Tied It Myself. Worked Once: Fly Tying Angler Gift Tee

You sit at a vise for two hours and produce something you are genuinely proud of. A fish eats it. Then it never works again, and it stays in the box for four years anyway.

A stranger reads crafting. Knitting, a scarf, a friendship bracelet, a necktie somebody made themselves. They are certain it is a joke about a homemade object, and the second sentence reads to them as ordinary craft self deprecation. It is the same joke in both languages, which is rare and useful.

Set as a fly box label with RETAINED FOR SENTIMENT along the bottom, which is the only honest reason it is still in there.

What it is

• Unisex softstyle tee, 4.5 oz/yd² (153 g/m²)
• 100% ring-spun cotton in the solid colors. Sport Grey is a 90% cotton, 10% polyester blend, and Dark Heather is 65% polyester, 35% cotton
• Double stitched neckline and sleeves, side seamed, tear away label
• Sizes S through 3XL
• Fourteen colors. Seven light ones printed in near black ink, seven dark ones printed in cream

Where it comes from

Custom printed in the USA. Every shirt is printed here, one at a time, on a soft cotton blank woven overseas.

Nothing is printed until you order it, so nothing sits in a warehouse and nothing gets thrown away.

Getting it to you

Free US shipping on orders $45 and up. Under that it is a flat $8.00. We make it after you order it, which takes 2 to 5 business days, and it then takes 3 to 4 business days to reach you from a US facility. Most orders arrive in 5 to 9 business days. You get a tracking number by email as soon as the label is created.

Care

Machine wash cold, inside out, gentle cycle. Tumble dry low or hang dry. Do not iron the print.

The Natural colorway

Natural has small dark speckles through the fabric. That is the undyed cotton showing, and it is expected rather than a fault.