[VFB] Re: Wading experience...
I didn't take it that serious. Like you say yourself, it's only a question of 'when'... so most of the fishermen who have fished for a while have done it too. I had been close several times during the week. One of my two fishing buddies fell the first day... and the other had also been very close. I wasn't embarrased at all. When I got back up on land I bowed to the two fishermen who stood on the other side of the river and watched. When I fell in the White it was a little embarrasing as it was in a place where a 3-year old probably could wade without problems. But this was deeper, in the middle of the night, with big slippery rocks and a good current. I'm sure I'm not the first one falling there. I will certainly not forget this experience and closing my pockets will be something I will do automatically. But naming them is a good idea. Just because closing the pockets minimize the risk of losing them in a fall doesn't prevent me from forgetting them somewhere. /Nick -Original Message- From: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com [mailto:vfb-m...@googlegroups.com]on Behalf Of George Sent: 30 June 2009 15:12 To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Subject: [VFB] Re: Wading experience... Nick, this is the reason that I use one of those address labels received in the mail overlaid with scotch tape on each fly box. Hopefully, if found by another fisherman it may be returned to me. Without a label it is merely a gift for the finder. Sometimes the box - Wheatley - is worth more than the flies. Glad you survived the dunking and didn't break the rod. When I take a tumble, I am always more concerned for the rod than my body. If you are a wading fly fisherman, it is not a matter of if you are going to take a fall, but when. Sooner or later we all suffer the indignity, I just hate the embarrassment! George Vincent -- From: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com [mailto:vfb-m...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Niclas Runarsson Sent: Monday, June 29, 2009 16:26 To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Subject: [VFB] Wading experience... I have just come home from a nice week of grayling fishing in the northern Swedish river Hårkan... with a wading experience richer. The only wader dip I had before this was in White River 2006. That one must have been in the America's Funniest Home Videos league. Tony can testify on that. Water that's hardly moving... barely one foot deep... with a gravel bottom flat as a pancake... stumble on virtually nothing and landing on my chest. This time the water was waist deep though and pushing quite hard. The bottom was rocky and far from wading friendly (and I had been close to fall several times during the week). It wasn't a without wading stick place (at least not to me, who is a careful dude). I heard the sound of a fish rising to my left and when I quickly turned my head to see where it was I felt a sligtht sign of losing balance. So I took a little step backwards... maybe 5-6... slipped and fell backwards... and suddenly I was under the water. After fighting a couple of seconds I managed to turn around so I had my toes facing the stones and when I got a grip between the stones the stream towards my chest helped me to get up again. I turned to get up from the water and in the very next step I slipped again and fell face down. This time it didn't come as the same shock kind of thing as the first fall and I was able to actually THINK about how to get up, so I got back up standing without major problem. I looked down and was going to reach for my wading stick and saw that the left pocket in my chest pack was empty... just as empty as the left big vest pocket. Downstream I saw three boxes getting smaller... a big compartment/slit foam box with dry flies, a slit foam box (swing leaf) of the same size with nymphs and another slit foam box with soft hackle flies. I had packed my boxes with flies before this trip, so there were more than a couple of flies disappearing there... and instincts took over. I started to run downstream (as fast as you can, jumping on rocks with water up to your waist). The water got deeper though and when it reached just below my chest I stumbled and fell again. I had just reached the boxes, but at the same time I also reached a hole where it suddenly got much deeper. Trying to stand up again wasn't on the menu anymore and I started to swim. Swimming with the rod in one hand and 'catching' all three boxes was impossible. I knew that much. So I started to hit them one by one to get them upstream and closer to land. Then I swam a bit towards land myself until they reached me and it was time for the next hit/swim move again. After a couple of times repeating this I was at a depth where I could stand up again and just collecting the boxes coming towards me... and finally focus on leaving the water. The night before this I had landed my (by far) largest grayling after a long fight on
FW: [VFB] Re: FW: Mark, FFF Show Loveland
MARK SAYS: May your GOD be your fishing partner. From: markflie...@hotmail.com To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com; desert-tr...@hotmail.com Subject: RE: [VFB] Re: FW: Mark, FFF Show Loveland Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 05:07:12 -0600 Peggy.we're gonna make that gig at Whiting if we can..you have an email. mark Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 06:48:02 -0400 Subject: [VFB] Re: FW: Mark, FFF Show Loveland From: ladyflyt...@gmail.com To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com I'll see you at Whiting Farms Open house, I land in Denver on the 22nd and am driving over the mountains, want to get my national park stamp on the way, then rush back to the Conclave. I'm tying on Saturday morning Table 14. Other than the conclave haven't really made the plans yet, I'm hoping as the Cape is empty of tourists the Rocky's will be as well. Peggy On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 12:16 PM, DonO f...