RE: [VFB] Something different , Our backgrounds, now lurkers
I do have one question, might get more people talking. I ran into a old article the other day about a crocheted fly, has anyone every tied one or know more about them? Bob Scarbrough a69ju...@hotmail.com Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2010 09:00:05 -0800 From: bambot...@yahoo.com Subject: RE: [VFB] Something different , Our backgrounds, now lurkers To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Bob, Me again, We need the lurkers to post to let us know you are out there. If no one posts the list will die a slow death. I am on two other tying lists and there are only about one message about every three to four months. When someone posts something, the list awakens and there will be several posts for a few days then dies again. You lurkers out there, find somethoing to post and let us know you are there. Thanks, Tony --- On Tue, 1/26/10, Bob Scarbrough a69ju...@hotmail.com wrote: From: Bob Scarbrough a69ju...@hotmail.com Subject: RE: [VFB] Something different , Our backgrounds To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Date: Tuesday, January 26, 2010, 6:18 AM I guess I can be classified as a Lurker, I like to read the posts but very rarely comment. I have been flyfishing about 15 years now, wont say Im good but catch some fish anyway. Fish mostly at Taneycomo for trout as in Iowa have to go up in the NE part to fish for trout . I flyfish for bass and panfish where I live (Des Moines, IA). Started tying a few years ago then quit when my wife died after 30 years, and am just now getting back into tying. Have served in the Military, worked in IT and am now in Security. No kids, just one dog who loves to go fishing with me. Pretty boring but thats me. :) Bob Scarbrough Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2010 03:45:58 -0800 From: bambot...@yahoo.com Subject: Re: [VFB] Something different , Our backgrounds To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Jim, I guess I go along with you on this. Just trying to get some action on the list. I was hoping more would reply with more than a line or two. I will post my background later today. Tony --- On Mon, 1/25/10, Jimmy D. Moore ray...@earthlink.net wrote: From: Jimmy D. Moore ray...@earthlink.net Subject: [VFB] Something different , Our backgrounds To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Date: Monday, January 25, 2010, 12:47 PM Tony, I would say that your post below is definitely ON TOPIC. The better we know each other, the better we can appreciate our fellow VFB'ers. So, here's some stuff about me: Been fishing 60 + years, Fly fishing just about the same. Started tying flies at age 12, with a Herter Beginners Kit Joined the VFB in its infancy. Been doing the daily quote on the VFB for about 9 years Started the Joke For The Day about 8 years ago, because the VFB was getting cluttered with jokes and Byard asked me if I'd do it. There's now around 70 VFB members who get the daily JFTD. Just finished meistering my 17 swap today. Some goofy, but all fun. March Madness I, March Madness II, Colors I, Colors II, Retiree, Ham Radio, Chili Pepper, Eagle Scout, Blues I, Blues II, Courage, Renegade, Steelhead, Murf Memorial, Old Fart and lastly - Fly Tying Fanatic Swap. I'm a retired Scout Executive with the Boy Scouts of America - 1964-2000 Wrote an outdoor humor book in 2004 - Moon Holler Misfits Fishing Hunting Club Editor of North Fishing Zone - Texas Fish Game magazine, 2007 - 2009 Have written numerous fishing and hunting articles for outdoor magazines I've done my fishing in Alabama, Mississippi, Florida, including the Gulf, Texas, Colorado, New Mexico, Oregon 5 grown children, 8 grandchildren Two Cats - Peaches Gray. Raised them from bottle - orphans. I'm their mother and father. They act like dogs and come when I whistle or call their name. They jump up on me just like my dogs did. Gray can purr - I taught him, but Peaches never has learned. I stay busy monitoring the VFB, FFW and doing the Daily Quotes and Jokes, plus a bunch of Honey Do work that never seems to end. JIMMY D Anthony Spezio wrote: The list seems to be getting slower and slower. I am as guilty as anyone else by not posting. I have reasons I have not posted and it has nothing to do with the VFB list or anyone on it. I think Jimmy did this a while back but things change and an update might be in order. I am sure we have a number of lurkers out there that we don't know about. How about we jump in and tell about ourselves relating to tying and fishing. Also I often wonder what most of us do or what we did for a living. Might be interesting to know,. Tony -- 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
Re: [VFB] Something different , Our backgrounds
I am Bruce Whittle, a large animal veterinarian in north central Missouri, and president-elect of our state veterinary association - that is why I have been lurking mostly due to not a lot of spare time. I have also been active teaching equine dentistry at various veterinary schools, taking up even more fishing time. I started tying when I was in the 5th grade and have tied sporadically ever since except for my tenure in grad school. I started fly-fishing about a year after I started tying. I primarily fish warmwater ponds (once or twice a year - I know - shameful!) and occasionally Taneycomo or Bennett Spring State Park. I have been on VFB I think since 1998 or 1999. Bruce Whittle -- 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
