Re: [VFB] Re: I'M still kickin'
Hi all - I'm still alive and kickin' as well, finishing up my last week of graduate studies before I earn my MSci degree in Drug Discovery & Development from Drexel University, PA, USA. I get to look like a Papa Smurf sprinkled with grass clippings when I get hooded during the ceremony... the robe is a light shade of royal blue, the cap is white, and being in the medical college, the hood is green. Quite a sight to behold... But I'll finally have that parchment on the wall. After I graduate, I'll be taking a little time off to fly fish (of course!) and then will be hitting the job search like there's no tomorrow. The old farts swap intrigues me, but before I commit to participating, can someone give me more details? What type of fly, when is it due, do we simply post it to this list or do we email the picture(s) and recipe to a swapmeister/ host who posts everything en masse, those sorts of details? Great to hear from you all and see the list active again, -Pete pete.gr...@gmail.com On Wed, Apr 26, 2023 at 5:19 AM 'KP' via VFB Mail wrote: > Hi Peggy, > Sorry to hear about your BIL. Condolences to you and your family. Amazing > when you think you're doing the right thing and it goes wrong. > Good to have you on board for the "swap" though. I see you are still doing > youre demos and courses. Great work. > Gary I look forward to seeing this secret panfish fly. I would love to > have a go at the crappy and sunfish. They seem pretty consistent fly rod > sport. > I will put my fly up on here as soon as its done. > So far there is : > Peggy, > Gary, > Rene? > Me. > Plenty of room for all you other old farts out there. ONE fly and post a > pic on here with the recipe. No postage to worry about, no dozens of flies > to tie. > I'll start another thread. > > On Tuesday, 25 April 2023 at 12:29:23 UTC+1 Peggy Brenner wrote: > >> I'll take part in the Old farts swap, after my BIL funeral this Friday, >> he is the first of our generation to go. For 60 of his 73 years he took >> insulin to live, went into a hospital for a week for dehydration and came >> out in a bag. >> >> Peggy B >> >> On Mon, Apr 24, 2023 at 6:04 AM 'KP' via VFB Mail < >> vfb-...@googlegroups.com> wrote: >> >>> Thanks Gary, >>> Dont know which to try first the fly or the drink! Haha. >>> BUT I will deffinitly tie a few flies up. I will puty a pic up at some >>> point. >>> and >>> >>> Rene >>> When is carnival season? Bierfest? >>> >>> And anyone up for an old farts swap MkII? Say ten participants and tie >>> just ONE fly then put the picture of the fly and recipe on here No >>> postage no sorting and no pressure and no loads of flies to tie. You could >>> do it between naps!!? :-) >>> >>> Cheers >>> KP >>> >>> On Sunday, 23 April 2023 at 02:08:10 UTC+1 Gary Webb wrote: >>> Keith, Here is the recipe for the Pink Squirrel Fly: https://wiflyfisher.com/patterns/Pink-Squirrel-fly-pattern.asp John Bethke is from Westby, Wisconsin. And the recipe for the Pink Squirrel Drink: https://www.bryantscocktaillounge.com/ Pink Squirrel 1& 1/2 oz Creme de Almond 1/2 oz Creme de Cacao (White) Large scoop Strawberry Ice Cream Mix in a blender until smooth. Pour into a On-The-Rocks glass Float a Strawberry on top. On Sat, Apr 22, 2023 at 11:21 AM 'KP' via VFB Mail < vfb-...@googlegroups.com> wrote: > Ha ! Thats awesome. I will have a look at my swap collections. DonO > was a monster of a human in the best way. Fantasy Flies I think summed > him up totally. There were , and still are, some awesome guys in this > group. Shame its dropped off the page a little bit. I see Nick > occassionally post on Facebook and his sense of humour is still way out > there in left field :-) > I will have a look for the recipe for the Pink Squirrel. I know some > water it will work on for sure. And with all this 10 foot 2weight fishing > its prime ammo for that method I'd say. > As for Air Head? Well we all get to be a bit air headish when we are > young then again when we are old. So nothing wrong with being an Air Head > :-) > > > On Saturday, 22 April 2023 at 06:13:01 UTC+1 Gary Webb wrote: > >> Keith, I missed the Beer swap. But I was in the Drinks swap where I >> tied a Pink Squirrel. More than 30 years ago I met John Bethke at a local >> sporting goods store demonstrating how to tie his fly Coincidentally the >> Pink Squirrel swap hosted by Don O is the last swap I've been a part of. >> I >> saw your name on the list of participants. I I fish with a Pink Squirrel >> quite a lot if there are no rises. >> And when I do, I sometimes think of Don Ordes. A few days ago I >> could not find my Rope Dubbing DVD. I was about to tear the house apart. >> It >> took me three days to find. Nick Runnarsson hosted an Old Farts swap a >> few >> years back. I tied a Gary La
[VFB] Old Farts Fly Swap.
