[VFB] Re: Test - any buddy out there?- reply 1 thru 12

2009-02-12 Thread DonO

I thought about building them, but from research I learned that adjustable
floats are best, and easy to remove are even better.  I haven't experienced
yet what the advantages are, but I have read that the outriggers must be up
when under motor-drive.  Maybe they aren't strong enough to handle the water
resistance, or they splash, or work loose with chop, or probably during a
turn, the inside float is driven under the surface (bending or breaking it?)
and the outer one is up in the air.  I bought mine from Cabelas, so if they
don't work, I can get my $$ back.

Have much to learn, maybe by getting wet.  Won't be my 1st time getting
dumped out of a canoe by an outside force!

Speaking of drowned cell phones...I bought some Magellan fishing shirts when
I was in NO, and they are great for $15 (compared to $40 - $60 for my
Columbias and Ex-officios), and ea. came with a clear zippered waterproof
clip/string-attached pouch (4 x 4) for a cell-phone and other items that
can't get wet.  The attachment point is inside the chest pockets and that's
where it stays with your stuff safe.  They have all of the features as the
others, but are very inexpensive.  I beat up my fishing shirts pretty bad,
so these won't be so hard to make rags out of down the road.

One thing I learned is not to put my credit card in with my magnetic money
clip or my cell-phone while it is on.  Seems they mess with the metallic
strip on the credit card.  So I keep it separate with my DL and fishing
license.

DonO


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 Another option for the outriggers:


 http://www.duckworksbbs.com/plans/storer/outrigger/index.htm


 


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[VFB] Re: Test - any buddy out there?- reply 1 thru 12

2009-02-12 Thread Michael Bliss

Shirts I mean - not the floats


On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 8:51 AM, Michael Bliss flyfish...@gmail.com wrote:
 Did you buy the shirts from a nationwide retail outlet?  I would be 
 interested.

 Mike

 On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 8:51 AM, DonO f...@tribcsp.com wrote:

 I thought about building them, but from research I learned that adjustable
 floats are best, and easy to remove are even better.  I haven't experienced
 yet what the advantages are, but I have read that the outriggers must be up
 when under motor-drive.  Maybe they aren't strong enough to handle the water
 resistance, or they splash, or work loose with chop, or probably during a
 turn, the inside float is driven under the surface (bending or breaking it?)
 and the outer one is up in the air.  I bought mine from Cabelas, so if they
 don't work, I can get my $$ back.

 Have much to learn, maybe by getting wet.  Won't be my 1st time getting
 dumped out of a canoe by an outside force!

 Speaking of drowned cell phones...I bought some Magellan fishing shirts when
 I was in NO, and they are great for $15 (compared to $40 - $60 for my
 Columbias and Ex-officios), and ea. came with a clear zippered waterproof
 clip/string-attached pouch (4 x 4) for a cell-phone and other items that
 can't get wet.  The attachment point is inside the chest pockets and that's
 where it stays with your stuff safe.  They have all of the features as the
 others, but are very inexpensive.  I beat up my fishing shirts pretty bad,
 so these won't be so hard to make rags out of down the road.

 One thing I learned is not to put my credit card in with my magnetic money
 clip or my cell-phone while it is on.  Seems they mess with the metallic
 strip on the credit card.  So I keep it separate with my DL and fishing
 license.

 DonO


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 Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2009 11:13 AM
 Subject: [VFB] Re: Test - any buddy out there?- reply 1 thru 12



 Another option for the outriggers:


 http://www.duckworksbbs.com/plans/storer/outrigger/index.htm


 


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[VFB] Re: Test - any buddy out there?- reply 1 thru 12

2009-02-12 Thread DonO

It was Academy Sporting Goods in Kenner, La.  I found a website with both
the long and short sleeve shirts, both under 20 bucks.  I can't remember if
the shirts I bought were $15.99 or $16.99, but the color they picked for the
web-photo is awful.  They have a lot of vibrant bright colors to choose
from, plus white.  They also didn't show that they come with the waterproof
pouch.

http://www.academy.com/index.php?page=contenttarget=products/apparel/mens/outdoors/all_magellanstart=0selectedSKU=0651-00365-8310


http://www.academy.com/index.php?page=contenttarget=products/apparel/mens/outdoors/all_magellanstart=0selectedSKU=0651-00365-8308

Looks like they are a chain store with outlets all over.  I'll also bet you
can order just what you want from the website, just will have to add
shipping.

DonO


- Original Message - 
From: Michael Bliss flyfish...@gmail.com
To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com
Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2009 11:51 AM
Subject: [VFB] Re: Test - any buddy out there?- reply 1 thru 12



 Did you buy the shirts from a nationwide retail outlet?  I would be
interested.

 Mike

 On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 8:51 AM, DonO f...@tribcsp.com wrote:
 
  I thought about building them, but from research I learned that
adjustable
  floats are best, and easy to remove are even better.  I haven't
experienced
  yet what the advantages are, but I have read that the outriggers must be
up
  when under motor-drive.  Maybe they aren't strong enough to handle the
water
  resistance, or they splash, or work loose with chop, or probably during
a
  turn, the inside float is driven under the surface (bending or breaking
it?)
  and the outer one is up in the air.  I bought mine from Cabelas, so if
they
  don't work, I can get my $$ back.
 
  Have much to learn, maybe by getting wet.  Won't be my 1st time getting
  dumped out of a canoe by an outside force!
 