Re: [VFB] Something different , Our backgrounds
Who would have thunk it, braces for horses! - Original Message - From: Bruce P. Whittle, DVM To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2010 4:05 PM Subject: Re: [VFB] Something different , Our backgrounds I am Bruce Whittle, a large animal veterinarian in north central Missouri, and president-elect of our state veterinary association - that is why I have been lurking mostly due to not a lot of spare time. I have also been active teaching equine dentistry at various veterinary schools, taking up even more fishing time. I started tying when I was in the 5th grade and have tied sporadically ever since except for my tenure in grad school. I started fly-fishing about a year after I started tying. I primarily fish warmwater ponds (once or twice a year - I know - shameful!) and occasionally Taneycomo or Bennett Spring State Park. I have been on VFB I think since 1998 or 1999. Bruce Whittle -- 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 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
Re: [VFB] Something different , Our backgrounds
Jim, I guess I go along with you on this. Just trying to get some action on the list. I was hoping more would reply with more than a line or two. I will post my background later today. Tony --- On Mon, 1/25/10, Jimmy D. Moore ray...@earthlink.net wrote: From: Jimmy D. Moore ray...@earthlink.net Subject: [VFB] Something different , Our backgrounds To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Date: Monday, January 25, 2010, 12:47 PM Tony, I would say that your post below is definitely ON TOPIC. The better we know each other, the better we can appreciate our fellow VFB'ers. So, here's some stuff about me: Been fishing 60 + years, Fly fishing just about the same. Started tying flies at age 12, with a Herter Beginners Kit Joined the VFB in its infancy. Been doing the daily quote on the VFB for about 9 years Started the Joke For The Day about 8 years ago, because the VFB was getting cluttered with jokes and Byard asked me if I'd do it. There's now around 70 VFB members who get the daily JFTD. Just finished meistering my 17 swap today. Some goofy, but all fun. March Madness I, March Madness II, Colors I, Colors II, Retiree, Ham Radio, Chili Pepper, Eagle Scout, Blues I, Blues II, Courage, Renegade, Steelhead, Murf Memorial, Old Fart and lastly - Fly Tying Fanatic Swap. I'm a retired Scout Executive with the Boy Scouts of America - 1964-2000 Wrote an outdoor humor book in 2004 - Moon Holler Misfits Fishing Hunting Club Editor of North Fishing Zone - Texas Fish Game magazine, 2007 - 2009 Have written numerous fishing and hunting articles for outdoor magazines I've done my fishing in Alabama, Mississippi, Florida, including the Gulf, Texas, Colorado, New Mexico, Oregon 5 grown children, 8 grandchildren Two Cats - Peaches Gray. Raised them from bottle - orphans. I'm their mother and father. They act like dogs and come when I whistle or call their name. They jump up on me just like my dogs did. Gray can purr - I taught him, but Peaches never has learned. I stay busy monitoring the VFB, FFW and doing the Daily Quotes and Jokes, plus a bunch of Honey Do work that never seems to end. JIMMY D Anthony Spezio wrote: The list seems to be getting slower and slower. I am as guilty as anyone else by not posting. I have reasons I have not posted and it has nothing to do with the VFB list or anyone on it. I think Jimmy did this a while back but things change and an update might be in order. I am sure we have a number of lurkers out there that we don't know about. How about we jump in and tell about ourselves relating to tying and fishing. Also I often wonder what most of us do or what we did for a living. Might be interesting to know,. Tony -- 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 -- º * JIMMY D. MOORE, ARS WB5RHT,author Moon Holler Misfits Fishing Hunting Club, Member, TOWA Past VP Guadalupe River Trout Unlimited, Member, North Zone Fishing Editor Emeritus, Texas Fish Game Magazine, VFB FFW Moderator, Scout Exec. BSA, Retired, http://bigtroutman.tripod.com/index.html * º *** -- 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 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
RE: [VFB] Something different , Our backgrounds
Im not sure Im even getting through. Robert Scarbrough From: rustyh...@centurytel.net To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [VFB] Something different , Our backgrounds Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 19:01:59 -0800 I grew up in MN and have always fished. Started out with a Zebco 202 reel and rod with a bobber and worm. Worked up to spinning and then was determined to learn flyfishing. After a steep learning curve, I started to get the hang of it. Took up flytying too. Learning on those small, brushy streams gave me a sidearm stroke that I still can't get rid of. Microsoft moved me out to the Seattle area where I got exposed to big rivers, big fish and the sheer joy of throwing a speyrod across the entire river. These days, I run a small fly company that features my flies and some of my friend's. I travel all over the world in search of all types of fish in all types of water -- but always with a flyrod. My girlfriend took up flyfishing, caught her first trout on a dry and uses nothing but a dryfly now. When home (in WA), I fish the steelhead streams around my house and the great trout fishing on the east side of the mountains. I have one son who is in college and is turning 20. He is a heck of a flyfisher. -- Jay Paulson www.amazingflies.com -- 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 _ Hotmail: Free, trusted and rich email service. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/196390708/direct/01/ -- 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
