# What kind of hobbies are y'all into? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 3, 2011, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-hobbies-are-yall-into/566221 "2011-01-03T12:54:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2011, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-hobbies-are-yall-into/566221/41 "2011-01-04T07:41:58Z")
> [@tr0psn4j](#): > > I used to do a fair bit of fly tying and that’s pretty much the only art type thing I’ve ever done or been halfway decent at. Unfortunately, having to deal with all those feathers and hairs makes it a very messy hobby. I quit doing it because of the mess. Those things get EVERYWHERE. Try fly tying with a cat around. They go _insane_ for feathers and deer hair. I keep the door closed and the cat outside when I tie flies in my study, or else he will jump onto the desk and drag off all my materials. I like tying divers and wool sculpins. Here’s a bass sculpin I did last fall, [before](http://img560.imageshack.us/img560/3961/untrimmed.jpg) and [after](http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/8938/trimmedmore.jpg) trimming. ---
**Author:** ![Otara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a88e4f/32.png) [@Otara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otara)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2011, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-hobbies-are-yall-into/566221/42 "2011-01-04T10:09:58Z")
Underwater photography, some above water as well. Did running, slooowly getting back to it after knee problems. Otara ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2011, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-hobbies-are-yall-into/566221/43 "2011-01-04T11:19:11Z")
Visual Effects / 3D Graphics Writing Reading Lazing About Looking For Excuses Not To Work ---
**Author:** ![Lo-Slung\_Denim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f6c823/32.png) [@Lo-Slung\_Denim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lo-Slung_Denim)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2011, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-hobbies-are-yall-into/566221/44 "2011-01-04T12:36:52Z")
I just finished a diploma, which was less of a hobby and more of an obsession and in any case leads to a career, so with all my new free time I’ve started the following: Reading (for fun!) Hot yoga Cycling Some people might not count it, but my main leisure activity is TV. I absolutely love it and it makes me very happy indeed. I like to follow certain programmes and learn about the making of…I’ll watch almost anything. Despite complaints of so many channels and nothing on - well, I only have UK freeview with about 30 channels and there is almost always something that intrigues me. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2011, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-hobbies-are-yall-into/566221/45 "2011-01-04T16:18:26Z")
My hobbies include liking people, smiling and being an American 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2011, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-hobbies-are-yall-into/566221/46 "2011-01-04T16:29:34Z")
Geocaching! ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2011, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-hobbies-are-yall-into/566221/47 "2011-01-04T16:53:54Z")
[ul][li]I’m an aspiring jazz singer, and I spend a lot of time on related activities: voice lessons, workshops, performances, going out to hear live jazz, etc.[/li][li]I play the piano (though not as often as I used to).[/li][li]I read (all kinds of things).[/li][li]I don’t think having a dog can really be called a hobby, but I like hanging out with mine and taking her places. :)[/li][li]Like **Lo-Slung Denim** , I watch a lot of TV (and movies at home).[/li][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![slightly\_askew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d07c76/32.png) [@slightly\_askew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slightly_askew)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2011, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-hobbies-are-yall-into/566221/48 "2011-01-04T17:58:45Z")
I’ve got too many hobbies – as evidenced by the mess in my craft room. Anyway, here we go: Knitting/crocheting cooking and baking pottery tole painting pysanky (Ukrainian egg decorating) basket weaving gardening taking art classes reading (nonfiction mostly) ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2011, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-hobbies-are-yall-into/566221/49 "2011-01-04T18:36:10Z")
- Gaming (mostly RPGs, mostly D&D, but some board games, too) - Playing the guitar (been learning how to play for a couple of years now) - Model rocketry (got back into the hobby, which I enjoyed as a kid, a few years ago) - Running ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2011, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-hobbies-are-yall-into/566221/50 "2011-01-04T18:45:40Z")
Reading (Some sci-fi and fantasy, a LOT of history, and military). [Painting Miniatures.](http://s19.photobucket.com/albums/b197/Paintergeist/Miniatures/) Working out. ---
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2011, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-hobbies-are-yall-into/566221/51 "2011-01-04T18:59:36Z")
> [@Argent\_Towers](#): > > Try fly tying with a cat around. They go _insane_ for feathers and deer hair. I keep the door closed and the cat outside when I tie flies in my study, or else he will jump onto the desk and drag off all my materials. > > I like tying divers and wool sculpins. Here’s a bass sculpin I did last fall, [before](http://img560.imageshack.us/img560/3961/untrimmed.jpg) and [after](http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/8938/trimmedmore.jpg) trimming. Nice! I usually stuck to mostly trout and panfish flies but I did tie some bigger wooley buggers and various streamers from rabbit and squirrel hair. Weighted streamers made from rabbit hair, especially when it absorbs water, is a pain to cast though. I spent last night looking for some pictures but the forum I had posted them on lost them after some sort of database error/crash. ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2011, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-hobbies-are-yall-into/566221/52 "2011-01-04T19:39:26Z")
Fitness Carpentry R/C trucks and cars (Nitro powered… not electric) High-Performance Boating (Wellcraft Scarab) ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2011, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-hobbies-are-yall-into/566221/53 "2011-01-04T19:58:21Z")
- Guitar - playing (for fun and for $ in a band), geeking out on gear - Hot Yoga - Reading - Philosophy - Hanging Out / Posting on the Dope - just normal posting, and sometimes via more ambitious posts where I try to work through my thoughts on music and guitar playing [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-hobbies-are-yall-into/566221.md?page=2)