  Speaking of drowned cell phones...I bought some Magellan fishing shirts
when
  I was in NO, and they are great for $15 (compared to $40 - $60 for my
  Columbias and Ex-officios), and ea. came with a clear zippered
waterproof
  clip/string-attached pouch (4 x 4) for a cell-phone and other items
that
  can't get wet.  The attachment point is inside the chest pockets and
that's
  where it stays with your stuff safe.  They have all of the features as
the
  others, but are very inexpensive.  I beat up my fishing shirts pretty
bad,
  so these won't be so hard to make rags out of down the road.
 
  One thing I learned is not to put my credit card in with my magnetic
money
  clip or my cell-phone while it is on.  Seems they mess with the metallic
  strip on the credit card.  So I keep it separate with my DL and fishing
  license.
 
  DonO
 
 
  - Original Message -
  From: glw...@gundluth.org
  To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com
  Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2009 11:13 AM
  Subject: [VFB] Re: Test - any buddy out there?- reply 1 thru 12
 
 
 
  Another option for the outriggers:
 
 
  http://www.duckworksbbs.com/plans/storer/outrigger/index.htm
 
 
  
 
 
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[VFB] Re: Test - any buddy out there?- reply 1 thru 12

2009-02-12 Thread Michael Bliss

Found it - thanks.  These look great.

Mike

On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 9:37 AM, DonO f...@tribcsp.com wrote:

 It was Academy Sporting Goods in Kenner, La.  I found a website with both
 the long and short sleeve shirts, both under 20 bucks.  I can't remember if
 the shirts I bought were $15.99 or $16.99, but the color they picked for the
 web-photo is awful.  They have a lot of vibrant bright colors to choose
 from, plus white.  They also didn't show that they come with the waterproof
 pouch.

 http://www.academy.com/index.php?page=contenttarget=products/apparel/mens/outdoors/all_magellanstart=0selectedSKU=0651-00365-8310


 http://www.academy.com/index.php?page=contenttarget=products/apparel/mens/outdoors/all_magellanstart=0selectedSKU=0651-00365-8308

 Looks like they are a chain store with outlets all over.  I'll also bet you
 can order just what you want from the website, just will have to add
 shipping.

 DonO


 - Original Message -
 From: Michael Bliss flyfish...@gmail.com
 To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com
 Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2009 11:51 AM
 Subject: [VFB] Re: Test - any buddy out there?- reply 1 thru 12



 Did you buy the shirts from a nationwide retail outlet?  I would be
 interested.

 Mike

 On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 8:51 AM, DonO f...@tribcsp.com wrote:
 
  I thought about building them, but from research I learned that
 adjustable
  floats are best, and easy to remove are even better.  I haven't
 experienced
  yet what the advantages are, but I have read that the outriggers must be
 up
  when under motor-drive.  Maybe they aren't strong enough to handle the
 water
  resistance, or they splash, or work loose with chop, or probably during
 a
  turn, the inside float is driven under the surface (bending or breaking
 it?)
  and the outer one is up in the air.  I bought mine from Cabelas, so if
 they
  don't work, I can get my $$ back.
 
  Have much to learn, maybe by getting wet.  Won't be my 1st time getting
  dumped out of a canoe by an outside force!
 
  Speaking of drowned cell phones...I bought some Magellan fishing shirts
 when
  I was in NO, and they are great for $15 (compared to $40 - $60 for my
  Columbias and Ex-officios), and ea. came with a clear zippered
 waterproof
  clip/string-attached pouch (4 x 4) for a cell-phone and other items
 that
  can't get wet.  The attachment point is inside the chest pockets and
 that's
  where it stays with your stuff safe.  They have all of the features as
 the
  others, but are very inexpensive.  I beat up my fishing shirts pretty
 bad,
  so these won't be so hard to make rags out of down the road.
 
  One thing I learned is not to put my credit card in with my magnetic
 money
  clip or my cell-phone while it is on.  Seems they mess with the metallic
  strip on the credit card.  So I keep it separate with my DL and fishing
  license.
 
  DonO
 
 
  - Original Message -
  From: glw...@gundluth.org
  To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com
  Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2009 11:13 AM
  Subject: [VFB] Re: Test - any buddy out there?- reply 1 thru 12
 
 
 
  Another option for the outriggers:
 
 
  http://www.duckworksbbs.com/plans/storer/outrigger/index.htm
 
 
  
 
 
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[VFB] Re: Test - any buddy out there?- reply 1 thru 12

2009-02-11 Thread DonO
MeddelandeSo OK, what do we need to liven up the ol' list one more time? 
I'm not as busy right now as I have been- that's for sure.  
Got home from Moab and had a million things to catch up on, then left for 3 
weeks. Now I'm back for awhile ('til mid-March anyway).

Swaps are always good.  

1. If someone wants to host a materials swap, it's time for spring cleaning for 
me again.  I bought a whole male peacock hide at the Denver Furimski show- 
tail, wings, body, crest, everything.  It's the blue-neck variety, so I have 
lots if irredescent blue neck fan feathers (good for rope-dubbing), the 
tan/green fans,  lots of eyes.  The tail had turned 50% brassy-colored, so I 
won't have to sun them to get them to change.  (Brassed-out peacock is great 
for nymphs).  I'd be willing to send in some neat feathers if a swapmeister 
wants to divvy them up with the participants.  I'd also put in some 
cherry-picks for the swapmeister's efforts.