RE: [VFB] Something different , Our backgrounds
You made it to Arkansas Tony --- On Tue, 1/26/10, Bob Scarbrough a69ju...@hotmail.com wrote: From: Bob Scarbrough a69ju...@hotmail.com Subject: RE: [VFB] Something different , Our backgrounds To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Date: Tuesday, January 26, 2010, 9:46 AM Im not sure Im even getting through. Robert Scarbrough From: rustyh...@centurytel.net To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [VFB] Something different , Our backgrounds Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 19:01:59 -0800 I grew up in MN and have always fished. Started out with a Zebco 202 reel and rod with a bobber and worm. Worked up to spinning and then was determined to learn flyfishing. After a steep learning curve, I started to get the hang of it. Took up flytying too. Learning on those small, brushy streams gave me a sidearm stroke that I still can't get rid of. Microsoft moved me out to the Seattle area where I got exposed to big rivers, big fish and the sheer joy of throwing a speyrod across the entire river. These days, I run a small fly company that features my flies and some of my friend's. I travel all over the world in search of all types of fish in all types of water -- but always with a flyrod. My girlfriend took up flyfishing, caught her first trout on a dry and uses nothing but a dryfly now. When home (in WA), I fish the steelhead streams around my house and the great trout fishing on the east side of the mountains. I have one son who is in college and is turning 20. He is a heck of a flyfisher. -- Jay Paulson www.amazingflies.com -- 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 Hotmail: Free, trusted and rich email service. Get it now. -- 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 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
RE: [VFB] Something different , Our backgrounds
I have been trying not to be a Lurker but havent gotten any reply from anyone til now. And I would like to literally make it to Arkansas and do some fishing! :) Bob Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2010 07:50:45 -0800 From: bambot...@yahoo.com Subject: RE: [VFB] Something different , Our backgrounds To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com You made it to Arkansas Tony --- On Tue, 1/26/10, Bob Scarbrough a69ju...@hotmail.com wrote: From: Bob Scarbrough a69ju...@hotmail.com Subject: RE: [VFB] Something different , Our backgrounds To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Date: Tuesday, January 26, 2010, 9:46 AM Im not sure Im even getting through. Robert Scarbrough From: rustyh...@centurytel.net To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [VFB] Something different , Our backgrounds Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 19:01:59 -0800 I grew up in MN and have always fished. Started out with a Zebco 202 reel and rod with a bobber and worm. Worked up to spinning and then was determined to learn flyfishing. After a steep learning curve, I started to get the hang of it. Took up flytying too. Learning on those small, brushy streams gave me a sidearm stroke that I still can't get rid of. Microsoft moved me out to the Seattle area where I got exposed to big rivers, big fish and the sheer joy of throwing a speyrod across the entire river. These days, I run a small fly company that features my flies and some of my friend's. I travel all over the world in search of all types of fish in all types of water -- but always with a flyrod. My girlfriend took up flyfishing, caught her first trout on a dry and uses nothing but a dryfly now. When home (in WA), I fish the steelhead streams around my house and the great trout fishing on the east side of the mountains. I have one son who is in college and is turning 20. He is a heck of a flyfisher. -- Jay Paulson www.amazingflies.com -- 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 Hotmail: Free, trusted and rich email service. Get it now. -- 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 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 _ Hotmail: Trusted email with Microsoft’s powerful SPAM protection. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/196390706/direct/01/ -- 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
RE: [VFB] Something different , Our backgrounds
