Show Vigi a? 14-- The Herald JournalCache Sunday June 8 1986 There's something fishy about One of Riding's contribute Rainy Riding is an artist with an unusual clientele She creates tiny abstract sculptures for the aesthetic benefit of fish They carry unusual titles too like the “Royal Wolf” the “Mylar Mickey Finn” the “Joe’s Hopper” and the framed and hai weird but you gotten from pec Lake City) Evei flies” "Bitch Creek” fly-ti- Rainy Riding ties a fly in the workshop of her Wellsvillehome ere a books and ma§ Fly-tie- Using Riding of Wellsville is a professional an eclectic arsenal of raw materials including chicken feathers beaver fur chenille and tinsel she creates the front line of the assault on fish: his flies A normal fly consists of a barbless hook around which are wound a variety of hairy stringy and smooth substances so that to the fish’s eye it resembles food Using feathers floss and tinsel Riding may create a replica of an insect larva which attracts trout With fur floss and leather she creates tiny fake mice reportedly irresistible to bass No matter how much the fish like Rainy’s flies of course she still has to attract human customers with them Their beauty entices anglers to test them against fish or sometimes just to hook them to their hats for show And lately her flies have had new exposure among the paintings and sculptures in Utah art er galleries Extra-larg- e versions of some of Riding’s flies have been on display at Salt Lake City’s Phillips Gallery for several weeks and this week a show including her work will open at Logan’s Alliance for the Varied Arts After 13 years tying flies that have disappeared into willow thickets under submerged logs and in the stomachs of fish she says she is a little amused that her flies are Tv ? rs producing tt exactly timeafti The framed which include each carry pric ! least 8250 None yet sold Ridin orders keep con anglers who ha examples Riding ties fli equipi fly-tyi- ng extra room of he also teaches fly-- t for Utah State Lifespan Learnu Her first job ii Art Jones a in Roo when in an emi teach a tying da same time 30 1 of pr “Art spent 15 minutes sy&j't ' |