2. Got the video-taping done on Monday for my 1st DVD- Rope-Dubbing with 
DonO.  Had a professional TV cameraman (a friend) come in to do the taping 
with professional equipment (for a 'friendly $fee'- LOL).  He'll also do the 
editing, so I'm looking forwards to seeing what we did so far.  We taped for 
about 6 hours to get it all done, and I macro-photographed flies for about 4 
hours yesterday for the inserts.  It will be about one hour in HD format, so 
I'll have as many materials demonstrated as the space will allow, and lots of 
overlaid photos to help.  Although a lot of patterns are shown, it's really a 
technique video, the basics and sub-techniques of the rope-dub applied to many 
materials.  I've decided to put the price at $29.95 to VFBers and $39.95 for 
the public (I was told by some that it should be $99.95 for as much stuff as it 
has), but I don't want to have them pirated because the price is high.  The 
cameraman knows how to copy-protect the DVD (latest stuff, anyway), so copying 
should be minimal.  The two Denver shows finally motivated me to 'git 'r dun', 
as I had many requests for a DVD as I was demonstrating (I could have sold 50 
of them easy at each show).  We still have the up-front fishing segment, the 
foreward, and the ending with links and credits to finish, so I'm thinking 
about May the production and copying should be complete and ready for sales.  
The video will be HQ and professionally done, with about a year's worth of 
techniques to master- well worth $30/$40.  To start, the main source for the 
DVDs will be my website and the fly-shows.  

3. Once the rope-dub video has been out a couple of months, I'll host another 
rope-dub swap with those VFBers who bought DVDs.  We'll all pick different 
materials and submit the practiced efforts.  Like before, 1st place will get a 
14/0 Fantasy Fly Monster-Muddler (Nick won it).  And this time,  2nd place will 
get a show-mouse and 3rd will get a Whiting grade 1 dry-fly neck.  Everyone 
will win as they'll have samples of many types of dubbing and what they look 
like rope-dubbed.  Extra points will be awarded to those who submit different 
tying-styles of one type of dubbing.

4. Once we get the 'buggs' worked out for doing videos, I'll do the mouse 
video, then an advanced rope-dubbing video.  Then on the to-do list is Fly-flex 
(Flex-o), McFlyfoam, salt-water streamers, Awesome-hair, and an archive video 
of the Baits Motel routine.  I still prefer tying and fishing over media-work, 
but I have some long-range goals in mind for doing the videos.

5. BTW, I found a great dubbing inside of one of the dog's stuffed animal toys 
(which she happily ripped out for me).  It's a shiny white very-fluffly 
synthetic fiber that sets up like a pillow.  It rope-dubs perfectly and gives 
all of the different looks (awesome one-material mysis shrimp).  I have to dye 
some now and see how it takes the colors.  This stuff would never respond to a 
conventional dubbing technique- even worse than ice-dub.  Hmmm...I wonder 
what's in the other stuffed toys...and in my wife's stuffed animals...and those 
sofa-pillows... hm.. (Dr. D gets me in trouble again)

6. Saw an article in a recent fly-mag about mako-shark flyfishing out of 
SanDiego.  Looked like a ton of fun and a work-out for my #5 Abel and 17wt Cam 
Seigler saltwater rod (and me too).  Gotta go do that just once at least. They 
run up to 600lb, but they only cast to 200lb ones or less.

7. Planning a trip to Loreto, Baja this fall (hoping to get the proper slot), 
once again for dorado, sailfish, and striped marlin.  The wife says she'll give 
it a try.  Maybe with the sluggish economy there will be better pickings.

8.  Thanks and Kudos to JimmyD.  Can always count on him for something to read 
on the vfb list.

9. Once I get the canoe outfitted for flyfishing, I'll post some photos.  Any 
suggestions?  
(15' Gruman aluminum square-stern sports-canoe with outriggers)

10.  Just sent another 'goody-box' to a lister, and another one is well 

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2009-02-11 Thread Thomas Eckert
Put me on the waiting list for your DVD !

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Gesendet: Mittwoch, 11. Februar 2009 21:49
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So OK, what do we need to liven up the ol' list one more time? 

I'm not as busy right now as I have been- that's for sure.  

Got home from Moab and had a million things to catch up on, then left for 3
weeks. Now I'm back for awhile ('til mid-March anyway).

 

Swaps are always good.  

 

1. If someone wants to host a materials swap, it's time for spring cleaning
for me again.  I bought a whole male peacock hide at the Denver Furimski
show- tail, wings, body, crest, everything.  It's the blue-neck variety, so
I have lots if irredescent blue neck fan feathers (good for rope-dubbing),
the tan/green fans,  lots of eyes.  The tail had turned 50% brassy-colored,
so I won't have to sun them to get them to change.  (Brassed-out peacock is
great for nymphs).  I'd be willing to send in some neat feathers if a
swapmeister wants to divvy them up with the participants.  I'd also put in
some cherry-picks for the swapmeister's efforts.

