[VFB] RE: New rod

2009-01-16 Thread jim phillips
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[VFB] Charlie Bonner Update

2009-01-16 Thread Jimmy D. Moore
Got this from a good friend of Charlie. He's been a VFB member for several years and has been battling cancer for the last couple of years. Charlie has been a participant at Sow Bug for many years and those of you who have been to Sow Bug will remember Charlie as the big, and I do mean big, g

[VFB] Re: True Stories

2009-01-16 Thread Jeff Frye
That would be cool, Tony. A nice tribute to a good guy and major contributor to the sport. Good thing they turned the lights down for that one as I don't think there was a dry eye in the house. --- On Fri, 1/16/09, Anthony Spezio wrote: > From: Anthony Spezio > Subject: [VFB] Re: True Stori

[VFB] Re: True Stories

2009-01-16 Thread Anthony Spezio
Jack sent me a copy of that Video, asked that I do not copy it. If any would like to see it,I can set it up in one of the rooms at the Sowbug for a single viewing. Arkansas Tony --- On Fri, 1/16/09, Jeff Frye wrote: From: Jeff Frye Subject: [VFB] Re: True Stories To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com D

[VFB] Re: True Stories

2009-01-16 Thread Jeff Frye
I saw Mike with Jack Dennis in Wichita for a weekend program about 6-7 years ago. Those are some good guys and I learned a ton as I was very new to the sport at the time. This was about 2 months after Gary LaFontaine had passed and they showed a nice video tribute to their friend after dinner o

[VFB] Re: True Stories

2009-01-16 Thread Jeff Frye
Wes, I seriously thought that Jimmy was joking. Maybe not. --- On Fri, 1/16/09, Wes Wada wrote: > From: Wes Wada > Subject: [VFB] Re: True Stories > To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com > Date: Friday, January 16, 2009, 10:29 AM > Just wanted to pop in and resurrect this squashed, bloody > thread to

[VFB] Re: True Stories

2009-01-16 Thread Wes Wada
To round out the Mike Lawson story... Mike has a section in his Spring Creek presentation (to support his last book effort), in which he describes his entry of a no-hackle dun in the Jackson Hole One-Fly contest. Entrants to this high-profile annual event are only allowed to use one fly, period.

[VFB] Re: True Stories

2009-01-16 Thread Wes Wada
Just wanted to pop in and resurrect this squashed, bloody thread to make a comment. First of all, no disrespect to Jimmy, who I admire greatly as a community contributor, a family man, and a tribute to Texas. That said, I think Jimmy is way off-base with his reply. I need to respond to that in

[VFB] QUOTE FOR THE DAY

2009-01-16 Thread Jimmy D. Moore
"Trout fisherman often give away their presence to the fish by the equipment they are wearing. The yo-yo hanging on the fly fishing vest that attaches to the hemostats or line clippers is often plated with chrome, giving off flashes of light. Some fly boxes that you wear on the chest are also b