It’ll be a spectacle akin to a Mafia Trial – dapper gentlemen holding the camera at bay with a folded newspaper or jacket pulled over the head to avoid embarrassment.

Fly tiers will become reticent and temperamental, shielding their work from the prying lens of HDTV, adopting large amorphous sunglasses to evade the paparazzi, and expounding the virtue of modesty.

A Pullman, Washington television studio has started filming a fly tying series in High Definition TV:

“The first time we worked in high definition, the show’s talent noticed the difference immediately,” said Don Peters, senior planning engineer for KWSU Media. “They couldn’t believe the detail they were seeing on the screen. We were able to show the individual fibers of the flies and really capture a richness of details that is so important to the avid fly fisherman.”

To the artist that means every misplaced rib, lumpy abdomen, anemic wing, and errant tuft of dander will be showcased prominently – they’ll be blushing profusely and backpedaling desperately to get out of the stark glare of the Kleig lights.

The rest of us will be completely ignorant of the artist’s inner turmoil, wondering why all the best tiers stutter so damn much… No more wiping your nose with a shirt sleeve, from now on it’s a speech coach and pancake makeup for you.