 

2. Got the video-taping done on Monday for my 1st DVD- Rope-Dubbing with
DonO.  Had a professional TV cameraman (a friend) come in to do the taping
with professional equipment (for a 'friendly $fee'- LOL).  He'll also do the
editing, so I'm looking forwards to seeing what we did so far.  We taped for
about 6 hours to get it all done, and I macro-photographed flies for about 4
hours yesterday for the inserts.  It will be about one hour in HD format, so
I'll have as many materials demonstrated as the space will allow, and lots
of overlaid photos to help.  Although a lot of patterns are shown, it's
really a technique video, the basics and sub-techniques of the rope-dub
applied to many materials.  I've decided to put the price at $29.95 to
VFBers and $39.95 for the public (I was told by some that it should be
$99.95 for as much stuff as it has), but I don't want to have them pirated
because the price is high.  The cameraman knows how to copy-protect the DVD
(latest stuff, anyway), so copying should be minimal.  The two Denver shows
finally motivated me to 'git 'r dun', as I had many requests for a DVD as I
was demonstrating (I could have sold 50 of them easy at each show).  We
still have the up-front fishing segment, the foreward, and the ending with
links and credits to finish, so I'm thinking about May the production and
copying should be complete and ready for sales.  The video will be HQ and
professionally done, with about a year's worth of techniques to master- well
worth $30/$40.  To start, the main source for the DVDs will be my website
and the fly-shows.  

 

3. Once the rope-dub video has been out a couple of months, I'll host
another rope-dub swap with those VFBers who bought DVDs.  We'll all pick
different materials and submit the practiced efforts.  Like before, 1st
place will get a 14/0 Fantasy Fly Monster-Muddler (Nick won it).  And this
time,  2nd place will get a show-mouse and 3rd will get a Whiting grade 1
dry-fly neck.  Everyone will win as they'll have samples of many types of
dubbing and what they look like rope-dubbed.  Extra points will be awarded
to those who submit different tying-styles of one type of dubbing.

 

4. Once we get the 'buggs' worked out for doing videos, I'll do the mouse
video, then an advanced rope-dubbing video.  Then on the to-do list is
Fly-flex (Flex-o), McFlyfoam, salt-water streamers, Awesome-hair, and an
archive video of the Baits Motel routine.  I still prefer tying and fishing
over media-work, but I have some long-range goals in mind for doing the
videos.

 

5. BTW, I found a great dubbing inside of one of the dog's stuffed animal
toys (which she happily ripped out for me).  It's a shiny white very-fluffly
synthetic fiber that sets up like a pillow.  It rope-dubs perfectly and
gives all of the different looks (awesome one-material mysis shrimp).  I
have to dye some now and see how it takes the colors.  This stuff would
never respond to a conventional dubbing technique- even worse than ice-dub.
Hmmm...I wonder what's in the other stuffed toys...and in my wife's stuffed
animals...and those sofa-pillows... hm.. (Dr. D gets me in trouble
again)

 

6. Saw an article in a recent fly-mag about mako-shark flyfishing out of
SanDiego.  Looked like a ton of fun and a work-out for my #5 Abel and 17wt
Cam

[VFB] Re: Test - any buddy out there?- reply 1 thru 12

2009-02-11 Thread Jeff Frye

Are you filling some of that embarrassing free time with a Sowbug visit? I've 
got some Kansas boys that want a live rope-dub lesson and probably would 
benefit from a mouse show.


--- On Wed, 2/11/09, DonO f...@tribcsp.com wrote:

 From: DonO f...@tribcsp.com
 Subject: [VFB] Re: Test - any buddy out there?- reply 1 thru 12
 To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com
 Date: Wednesday, February 11, 2009, 2:49 PM
 MeddelandeSo OK, what do we need to liven up the ol'
 list one more time? 
 I'm not as busy right now as I have been- that's
 for sure.  
 Got home from Moab and had a million things to catch up on,
 then left for 3 weeks. Now I'm back for awhile ('til
 mid-March anyway).
 
 Swaps are always good.  
 
 1. If someone wants to host a materials swap, it's time
 for spring cleaning for me again.  I bought a whole male
 peacock hide at the Denver Furimski show- tail, wings, body,
 crest, everything.  It's the blue-neck variety, so I
 have lots if irredescent blue neck fan feathers (good for
 rope-dubbing), the tan/green fans,  lots of eyes.  The
 tail had turned 50% brassy-colored, so I won't have to
 sun them to get them to change.  (Brassed-out peacock is
 great for nymphs).  I'd be willing to send in some neat
 feathers if a swapmeister wants to divvy them up with the
 participants.  I'd also put in some cherry-picks for the
 swapmeister's efforts.
 
 2. Got the video-taping done on Monday for my 1st DVD-
 Rope-Dubbing with DonO.  Had a professional TV
 cameraman (a friend) come in to do the taping with
 professional equipment (for a 'friendly $fee'- LOL).
  He'll also do the editing, so I'm looking forwards
 to seeing what we did so far.  We taped for about 6 hours to
 get it all done, and I macro-photographed flies for about 4
 hours yesterday for the inserts.  It will be about one hour
 in HD format, so I'll have as many materials
 demonstrated as the space will allow, and lots of overlaid
 photos to help.  Although a lot of patterns are shown,
 it's really a technique video, the basics and
 sub-techniques of the rope-dub applied to many materials. 
 I've decided to put the price at $29.95 to VFBers and
 $39.95 for the public (I was told by some that it should be
 $99.95 for as much stuff as it has), but I don't want to
 have them pirated because the price is high.  The cameraman
 knows how to copy-protect the DVD (latest stuff, anyway), so
 copying should be minimal.  The two Denver shows finally
 motivated me to 'git 'r dun', as I had many
 requests for a DVD as I was demonstrating (I could have sold
 50 of them easy at each show).  We still have the up-front
 fishing segment, the foreward, and the ending with links and
 credits to finish, so I'm thinking about May the
 production and copying should be complete and ready for
 sales.  The video will be HQ and professionally done, with
 about a year's worth of techniques to master- well worth
 $30/$40.  To start, the main source for the DVDs will be my
 website and the fly-shows.  
 