Got it in Central Illinois. From: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com [mailto:vfb-m...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Bob Scarbrough Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2010 9:46 AM To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: [VFB] Something different , Our backgrounds Im not sure Im even getting through. Robert Scarbrough _ From: rustyh...@centurytel.net To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [VFB] Something different , Our backgrounds Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 19:01:59 -0800 I grew up in MN and have always fished. Started out with a Zebco 202 reel and rod with a bobber and worm. Worked up to spinning and then was determined to learn flyfishing. After a steep learning curve, I started to get the hang of it. Took up flytying too. Learning on those small, brushy streams gave me a sidearm stroke that I still can't get rid of. Microsoft moved me out to the Seattle area where I got exposed to big rivers, big fish and the sheer joy of throwing a speyrod across the entire river. These days, I run a small fly company that features my flies and some of my friend's. I travel all over the world in search of all types of fish in all types of water -- but always with a flyrod. My girlfriend took up flyfishing, caught her first trout on a dry and uses nothing but a dryfly now. When home (in WA), I fish the steelhead streams around my house and the great trout fishing on the east side of the mountains. I have one son who is in college and is turning 20. He is a heck of a flyfisher. -- Jay Paulson www.amazingflies.com http://www.amazingflies.com/ -- 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 http://www.linesend.com/ _ Hotmail: Free, trusted and rich email service. Get it http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/196390708/direct/01/ now. -- 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 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
RE: [VFB] Something different , Our backgrounds
I guess I can be classified as a Lurker, I like to read the posts but very rarely comment. I have been flyfishing about 15 years now, wont say Im good but catch some fish anyway. Fish mostly at Taneycomo for trout as in Iowa have to go up in the NE part to fish for trout . I flyfish for bass and panfish where I live (Des Moines, IA). Started tying a few years ago then quit when my wife died after 30 years, and am just now getting back into tying. Have served in the Military, worked in IT and am now in Security. No kids, just one dog who loves to go fishing with me. Pretty boring but thats me. :) Bob Scarbrough Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2010 03:45:58 -0800 From: bambot...@yahoo.com Subject: Re: [VFB] Something different , Our backgrounds To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Jim, I guess I go along with you on this. Just trying to get some action on the list. I was hoping more would reply with more than a line or two. I will post my background later today. Tony --- On Mon, 1/25/10, Jimmy D. Moore ray...@earthlink.net wrote: From: Jimmy D. Moore ray...@earthlink.net Subject: [VFB] Something different , Our backgrounds To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Date: Monday, January 25, 2010, 12:47 PM Tony, I would say that your post below is definitely ON TOPIC. The better we know each other, the better we can appreciate our fellow VFB'ers. So, here's some stuff about me: Been fishing 60 + years, Fly fishing just about the same. Started tying flies at age 12, with a Herter Beginners Kit Joined the VFB in its infancy. Been doing the daily quote on the VFB for about 9 years Started the Joke For The Day about 8 years ago, because the VFB was getting cluttered with jokes and Byard asked me if I'd do it. There's now around 70 VFB members who get the daily JFTD. Just finished meistering my 17 swap today. Some goofy, but all fun. March Madness I, March Madness II, Colors I, Colors II, Retiree, Ham Radio, Chili Pepper, Eagle Scout, Blues I, Blues II, Courage, Renegade, Steelhead, Murf Memorial, Old Fart and lastly - Fly Tying Fanatic Swap. I'm a retired Scout Executive with the Boy Scouts of America - 1964-2000 Wrote an outdoor humor book in 2004 - Moon Holler Misfits Fishing Hunting Club Editor of North Fishing Zone - Texas Fish Game magazine, 2007 - 2009 Have written numerous fishing and hunting articles for outdoor magazines I've done my fishing in Alabama, Mississippi, Florida, including the Gulf, Texas, Colorado, New Mexico, Oregon 5 grown children, 8 grandchildren Two Cats - Peaches Gray. Raised them from bottle - orphans. I'm their mother and father. They act like dogs and come when I whistle or call their name. They jump up on me just like my dogs did. Gray can purr - I taught him, but Peaches never has learned. I stay busy monitoring the VFB, FFW and doing the Daily Quotes and Jokes, plus a bunch of Honey Do work that never seems to end. JIMMY D Anthony Spezio wrote: The list seems to be getting slower and slower. I am as guilty as anyone else by not posting. I have reasons I have not posted and it has nothing to do with the VFB list or anyone on it. I think Jimmy did this a while back but things change and an update might be in order. I am sure we have a number of lurkers out there that we don't know about. How about we jump in and tell about ourselves relating to tying and fishing. Also I often wonder what most of us do or what we did for a living. Might be interesting to know,. Tony -- 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 -- º * JIMMY D. MOORE, ARS WB5RHT,author Moon Holler Misfits Fishing Hunting Club, Member, TOWA Past VP Guadalupe River Trout Unlimited, Member, North Zone Fishing Editor Emeritus, Texas Fish Game Magazine, VFB FFW Moderator, Scout Exec. BSA, Retired, http://bigtroutman.tripod.com/index.html * º *** -- 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 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
RE: [VFB] Something different , Our backgrounds
Bob,
You just got a invitation. Contact me off list.