Hello folks, Thought I would put this on a thread of its own. So the "rules" are: Tie ONE fly of your choice. Post a photo on thisa thread of the fly along with the recipe. Room for as many of you that want to join in. Age must be OVER 50 (days old!!) Do all this with no worries about deadlines, post costs, tying hundreds of flies etc etc. It can even be a photo of your favourite fly that you tied 20 years ago!! So far there is Peggy Brenner Gary Webb Rene Zillman Me Look foreward to hearing from you and seeing your flies. Best from Blighty Keith -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VFB Mail" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vfb-mail+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vfb-mail/2d7ad04a-058f-4a00-aa2f-7c962ad30b7fn%40googlegroups.com.
Re: [VFB] Re: I'M still kickin'
Hi Peggy, Sorry to hear about your BIL. Condolences to you and your family. Amazing when you think you're doing the right thing and it goes wrong. Good to have you on board for the "swap" though. I see you are still doing youre demos and courses. Great work. Gary I look forward to seeing this secret panfish fly. I would love to have a go at the crappy and sunfish. They seem pretty consistent fly rod sport. I will put my fly up on here as soon as its done. So far there is : Peggy, Gary, Rene? Me. Plenty of room for all you other old farts out there. ONE fly and post a pic on here with the recipe. No postage to worry about, no dozens of flies to tie. I'll start another thread. On Tuesday, 25 April 2023 at 12:29:23 UTC+1 Peggy Brenner wrote: > I'll take part in the Old farts swap, after my BIL funeral this Friday, he > is the first of our generation to go. For 60 of his 73 years he took > insulin to live, went into a hospital for a week for dehydration and came > out in a bag. > > Peggy B > > On Mon, Apr 24, 2023 at 6:04 AM 'KP' via VFB Mail < > vfb-...@googlegroups.com> wrote: > >> Thanks Gary, >> Dont know which to try first the fly or the drink! Haha. >> BUT I will deffinitly tie a few flies up. I will puty a pic up at some >> point. >> and >> >> Rene >> When is carnival season? Bierfest? >> >> And anyone up for an old farts swap MkII? Say ten participants and tie >> just ONE fly then put the picture of the fly and recipe on here No >> postage no sorting and no pressure and no loads of flies to tie. You could >> do it between naps!!? :-) >> >> Cheers >> KP >> >> On Sunday, 23 April 2023 at 02:08:10 UTC+1 Gary Webb wrote: >> >>> Keith, Here is the recipe for the Pink Squirrel Fly: >>> https://wiflyfisher.com/patterns/Pink-Squirrel-fly-pattern.asp >>> John Bethke is from Westby, Wisconsin. >>> And the recipe for the Pink Squirrel Drink: >>> https://www.bryantscocktaillounge.com/ >>> >>> Pink Squirrel >>> >>> 1& 1/2 oz Creme de Almond >>> 1/2 oz Creme de Cacao (White) >>> Large scoop Strawberry Ice Cream >>> >>> Mix in a blender until smooth. >>> Pour into a On-The-Rocks glass >>> Float a Strawberry on top. >>> >>> On Sat, Apr 22, 2023 at 11:21 AM 'KP' via VFB Mail < >>> vfb-...@googlegroups.com> wrote: >>> Ha ! Thats awesome. I will have a look at my swap collections. DonO was a monster of a human in the best way. Fantasy Flies I think summed him up totally. There were , and still are, some awesome guys in this group. Shame its dropped off the page a little bit. I see Nick occassionally post on Facebook and his sense of humour is still way out there in left field :-) I will have a look for the recipe for the Pink Squirrel. I know some water it will work on for sure. And with all this 10 foot 2weight fishing its prime ammo for that method I'd say. As for Air Head? Well we all get to be a bit air headish when we are young then again when we are old. So nothing wrong with being an Air Head :-) On Saturday, 22 April 2023 at 06:13:01 UTC+1 Gary Webb wrote: > Keith, I missed the Beer swap. But I was in the Drinks swap where I > tied a Pink Squirrel. More than 30 years ago I met John Bethke at a local > sporting goods store demonstrating how to tie his fly Coincidentally the > Pink Squirrel swap hosted by Don O is the last swap I've been a part of. > I > saw your name on the list of participants. I I fish with a Pink Squirrel > quite a lot if there are no rises. > And when I do, I sometimes think of Don Ordes. A few days ago I > could not find my Rope Dubbing DVD. I was about to tear the house apart. > It > took me three days to find. Nick Runnarsson hosted an Old Farts swap a > few > years back. I tied a Gary La Fontaine fly: The Air Head. That is the > fly's true name and no one should infer anything from that about this > tier. > > On Thu, Apr 20, 2023 at 11:33 AM 'KP' via VFB Mail < > vfb-...@googlegroups.com> wrote: > >> Hi Gary, >> Good to hear from you sport. Yep I remember the photos Byard put out >> of his dining room table covered in boxes of flys :-) I did 1 and 2 and >> still have the hooks Byard got as a sample from one of the suppliers he >> used. That was a great forum. I till have all the swap flies from all >> the >> swaps we did. Tied copies but never used any of the flies. Did you do >> the >> Beer Swap? Tie flies based on a local brew and send it in along with >> Beer >> coasters. I ran that swap and it was such a great variety. DonO's Cherry >> Bomb was literally that!!! >> The only regret I have is not ever being able to get out to the >> Sowbug show Tony Spezio ran. Could'nt afford it and now dont like the >> thought of all the travel. Hey ho. Maybe I'll hop across the English >> Channel to Cologne and see