 3. Once the rope-dub video has been out a couple of months,
 I'll host another rope-dub swap with those VFBers who
 bought DVDs.  We'll all pick different materials and
 submit the practiced efforts.  Like before, 1st place will
 get a 14/0 Fantasy Fly Monster-Muddler (Nick won it).  And
 this time,  2nd place will get a show-mouse and 3rd will get
 a Whiting grade 1 dry-fly neck.  Everyone will win as
 they'll have samples of many types of dubbing and what
 they look like rope-dubbed.  Extra points will be awarded to
 those who submit different tying-styles of one type of
 dubbing.
 
 4. Once we get the 'buggs' worked out for doing
 videos, I'll do the mouse video, then an advanced
 rope-dubbing video.  Then on the to-do list is Fly-flex
 (Flex-o), McFlyfoam, salt-water streamers, Awesome-hair, and
 an archive video of the Baits Motel routine.  I still prefer
 tying and fishing over media-work, but I have some
 long-range goals in mind for doing the videos.
 
 5. BTW, I found a great dubbing inside of one of the
 dog's stuffed animal toys (which she happily ripped out
 for me).  It's a shiny white very-fluffly synthetic
 fiber that sets up like a pillow.  It rope-dubs perfectly
 and gives all of the different looks (awesome one-material
 mysis shrimp).  I have to dye some now and see how it takes
 the colors.  This stuff would never respond to a
 conventional dubbing technique- even worse than ice-dub. 
 Hmmm...I wonder what's in the other stuffed toys...and
 in my wife's stuffed animals...and those sofa-pillows...
 hm.. (Dr. D gets me in trouble again)
 
 6. Saw an article in a recent fly-mag about mako-shark
 flyfishing out of SanDiego.  Looked like a ton of fun and a
 work-out for my #5 Abel and 17wt Cam Seigler saltwater rod
 (and me too).  Gotta go do that just once at least. They run
 up to 600lb, but they only cast to 200lb ones or less.
 
 7. Planning a trip to Loreto, Baja this fall (hoping to get
 the proper slot), once again for dorado, sailfish

[VFB] Re: Test - any buddy out there?- reply 1 thru 12

2009-02-11 Thread jim phillips

Don
Joe Fusco is hosting a Material Swap right now and he needs more swappers
JimMay your GOD be your fishing partner.  



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From: f...@tribcsp.comto: vfb-m...@googlegroups.comsubject: [VFB] Re: Test - 
any buddy out there?- reply 1 thru 12Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 13:49:22 -0700


So OK, what do we need to liven up the ol' list one more time? 
I'm not as busy right now as I have been- that's for sure.  
Got home from Moab and had a million things to catch up on, then left for 3 
weeks. Now I'm back for awhile ('til mid-March anyway).
 
Swaps are always good.  
 
1. If someone wants to host a materials swap, it's time for spring cleaning for 
me again.  I bought a whole male peacock hide at the Denver Furimski show- 
tail, wings, body, crest, everything.  It's the blue-neck variety, so I have 
lots if irredescent blue neck fan feathers (good for rope-dubbing), the 
tan/green fans,  lots of eyes.  The tail had turned 50% brassy-colored, so I 
won't have to sun them to get them to change.  (Brassed-out peacock is great 
for nymphs).  I'd be willing to send in some neat feathers if a swapmeister 
wants to divvy them up with the participants.  I'd also put in some 
cherry-picks for the swapmeister's efforts.
 
2. Got the video-taping done on Monday for my 1st DVD- Rope-Dubbing with 
DonO.  Had a professional TV cameraman (a friend) come in to do the taping 
with professional equipment (for a 'friendly $fee'- LOL).  He'll also do the 
editing, so I'm looking forwards to seeing what we did so far.  We taped for 
about 6 hours to get it all done, and I macro-photographed flies for about 4 
hours yesterday for the inserts.  It will be about one hour in HD format, so 
I'll have as many materials demonstrated as the space will allow, and lots of 
overlaid photos to help.  Although a lot of patterns are shown, it's really a 
technique video, the basics and sub-techniques of the rope-dub applied to many 
materials.  I've decided to put the price at $29.95 to VFBers and $39.95 for 
the public (I was told by some that it should be $99.95 for as much stuff as it 
has), but I don't want to have them pirated because the price is high.  The 
cameraman knows how to copy-protect the DVD (latest stuff, anyway), so copying 
should be minimal.  The two Denver shows finally motivated me to 'git 'r dun', 
as I had many requests for a DVD as I was demonstrating (I could have sold 50 
of them easy at each show).  We still have the up-front fishing segment, the 
foreward, and the ending with links and credits to finish, so I'm thinking 
about May the production and copying should be complete and ready for sales.  
The video will be HQ and professionally done, with about a year's worth of 
techniques to master- well worth $30/$40.  To start, the main source for the 
DVDs will be my website and the fly-shows.  
 