If interested the Sowbug show is in Mtn. Home Arkansas on March 18, 19, 20. We
will have over 100 tyers and a number of VFB members will be attending and
tying. Rosanne and Terry Wilson the Bluegill experts and Fishy Fullman will be
there as tyers too. The cost is 5.00 for the three days. I will be tying in the
morning sessions.
Tony
--- On Tue, 1/26/10, Bob Scarbrough a69ju...@hotmail.com wrote:
From: Bob Scarbrough a69ju...@hotmail.com
Subject: RE: [VFB] Something different , Our backgrounds
To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com vfb-mail@googlegroups.com
Date: Tuesday, January 26, 2010, 9:59 AM
I have been trying not to be a Lurker but havent gotten any reply from anyone
til now.
And I would like to literally make it to Arkansas and do some fishing! :)
Bob
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2010 07:50:45 -0800
From: bambot...@yahoo.com
Subject: RE: [VFB] Something different , Our backgrounds
To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com
You made it to Arkansas
Tony
--- On Tue, 1/26/10, Bob Scarbrough a69ju...@hotmail.com wrote:
From: Bob Scarbrough a69ju...@hotmail.com
Subject: RE: [VFB] Something different , Our backgrounds
To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com vfb-mail@googlegroups.com
Date: Tuesday, January 26, 2010, 9:46 AM
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Robert Scarbrough
From: rustyh...@centurytel.net
To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: [VFB] Something different , Our backgrounds
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 19:01:59 -0800
I grew up in MN and have always fished. Started out with a Zebco 202 reel and
rod with a bobber and worm. Worked up to spinning and then was determined to
learn flyfishing. After a steep learning curve, I started to get the hang of
it. Took up flytying too. Learning on those small, brushy streams gave me a
sidearm stroke that I still can't get rid of. Microsoft moved me out to the
Seattle area where I got exposed to big rivers, big fish and the sheer joy of
throwing a speyrod across the entire river.
These days, I run a small fly company that features my flies and some of my
friend's. I travel all over the world in search of all types of fish in all
types of water -- but always with a flyrod. My girlfriend took up flyfishing,
caught her first trout on a dry and uses nothing but a dryfly now. When home
(in WA), I fish the steelhead streams around my house and the great trout
fishing on the east side of the mountains.
I have one son who is in college and is turning 20. He is a heck of a
flyfisher.
--
Jay Paulson
www.amazingflies.com
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RE: [VFB] Something different , Our backgrounds, now lurkers
Bob, Me again, We need the lurkers to post to let us know you are out there. If no one posts the list will die a slow death. I am on two other tying lists and there are only about one message about every three to four months. When someone posts something, the list awakens and there will be several posts for a few days then dies again. You lurkers out there, find somethoing to post and let us know you are there. Thanks, Tony --- On Tue, 1/26/10, Bob Scarbrough a69ju...@hotmail.com wrote: From: Bob Scarbrough a69ju...@hotmail.com Subject: RE: [VFB] Something different , Our backgrounds To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Date: Tuesday, January 26, 2010, 6:18 AM I guess I can be classified as a Lurker, I like to read the posts but very rarely comment. I have been flyfishing about 15 years now, wont say Im good but catch some fish anyway. Fish mostly at Taneycomo for trout as in Iowa have to go up in the NE part to fish for trout . I flyfish for bass and panfish where I live (Des Moines, IA). Started tying a few years ago then quit when my wife died after 30 years, and am just now getting back into tying. Have served in the Military, worked in IT and am now in Security. No kids, just one dog who loves to go fishing with me. Pretty boring but thats me. :) Bob Scarbrough Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2010 03:45:58 -0800 From: bambot...@yahoo.com Subject: Re: [VFB] Something different , Our backgrounds To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Jim, I guess I go along with you on this. Just trying to get some action on the list. I was hoping more would reply with more than a line or two. I will post my background later today. Tony --- On Mon, 1/25/10, Jimmy D. Moore ray...@earthlink.net wrote: From: Jimmy D. Moore ray...