@tribcsp.com wrote: Mark, A long time ago I used to tie for days on end at shows all over the country, but I'm past that now- got over it. :o) Never could get the show sponsors to help out with expenses, so 8-10 shows a year got pretty expensive. At this FFF show, I asked for Saturday all day, but they only gave me the afternoon (hardly worth the trip for 4 hours of tying). So I'll probably go for Friday and Saturday since it's so close to home, meet old friends, and let everyone know the status of the DVD- and hopefully it'll be done by then. Really busy right now with work, and almost all else takes a back seat when the training schools are on. I don't fish Colorado, fishing in Wyoming is much better and far less crowded, unless you go to an area the 'Greenies' (Coloradans) know about. I will try to plan to make the Whiting Farms open house on the Monday before the show. Don - Original Message - From: jim phillips To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Sent: Saturday, June 27, 2009 1:05 PM Subject: [VFB] FW: for the list.. from mark May your GOD be your fishing partner. From: markflie...@hotmail.com To: desert-tr...@hotmail.com Subject: for the list.. Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2009 13:02:01 -0600 DonO.i c u've at least got the last shift of the entire Conclave in Loveland.on Sat. Whatcha doin' all the rest of the time? Looking forward to seein' you again.i'll be at Table 16 the entire timeevery single shit from start to finish, Wed. thru Sat. Misa will be right next to me on Thursday, all day at table 15. She teachin' a class or taken a class all the rest of the time. Looks like they've got quite a few openings still to fill. Specially on the first day.whataya think? Are you gonna be there from the first day on, or what? We should be in town by the 26th at the latest. Like to get some fishin' in as well either before or after, or both. i never fish during. Do you happen to know any place in the area that is special? i can bring you some hooks (like the kind before) if you like. Tkx., and safe travels. mark. p.s., you bringin' the Bates Motel? lol.. Windows Live™ SkyDrive™: Get 25 GB of free online storage. Get it on your BlackBerry or iPhone. Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.560 / Virus Database: 270.12.26/2116 - Release Date: 5/15/09 6:16 AM -- Peggy Brenner Windows Live™: Keep your life in sync. Check it out. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the VFB Mail group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
FW: [VFB] Re: FW: Mark, FFF Show Loveland
MARK SENDS May your GOD be your fishing partner. From: markflie...@hotmail.com To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com; desert-tr...@hotmail.com Subject: RE: [VFB] Re: FW: Mark, FFF Show Loveland Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 05:41:56 -0600 for the list Peggy/Don.i got the email address and phone number and i've emailed Whiting Farms, and i will call there if i get no response by way of email. So not to worry. Tkx. mark. Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 06:48:02 -0400 Subject: [VFB] Re: FW: Mark, FFF Show Loveland From: ladyflyt...@gmail.com To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com I'll see you at Whiting Farms Open house, I land in Denver on the 22nd and am driving over the mountains, want to get my national park stamp on the way, then rush back to the Conclave. I'm tying on Saturday morning Table 14. Other than the conclave haven't really made the plans yet, I'm hoping as the Cape is empty of tourists the Rocky's will be as well. Peggy On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 12:16 PM, DonO f...@tribcsp.com wrote: Mark, A long time ago I used to tie for days on end at shows all over the country, but I'm past that now- got over it. :o) Never could get the show sponsors to help out with expenses, so 8-10 shows a year got pretty expensive. At this FFF show, I asked for Saturday all day, but they only gave me the afternoon (hardly worth the trip for 4 hours of tying). So I'll probably go for Friday and Saturday since it's so close to home, meet old friends, and let everyone know the status of the DVD- and hopefully it'll be done by then. Really busy right now with work, and almost all else takes a back seat when the training schools are on. I don't fish Colorado, fishing in Wyoming is much better and far less crowded, unless you go to an area the 'Greenies' (Coloradans) know about. I will try to plan to make the Whiting Farms open house on the Monday before the show. Don - Original Message - From: jim phillips To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Sent: Saturday, June 27, 2009 1:05 PM Subject: [VFB] FW: for the list.. from mark May your GOD be your fishing partner. From: markflie...@hotmail.com To: desert-tr...@hotmail.com Subject: for the list.. Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2009 13:02:01 -0600 DonO.i c u've at least got the last shift of the entire Conclave in Loveland.on Sat. Whatcha doin' all the rest of the time? Looking forward to seein' you again.i'll be at Table 16 the entire timeevery single shit from start to finish, Wed. thru Sat. Misa will be right next to me on Thursday, all day at table 15. She teachin' a class or taken a class all the rest of the time. Looks like they've got quite a few openings still to fill. Specially on the first day.whataya think? Are you gonna be there from the first day on, or what? We should be in town by the 26th at the latest. Like to get some fishin' in as well either before or after, or both. i never fish during. Do you happen to know any place in the area that is special? i can bring you some hooks (like the kind before) if you like. Tkx., and safe travels. mark. p.s., you bringin' the Bates Motel? lol.. Windows Live™ SkyDrive™: Get 25 GB of free online storage. Get it on your BlackBerry or iPhone. Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.560 / Virus Database: 270.12.26/2116 - Release Date: 5/15/09 6:16 AM -- Peggy Brenner Windows Live™: Keep your life in sync. Check it out. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the VFB Mail group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
FW: [VFB] Re: Wading experience...