3. Once the rope-dub video has been out a couple of months, I'll host another 
rope-dub swap with those VFBers who bought DVDs.  We'll all pick different 
materials and submit the practiced efforts.  Like before, 1st place will get a 
14/0 Fantasy Fly Monster-Muddler (Nick won it).  And this time,  2nd place will 
get a show-mouse and 3rd will get a Whiting grade 1 dry-fly neck.  Everyone 
will win as they'll have samples of many types of dubbing and what they look 
like rope-dubbed.  Extra points will be awarded to those who submit different 
tying-styles of one type of dubbing.
 
4. Once we get the 'buggs' worked out for doing videos, I'll do the mouse 
video, then an advanced rope-dubbing video.  Then on the to-do list is Fly-flex 
(Flex-o), McFlyfoam, salt-water streamers, Awesome-hair, and an archive video 
of the Baits Motel routine.  I still prefer tying and fishing over media-work, 
but I have some long-range goals in mind for doing the videos.
 
5. BTW, I found a great dubbing inside of one of the dog's stuffed animal toys 
(which she happily ripped out for me).  It's a shiny white very-fluffly 
synthetic fiber that sets up like a pillow.  It rope-dubs perfectly and gives 
all of the different looks (awesome one-material mysis shrimp).  I have to dye 
some now and see how it takes the colors.  This stuff would never respond to a 
conventional dubbing technique- even worse than ice-dub.  Hmmm...I wonder 
what's in the other stuffed toys...and in my wife's stuffed animals...and those 
sofa-pillows... hm.. (Dr. D gets me in trouble again)
 
6. Saw an article in a recent fly-mag about mako-shark flyfishing out of 
SanDiego.  Looked like a ton of fun and a work-out for my #5 Abel and 17wt Cam 
Seigler saltwater rod (and me too).  Gotta go do that just once at least. They 
run up to 600lb, but they only cast to 200lb ones or less.
 
7. Planning a trip to Loreto, Baja this fall (hoping to get the proper slot), 
once again for dorado, sailfish, and striped marlin.  The wife says she'll give 
it a try.  Maybe with the sluggish economy there will be better pickings.
 
8.  Thanks and 

[VFB] Re: Test - any buddy out there?- reply 1 thru 12

2009-02-11 Thread J Balmer
1. I have most of a wild turkey tail
2. Count me in for the DVD
3. Count me in
4. I have a Sony VX-2100 hand held that I use for both hand held  fixed
tripod shots. I've been thinking about a series of fly fishing  casting
vids, give me a call.
5. I no longer have a dog, but I have a macaw that acts like one. Send me
your toys  he'd be happy to tear them up.
6. I'll settle for Muskies on my 5wt.
7. Sounds like fun, don't think I can make it.
8. Same here.
9. I usually stand up, but it works better if no one else is in the canoe.
Never tried outriggers...
10. I'm always up for goodies...
11. Can't help you there, but I used to have a Class C license.
12. Here's eleven.
 
J

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Von: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com [mailto:vfb-m...@googlegroups.com] Im Auftrag
von DonO
Gesendet: Mittwoch, 11. Februar 2009 21:49
An: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com
Betreff: [VFB] Re: Test - any buddy out there?- reply 1 thru 12

 

So OK, what do we need to liven up the ol' list one more time? 

I'm not as busy right now as I have been- that's for sure.  

Got home from Moab and had a million things to catch up on, then left for 3
weeks. Now I'm back for awhile ('til mid-March anyway).

 

Swaps are always good.  

 

1. If someone wants to host a materials swap, it's time for spring cleaning
for me again.  I bought a whole male peacock hide at the Denver Furimski
show- tail, wings, body, crest, everything.  It's the blue-neck variety, so
I have lots if irredescent blue neck fan feathers (good for rope-dubbing),
the tan/green fans,  lots of eyes.  The tail had turned 50% brassy-colored,
so I won't have to sun them to get them to change.  (Brassed-out peacock is
great for nymphs).  I'd be willing to send in some neat feathers if a
swapmeister wants to divvy them up with the participants.  I'd also put in
some cherry-picks for the swapmeister's efforts.

 

2. Got the video-taping done on Monday for my 1st DVD- Rope-Dubbing with
DonO.  Had a professional TV cameraman (a friend) come in to do the taping
with professional equipment (for a 'friendly $fee'- LOL).  He'll also do the
editing, so I'm looking forwards to seeing what we did so far.  We taped for
about 6 hours to get it all done, and I macro-photographed flies for about 4
hours yesterday for the inserts.  It will be about one hour in HD format, so
I'll have as many materials demonstrated as the space will allow, and lots
of overlaid photos to help.  Although a lot of patterns are shown, it's
really a technique video, the basics and sub-techniques of the rope-dub
applied to many materials.  I've decided to put the price at $29.95 to
VFBers and $39.95 for the public (I was told by some that it should be
$99.95 for as much stuff as it has), but I don't want to have them pirated
because the price is high.  The cameraman knows how to copy-protect the DVD
(latest stuff, anyway), so copying should be minimal.  The two Denver shows
finally motivated me to 'git 'r dun', as I had many requests for a DVD as I
was demonstrating (I could have sold 50 of them easy at each show).  We
still have the up-front fishing segment, the foreward, and the ending with
links and credits to finish, so I'm thinking about May the production and
copying should be complete and ready for sales.  The video will be HQ and
professionally done, with about a year's worth of techniques to master- well
worth $30/$40.  To start, the main source for the DVDs will be my website
and the fly-shows.  