@earthlink.net Subject: [VFB] Something different , Our backgrounds To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Date: Monday, January 25, 2010, 12:47 PM Tony, I would say that your post below is definitely ON TOPIC. The better we know each other, the better we can appreciate our fellow VFB'ers. So, here's some stuff about me: Been fishing 60 + years, Fly fishing just about the same. Started tying flies at age 12, with a Herter Beginners Kit Joined the VFB in its infancy. Been doing the daily quote on the VFB for about 9 years Started the Joke For The Day about 8 years ago, because the VFB was getting cluttered with jokes and Byard asked me if I'd do it. There's now around 70 VFB members who get the daily JFTD. Just finished meistering my 17 swap today. Some goofy, but all fun. March Madness I, March Madness II, Colors I, Colors II, Retiree, Ham Radio, Chili Pepper, Eagle Scout, Blues I, Blues II, Courage, Renegade, Steelhead, Murf Memorial, Old Fart and lastly - Fly Tying Fanatic Swap. I'm a retired Scout Executive with the Boy Scouts of America - 1964-2000 Wrote an outdoor humor book in 2004 - Moon Holler Misfits Fishing Hunting Club Editor of North Fishing Zone - Texas Fish Game magazine, 2007 - 2009 Have written numerous fishing and hunting articles for outdoor magazines I've done my fishing in Alabama, Mississippi, Florida, including the Gulf, Texas, Colorado, New Mexico, Oregon 5 grown children, 8 grandchildren Two Cats - Peaches Gray. Raised them from bottle - orphans. I'm their mother and father. They act like dogs and come when I whistle or call their name. They jump up on me just like my dogs did. Gray can purr - I taught him, but Peaches never has learned. I stay busy monitoring the VFB, FFW and doing the Daily Quotes and Jokes, plus a bunch of Honey Do work that never seems to end. JIMMY D Anthony Spezio wrote: The list seems to be getting slower and slower. I am as guilty as anyone else by not posting. I have reasons I have not posted and it has nothing to do with the VFB list or anyone on it. I think Jimmy did this a while back but things change and an update might be in order. I am sure we have a number of lurkers out there that we don't know about. How about we jump in and tell about ourselves relating to tying and fishing. Also I often wonder what most of us do or what we did for a living. Might be interesting to know,. Tony -- 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 -- º * JIMMY D. MOORE, ARS WB5RHT,author Moon Holler Misfits Fishing Hunting Club, Member, TOWA Past VP Guadalupe River Trout Unlimited, Member, North Zone Fishing Editor Emeritus, Texas Fish Game Magazine, VFB FFW Moderator, Scout Exec. BSA, Retired, http://bigtroutman.tripod.com/index.html * º
Re: [VFB] Something different , Our backgrounds, now lurkers
I am in agreement with Tony. I have been on the list since its inception a decade+ ago. Years ago, when the VFB group was part of the VFB website with Byard Miller, the owner moderator, it was a very lively list. Everyone, just about, had something to say. Threads about everything flyfishing and flytying would be weeks long, sometimes months, with literally hundreds of good comments- not just atta-boys. There were over 500 'listers' because the list was so active. It was considered to be the top list on the net by many who had been members on others. But we lost many active posters after going to Googlegroups, and as the list declined in posts, other regular posters either stopped posting or dropped off the list. I know some are still here, because we hear from them once in a blue moon. Unless you were on the list back then, you can't see what a tail-spin it's been in for posts, variety of posts and threads, swaps, and just fly-fishing banter and conversation, for the last few years. Yes, there's some, but not much compared to back then. I don't know how many are actually on the list, but I'm sure it would grow if we had more activity. A HUGE advantage we have on Googlegroup is that we can post photos, something we couldn't do with a 4kb limit before (for virus protection). When I was a kid in New Oreans, learning to fly fish and fly tie in 1961ish, I had literally nothing to start with- no tools, gear, materials, manuals, books, videos, mentors, and of course, the internet. I had one outdoor magazine that showed a fly. That's what got me started. Over my lifetime, I've seen the flood of information, tools, and materials come into the industry. Our hackles just 30 years ago are collector's items when it comes to the genetic hackles of today. So where am I headed? I know now how much better and more satisfying my hobby would have been when I was a kid if I had what people, especially beginners, have today. And that's where this list comes in. It should be a combination of people who know and people who are learning, and even those who know can always learn alot more. But learning should not be passive, either, and Chuck is a great example of this. Ask lots of questions, post photos of your flies for critiques (not criticism), ask about ideas and how to pull them off. Post URLs of interesting websites or of a fly you want to learn how to tie. There's people here who can help you tie it. Post photos of fish, trips, shows, rivers that you fished, people you've met. Anything to make the list more active. If you don't have time to post, that's sad, because you have something to add and we're not sharing it. Short comments are easy to make, as is asking a simple question about a post. Keep on subject, don't flame, understand that the tongue-in-cheek comment can be misinterpreted, don't spam, and don't think that your expertise level is inadequate. I like teaching as much as tying, and I am still a student for life. OK, off my soap-box. DonO - Original Message - From: Anthony Spezio To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2010 10:00 AM Subject: RE: [VFB] Something different , Our backgrounds, now lurkers Bob, Me again, We need the lurkers to post to let us know you are out there. If no one posts the list will die a slow death. I am on two other tying lists and there are only about one message about every three to four months. When someone posts something, the list awakens and there will be several posts for a few days then dies again. You lurkers out there, find somethoing to post and let us know you are there. Thanks, Tony --- On Tue, 1/26/10, Bob Scarbrough a69ju...