and asked if I would want to come on the show and talk about my classes. She even said I could tie a fly if I wanted to. Any time I get the chance to potentially embarrass myself in front of dozens of people, I jump at the chance, so I said I would do it.

The show taped a couple of Thursdays ago, and although I had been nervous leading up to it, I thought the interview and the tying demonstration went well. I knew I would only have about 3 or 4 minutes to tie, so I chose a simple pattern, a beadhead wooly bugger, and I got all of the materials ready before we started taping. I even pre-beaded the hook, which is something I hate doing. The camera didn't get quite as close to my vise as I had hoped it would, but I think the viewers could get a pretty good sense of what was happening. Take a look and see what you think...

Now that I only have 7 minutes of fame left, I suppose I better figure out how to use it. If you have any ideas for me, let me know.