 

3. Once the rope-dub video has been out a couple of months, I'll host
another rope-dub swap with those VFBers who bought DVDs.  We'll all pick
different materials and submit the practiced efforts.  Like before, 1st
place will get a 14/0 Fantasy Fly Monster-Muddler (Nick won it).  And this
time,  2nd place will get a show-mouse and 3rd will get a Whiting grade 1
dry-fly neck.  Everyone will win as they'll have samples of many types of
dubbing and what they look like rope-dubbed.  Extra points will be awarded
to those who submit different tying-styles of one type of dubbing.

 

4. Once we get the 'buggs' worked out for doing videos, I'll do the mouse
video, then an advanced rope-dubbing video.  Then on the to-do list is
Fly-flex (Flex-o), McFlyfoam, salt-water streamers, Awesome

[VFB] Re: Test - any buddy out there?- reply 1 thru 12

2009-02-11 Thread Michael Bliss

Don,

I have been trying to master rope-a-dope since you showed it to me in
the SLC show.  Put me down for a CD.

Mike



 Von: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com [mailto:vfb-m...@googlegroups.com] Im Auftrag
 von DonO
 Gesendet: Mittwoch, 11. Februar 2009 21:49
 An: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com
 Betreff: [VFB] Re: Test - any buddy out there?- reply 1 thru 12



 So OK, what do we need to liven up the ol' list one more time?

 I'm not as busy right now as I have been- that's for sure.

 Got home from Moab and had a million things to catch up on, then left for 3
 weeks. Now I'm back for awhile ('til mid-March anyway).



 Swaps are always good.



 1. If someone wants to host a materials swap, it's time for spring cleaning
 for me again.  I bought a whole male peacock hide at the Denver Furimski
 show- tail, wings, body, crest, everything.  It's the blue-neck variety, so
 I have lots if irredescent blue neck fan feathers (good for rope-dubbing),
 the tan/green fans,  lots of eyes.  The tail had turned 50% brassy-colored,
 so I won't have to sun them to get them to change.  (Brassed-out peacock is
 great for nymphs).  I'd be willing to send in some neat feathers if a
 swapmeister wants to divvy them up with the participants.  I'd also put in
 some cherry-picks for the swapmeister's efforts.



 2. Got the video-taping done on Monday for my 1st DVD- Rope-Dubbing with
 DonO.  Had a professional TV cameraman (a friend) come in to do the taping
 with professional equipment (for a 'friendly $fee'- LOL).  He'll also do the
 editing, so I'm looking forwards to seeing what we did so far.  We taped for
 about 6 hours to get it all done, and I macro-photographed flies for about 4
 hours yesterday for the inserts.  It will be about one hour in HD format, so
 I'll have as many materials demonstrated as the space will allow, and lots
 of overlaid photos to help.  Although a lot of patterns are shown, it's
 really a technique video, the basics and sub-techniques of the rope-dub
 applied to many materials.  I've decided to put the price at $29.95 to
 VFBers and $39.95 for the public (I was told by some that it should be
 $99.95 for as much stuff as it has), but I don't want to have them pirated
 because the price is high.  The cameraman knows how to copy-protect the DVD
 (latest stuff, anyway), so copying should be minimal.  The two Denver shows
 finally motivated me to 'git 'r dun', as I had many requests for a DVD as I
 was demonstrating (I could have sold 50 of them easy at each show).  We
 still have the up-front fishing segment, the foreward, and the ending with
 links and credits to finish, so I'm thinking about May the production and
 copying should be complete and ready for sales.  The video will be HQ and
 professionally done, with about a year's worth of techniques to master- well
 worth $30/$40.  To start, the main source for the DVDs will be my website
 and the fly-shows.



 3. Once the rope-dub video has been out a couple of months, I'll host
 another rope-dub swap with those VFBers who bought DVDs.  We'll all pick
 different materials and submit the practiced efforts.  Like before, 1st
 place will get a 14/0 Fantasy Fly Monster-Muddler (Nick won it).  And this
 time,  2nd place will get a show-mouse and 3rd will get a Whiting grade
 1 dry-fly neck.  Everyone will win as they'll have samples of many types of
 dubbing and what they look like rope-dubbed.  Extra points will be awarded
 to those who submit different tying-styles of one type of dubbing.



 4. Once we get the 'buggs' worked out for doing videos, I'll do the mouse
 video, then an advanced rope-dubbing video.  Then on the to-do list is
 Fly-flex (Flex-o), McFlyfoam, salt-water streamers, Awesome-hair, and an
 archive video of the Baits Motel routine.  I still prefer tying and fishing
 over media-work, but I have some long-range goals in mind for doing the
 videos.



 5. BTW, I found a great dubbing inside of one of the dog's stuffed animal
 toys (which she happily ripped out for me).  It's a shiny white very-fluffly
 synthetic fiber that sets up like a pillow.  It rope-dubs perfectly and
 gives all of the different looks (awesome one-material mysis shrimp).  I
 have to dye some now and see how it takes the colors.  This stuff would
 never respond to a conventional dubbing technique- even worse than ice-dub.
 Hmmm...I wonder what's in the other stuffed toys...and in my wife's stuffed
 animals...and those sofa-pillows... hm.. (Dr. D gets me in trouble
 again)



 6. Saw an article in a recent fly-mag about mako-shark flyfishing out of
 SanDiego.  Looked like a ton of fun and a work-out for my #5 Abel and 17wt
 Cam Seigler saltwater rod (and me too).  Gotta go do that just once at
 least. They run up to 600lb, but they only cast to 200lb ones or less.