@hotmail.com wrote: From: Bob Scarbrough a69ju...@hotmail.com Subject: RE: [VFB] Something different , Our backgrounds To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Date: Tuesday, January 26, 2010, 6:18 AM I guess I can be classified as a Lurker, I like to read the posts but very rarely comment. I have been flyfishing about 15 years now, wont say Im good but catch some fish anyway. Fish mostly at Taneycomo for trout as in Iowa have to go up in the NE part to fish for trout . I flyfish for bass and panfish where I live (Des Moines, IA). Started tying a few years ago then quit when my wife died after 30 years, and am just now getting back into tying. Have served in the Military, worked in IT and am now in Security. No kids, just one dog who loves to go fishing with me. Pretty boring but thats me. :) Bob Scarbrough -- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2010 03:45:58 -0800 From: bambot...@yahoo.com Subject: Re: [VFB] Something different , Our backgrounds
Re: [VFB] Something different , Our backgrounds, now lurkers
I've fly fishing and tying since my grand parents gave me a tying kit when I was twelve and told to get on with it. I've been on this list a while but only post when I feel I can contribute something. Since joining the list I've leant alot, made friends, made a few contacts (which resulted in a trip or two to Cape Cod). Done a few swaps. When not fishing or tying, I see my kids at the weekend and occasional other times. I am an archaeologist, currently working in the environmental department (that environmental not mental dept). I am also doing a part time Ba(honors) degree in archaeology at University of Bristol. Other sports areTae Kwon-Do and er.thats it Ashley -- 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
Re: [VFB] Something different , Our backgrounds
Not boring. It is always fun to learn about my friends on the list. I've been lucky. Grew up on a farm with a well stocked bullhead farm pond and could fish every day (except Sunday) after the chores were done. Then moved to Utah and learned to flyfish and tie..won my first vise with a tall tale, in a contest. I've fished here and when I go back to SD I fish the Missouri..another fine pike/walleye/bass area. I'm a CRNA (nurse anesthetist) and still working. Hope to retire soon. BTW, it's nurse anesthetist week this week. It's so good to learn from everyone on the list as my tying and fishing with flies is a bit behind in knowledge. Joyce On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 2:05 PM, Allan Fish afi...@sbcglobal.net wrote: My bio is pretty boring. Retired after 36 years as a chemist for a little pharmaceutical company in Indianapolis (Eli something or other). Two children, 8 grandchildren, 3 great-grandkids. No. I'm not old enough to have great-grandchildren. it's just that hormones break to the surface at an early age in my family. Took up tying later in life (about 30 years ago) thanks to the Indianapolis Fly Casters. Learned tying, still trying to learn how to cast 'pretty'. I'm one of those I can cast well enough to catch fish but not well enough to show off to others type of people. Kinda like my fly tying. However, they've been kind enough to let me tie at the Sowbug Roundup the past 5 years. Thanks, Tony. Local fishing is pretty well limited to small lakes/ponds and some streams (I hope to hit more streams this year). Planning on a Canada trip, a trip to fish the Smokey's with my wife, and hopefully another one to Colorado to keep her happy. Her favorite fishing is wading a stream in Colorado. And yes, she fly fishes. The biggest drawback to taking her is that she always catches the biggest fish. Currently I'm helping with the club's tying class and am the so-called chairman of the local Project Healing Waters tying classes at the Indianapolis VA Hospital. Other hobbies -way too many of them - include building (assembling) fly rods, photography, reading, piano, and rooting for the GO COLTS Sorry for boring everyone. a. -- Allan Fish Greenwood, IN afi...@sbcglobal.net -- 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 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
Re: [VFB] Something different , Our backgrounds