for mark May your GOD be your fishing partner. From: markflie...@hotmail.com To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com; desert-tr...@hotmail.com Subject: RE: [VFB] Re: Wading experience... Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 07:54:12 -0600 for the list George, i do that with all my rod tubes and have been doing for years.fly boxes is a good idea. Recently my nymphs box has come up missing..got no clue where it is.probably lost. Wish i had done what you say before now. mark From: k...@msn.com To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Subject: [VFB] Re: Wading experience... Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:12:06 -0400 Nick, this is the reason that I use one of those address labels received in the mail overlaid with scotch tape on each fly box. Hopefully, if found by another fisherman it may be returned to me. Without a label it is merely a gift for the finder. Sometimes the box - Wheatley - is worth more than the flies. Glad you survived the dunking and didn't break the rod. When I take a tumble, I am always more concerned for the rod than my body. If you are a wading fly fisherman, it is not a matter of if you are going to take a fall, but when. Sooner or later we all suffer the indignity, I just hate the embarrassment! George Vincent From: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com [mailto:vfb-m...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Niclas Runarsson Sent: Monday, June 29, 2009 16:26 To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Subject: [VFB] Wading experience... I have just come home from a nice week of grayling fishing in the northern Swedish river Hårkan... with a wading experience richer. The only wader dip I had before this was in White River 2006. That one must have been in the America's Funniest Home Videos league. Tony can testify on that. Water that's hardly moving... barely one foot deep... with a gravel bottom flat as a pancake... stumble on virtually nothing and landing on my chest. This time the water was waist deep though and pushing quite hard. The bottom was rocky and far from wading friendly (and I had been close to fall several times during the week). It wasn't a without wading stick place (at least not to me, who is a careful dude). I heard the sound of a fish rising to my left and when I quickly turned my head to see where it was I felt a sligtht sign of losing balance. So I took a little step backwards... maybe 5-6... slipped and fell backwards... and suddenly I was under the water. After fighting a couple of seconds I managed to turn around so I had my toes facing the stones and when I got a grip between the stones the stream towards my chest helped me to get up again. I turned to get up from the water and in the very next step I slipped again and fell face down. This time it didn't come as the same shock kind of thing as the first fall and I was able to actually THINK about how to get up, so I got back up standing without major problem. I looked down and was going to reach for my wading stick and saw that the left pocket in my chest pack was empty... just as empty as the left big vest pocket. Downstream I saw three boxes getting smaller... a big compartment/slit foam box with dry flies, a slit foam box (swing leaf) of the same size with nymphs and another slit foam box with soft hackle flies. I had packed my boxes with flies before this trip, so there were more than a couple of flies disappearing there... and instincts took over. I started to run downstream (as fast as you can, jumping on rocks with water up to your waist). The water got deeper though and when it reached just below my chest I stumbled and fell again. I had just reached the boxes, but at the same time I also reached a hole where it suddenly got much deeper. Trying to stand up again wasn't on the menu anymore and I started to swim. Swimming with the rod in one hand and 'catching' all three boxes was impossible. I knew that much. So I started to hit them one by one to get them upstream and closer to land. Then I swam a bit towards land myself until they reached me and it was time for the next hit/swim move again. After a couple of times repeating this I was at a depth where I could stand up again and just collecting the boxes coming towards me... and finally focus on leaving the water. The night before this I had landed my (by far) largest grayling after a long fight on a #3 rod and in fast moving water,,, but I still think this was the took the prize as the adventure of the trip. How I actually managed to salvage all three boxes and the rod (and myself) is beyond me. I must have had Him on my side. But you can't have anything. Back in the wind shelter we sat by the fire and I had changed into some reserve clothing and my wading jacket that I didn't wore when I fell. My soaking wet fleece sweater was hanging on a nail on the wall... right above my opened backpack. The water was dripping RIGHT down in the pocket where I kept the cellphone... and that was the end of his adventure. :oP
[VFB] FW: for the list
FOR MARK May your GOD be your fishing partner. From: markflie...@hotmail.com To: desert-tr...@hotmail.com Subject: for the list Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:12:45 -0600 Don, btw these types of discussions are exactly what the forum on my website is for...i'd REALLY appreciate it if you'd join and take it over there..the site NEEDS a serious heaveyweight like youwe gotta few and i'm NOT referring to mebut we need you, wether you agree or disagree...don't matteryour one hell of an artistic fly tyer in my opinion. And VERY CREATIVE. And i'm a fan, BIG TIME! So please, for the 10th timewon't you join??? If you don't reply or whatever.i'll stop buggin' you bout it. tkx., mark http://www.pureartflytying.ning.com Windows Live™: Keep your life in sync. Check it out. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the VFB Mail group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[VFB] QFTD
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