 7. Planning a trip to Loreto, Baja this fall (hoping to get the proper
 slot), once again for dorado, sailfish, and striped marlin.  The wife says
 she'll give it a try.  Maybe with the sluggish

[VFB] Re: Test - any buddy out there?- reply 1 thru 12

2009-02-11 Thread DonO

Jeff,
Sheese... I've only had 3 months off- whutzamatter?  Unfortunately, my wife
booked a cruise last year, and it happend to fall on the Sowbug weekend.  So
I won't be making it this year again.  I was looking forward to going, too.
Live rope-dubbing tutoring works best, but the DVD should be very close to
actually being there.
I'm not real jazzed about a cruise, either, as it's too far down to the
water to flyfish. We do hold up in the Bahamas for a few days, so I am
bringing a 5wt fly rod and some flats-flies.
Twelve days on the ocean- hmmm.  I am definitely this time bringing my Cajun
spices, Indian curry spices, and BBQ sauce, and they are going to let me
cook in their kitchen, or else I'll cook on the deck.  Their food is OK, but
oh so bland.  Last cruise, I loaded up on Jamacan jerk and curry when I was
on St. Thomas.  Found a small deli downtown, and will look for it again.
DonO

- Original Message - 
From: Jeff Frye bighawk...@yahoo.com
To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2009 3:06 PM
Subject: [VFB] Re: Test - any buddy out there?- reply 1 thru 12



Are you filling some of that embarrassing free time with a Sowbug visit?
I've got some Kansas boys that want a live rope-dub lesson and probably
would benefit from a mouse show.


--- On Wed, 2/11/09, DonO f...@tribcsp.com wrote:

 From: DonO f...@tribcsp.com
 Subject: [VFB] Re: Test - any buddy out there?- reply 1 thru 12
 To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com
 Date: Wednesday, February 11, 2009, 2:49 PM
 MeddelandeSo OK, what do we need to liven up the ol'
 list one more time?
 I'm not as busy right now as I have been- that's
 for sure.
 Got home from Moab and had a million things to catch up on,
 then left for 3 weeks. Now I'm back for awhile ('til
 mid-March anyway).

 Swaps are always good.

 1. If someone wants to host a materials swap, it's time
 for spring cleaning for me again.  I bought a whole male
 peacock hide at the Denver Furimski show- tail, wings, body,
 crest, everything.  It's the blue-neck variety, so I
 have lots if irredescent blue neck fan feathers (good for
 rope-dubbing), the tan/green fans,  lots of eyes.  The
 tail had turned 50% brassy-colored, so I won't have to
 sun them to get them to change.  (Brassed-out peacock is
 great for nymphs).  I'd be willing to send in some neat
 feathers if a swapmeister wants to divvy them up with the
 participants.  I'd also put in some cherry-picks for the
 swapmeister's efforts.

 2. Got the video-taping done on Monday for my 1st DVD-
 Rope-Dubbing with DonO.  Had a professional TV
 cameraman (a friend) come in to do the taping with
 professional equipment (for a 'friendly $fee'- LOL).
  He'll also do the editing, so I'm looking forwards
 to seeing what we did so far.  We taped for about 6 hours to
 get it all done, and I macro-photographed flies for about 4
 hours yesterday for the inserts.  It will be about one hour
 in HD format, so I'll have as many materials
 demonstrated as the space will allow, and lots of overlaid
 photos to help.  Although a lot of patterns are shown,
 it's really a technique video, the basics and
 sub-techniques of the rope-dub applied to many materials.
 I've decided to put the price at $29.95 to VFBers and
 $39.95 for the public (I was told by some that it should be
 $99.95 for as much stuff as it has), but I don't want to
 have them pirated because the price is high.  The cameraman
 knows how to copy-protect the DVD (latest stuff, anyway), so
 copying should be minimal.  The two Denver shows finally
 motivated me to 'git 'r dun', as I had many
 requests for a DVD as I was demonstrating (I could have sold
 50 of them easy at each show).  We still have the up-front
 fishing segment, the foreward, and the ending with links and
 credits to finish, so I'm thinking about May the
 production and copying should be complete and ready for
 sales.  The video will be HQ and professionally done, with
 about a year's worth of techniques to master- well worth
 $30/$40.  To start, the main source for the DVDs will be my
 website and the fly-shows.

 3. Once the rope-dub video has been out a couple of months,
 I'll host another rope-dub swap with those VFBers who
 bought DVDs.  We'll all pick different materials and
 submit the practiced efforts.  Like before, 1st place will
 get a 14/0 Fantasy Fly Monster-Muddler (Nick won it).  And
 this time,  2nd place will get a show-mouse and 3rd will get
 a Whiting grade 1 dry-fly neck.  Everyone will win as
 they'll have samples of many types of dubbing and what
 they look like rope-dubbed.  Extra points will be awarded to
 those who submit different tying-styles of one type of
 dubbing.

 4. Once we get the 'buggs' worked out for doing
 videos, I'll do the mouse video, then an advanced
 rope-dubbing video.  Then on the to-do list is Fly-flex
 (Flex-o), McFlyfoam, salt-water streamers, Awesome-hair, and
 an archive video of the Baits Motel routine.  I still prefer
 tying and fishing over media-work, but I