I was born and raised in Alabama. Born in 1958, joined the Air Force in 1975, and served until 1981. I spent time in Texas, Illinois and Florida. Got out and used my old GI bill to get an AS degree in Business management, then an AAS degree in Welding Science. I welded for nearly 20 years as a certified welder in anything from the shipyards in FL, to building new dumpsters, to working at FabArc steel here in Bama and we'd build the beams up to 120ft long that went all over the country to build sky scrapers. to having my own portable welding business where if a farmer had a 1/4 million combine broken down in the field, instead of him losing time and money bringing it to me or another welding shop, I had everything on my truck to go to his equipment and fix it in the field. Had a blast and made good money till I lifted one too many heavy pieces of steel and ruined some discs in my low back and in my neck. I also used to deep sea fish out of Destin, FL to supplement my military income as you could catch fish, and then sell them right there at the fish market as soon as the boat docked. My Air Force paychecks were $142 per two weeks, and on some Saturdays, On Capt. Ben Marler's Her Majesty II I'd make $100-200 on a 10 hour fishing trip. That was good money cause Capt Marler didn't allow drinking on his boat so you spent your day fishing, instead of untangling yourself from the drunks lines like on some of the other boats, like Capt. Anderson's in Panama City Beach FL, which is also the first time I ever used an electric reel. But, some here, like Jimmy D and maybe others probably know how good the seafood platter at the Wharf in Panama City Beach used to be, right there on the water. The Gulf of Mexico has been s fished out over the years, my son in law went down there a year or so ago, and he told me the daily creel limit on Red Snapper was TWO fish per person. I was onboard her Majesty II in about 1978 when they set the then record of over 2100 pounds of snapper alone (not counting the trigger fish, grouper and others) as well as one man who caught a 27 pound (I think it was) red snapper, which they said at the time was either a world record, or a FL state record. I can't remember for sure. I have been married for 26 years, have 5 kids and 4 grand kids. I grew up fishing with live minnows for crappie at night at the Coosa river not far from here. We have some of the best crappie waters in the world right here and back then, in the 60's and early 70's there was no creel limit on crappie I guess cause my daddy, myself, his friend and my younger brother would catch and bring home 300+ crappie on each Saturday night. I HATED Sundays cause myself and my brother had to clean all those fish. Just started fly fishing about 6 years ago, and tying about 5 years ago.(hard to believe it's been that long) and haven't picked up any of my spinning reels since except for maybe twice to do some crappie fishing. Thanks to all the great help here, I can tie a fly that will at least catch a fish. And when I started here those years ago, I didn't know a vise from a bobbin LOL.. Those of you who remember when I started remember that asking questions about fishing or tying is NOT one of my weak points LOL.. Anyway, I'm pretty lucky as all my kids, my wife, and now my grand kids ALL love to fish and most of them love to fly fish. Well, didn't mean to write a book here LOL, Chuck - Original Message - From: Joyce Westphal To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 7:00 PM Subject: Re: [VFB] Something different , Our backgrounds Not boring. It is always fun to learn about my friends on the list. I've been lucky. Grew up on a farm with a well stocked bullhead farm pond and could fish every day (except Sunday) after the chores were done. Then moved to Utah and learned to flyfish and tie..won my first vise with a tall tale, in a contest. I've fished here and when I go back to SD I fish the Missouri..another fine pike/walleye/bass area. I'm a CRNA (nurse anesthetist) and still working. Hope to retire soon. BTW, it's nurse anesthetist week this week. It's so good to learn from everyone on the list as my tying and fishing with flies is a bit behind in knowledge. Joyce On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 2:05 PM, Allan Fish afi...@sbcglobal.net wrote: My bio is pretty boring. Retired after 36 years as a chemist for a little pharmaceutical company in Indianapolis (Eli something or other). Two children, 8 grandchildren, 3 great-grandkids. No. I'm not old enough to have great-grandchildren. it's just that hormones break to the surface at an early age in my family. Took up tying later in life (about 30 years ago) thanks to the Indianapolis Fly Casters. Learned tying, still trying to learn how to cast 'pretty'. I'm one of those I can cast well enough to catch fish but not well enough to show off to others
Re: [VFB] Something different , Our backgrounds
I grew up in MN and have always fished. Started out with a Zebco 202 reel and rod with a bobber and worm. Worked up to spinning and then was determined to learn flyfishing. After a steep learning curve, I started to get the hang of it. Took up flytying too. Learning on those small, brushy streams gave me a sidearm stroke that I still can't get rid of. Microsoft moved me out to the Seattle area where I got exposed to big rivers, big fish and the sheer joy of throwing a speyrod across the entire river. These days, I run a small fly company that features my flies and some of my friend's. I travel all over the world in search of all types of fish in all types of water -- but always with a flyrod. My girlfriend took up flyfishing, caught her first trout on a dry and uses nothing but a dryfly now. When home (in WA), I fish the steelhead streams around my house and the great trout fishing on the east side of the mountains. I have one son who is in college and is turning 20. He is a heck of a flyfisher. -- Jay Paulson www.amazingflies.com -- 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
