RE: [VFB] Re: I'M still kickin'

2023-05-01 Thread jbalmer
:19 AM To: VFB Mail Subject: Re: [VFB] Re: I'M still kickin' Hi Peggy, Sorry to hear about your BIL. Condolences to you and your family. Amazing when you think you're doing the right thing and it goes wrong. Good to have you on board for the "swap" though. I see you are still do

Re: [VFB] Re: I'M still kickin'

2023-04-27 Thread 'KP' via VFB Mail
Hi Pete, Congratulations on the Smurf degree sport. The Old Farts swap is as you describe it. Bit of this bit of that not sure about this not sure about that got lots of time to sort it. :-) Its a single photo posted to the thread Old Fart Swap along with the recipe. You dont even have to tie

Re: [VFB] Re: I'M still kickin'

2023-04-26 Thread Pete Gramp
Hi all - I'm still alive and kickin' as well, finishing up my last week of graduate studies before I earn my MSci degree in Drug Discovery & Development from Drexel University, PA, USA. I get to look like a Papa Smurf sprinkled with grass clippings when I get hooded during the ceremony... the robe

Re: [VFB] Re: I'M still kickin'

2023-04-26 Thread 'KP' via VFB Mail
Hi Peggy, Sorry to hear about your BIL. Condolences to you and your family. Amazing when you think you're doing the right thing and it goes wrong. Good to have you on board for the "swap" though. I see you are still doing youre demos and courses. Great work. Gary I look forward to seeing this

Re: [VFB] Re: I'M still kickin'

2023-04-25 Thread Peggy Brenner
I'll take part in the Old farts swap, after my BIL funeral this Friday, he is the first of our generation to go. For 60 of his 73 years he took insulin to live, went into a hospital for a week for dehydration and came out in a bag. Peggy B On Mon, Apr 24, 2023 at 6:04 AM 'KP' via VFB Mail

Re: [VFB] Re: I'M still kickin'

2023-04-24 Thread Gary Webb
I like this Idea. I will tie a favorite panfish fly that is also good for trout. On Mon, Apr 24, 2023 at 5:04 AM 'KP' via VFB Mail wrote: > Thanks Gary, > Dont know which to try first the fly or the drink! Haha. > BUT I will deffinitly tie a few flies up. I will puty a pic up at some > point.

Re: [VFB] Re: I'M still kickin'

2023-04-24 Thread 'KP' via VFB Mail
Thanks Gary, Dont know which to try first the fly or the drink! Haha. BUT I will deffinitly tie a few flies up. I will puty a pic up at some point. and Rene When is carnival season? Bierfest? And anyone up for an old farts swap MkII? Say ten participants and tie just ONE fly then put the

Re: [VFB] Re: I'M still kickin'

2023-04-22 Thread Gary Webb
Keith, Here is the recipe for the Pink Squirrel Fly: https://wiflyfisher.com/patterns/Pink-Squirrel-fly-pattern.asp John Bethke is from Westby, Wisconsin. And the recipe for the Pink Squirrel Drink: https://www.bryantscocktaillounge.com/ Pink Squirrel 1& 1/2 oz Creme de Almond 1/2 oz Creme de

Re: [VFB] Re: I'M still kickin'

2023-04-22 Thread 'KP' via VFB Mail
Ha ! Thats awesome. I will have a look at my swap collections. DonO was a monster of a human in the best way. Fantasy Flies I think summed him up totally. There were , and still are, some awesome guys in this group. Shame its dropped off the page a little bit. I see Nick occassionally post on

AW: Re: [VFB] Re: I'M still kickin'

2023-04-20 Thread rene.zillm...@t-online.de
.de/redirects/email_app_android_sendmail_footer> --- Original-Nachricht --- Von: 'KP' via VFB Mail Betreff: Re: [VFB] Re: I'M still kickin' Datum: 20. April 2023, 18:33 An: VFB Mail Hi Gary, Good to hear from you sport. Yep I remember the photos Byard put out of his dining room table c

Re: [VFB] Re: I'M still kickin'

2023-04-20 Thread 'KP' via VFB Mail
Hi Gary, Good to hear from you sport. Yep I remember the photos Byard put out of his dining room table covered in boxes of flys :-) I did 1 and 2 and still have the hooks Byard got as a sample from one of the suppliers he used. That was a great forum. I till have all the swap flies from all

Re: [VFB] Re: I'M still kickin'

2023-04-19 Thread Gary Webb
Hello Keith. Great to see your name on my screen again. I joined VFB right at the end of the 2nd 100 Caddis swap. I guess you could call me one of the Old Timers. More likely an Old Fart. I remember thinking that I was glad I was not the SwapMeister sorting 10,000 flys. On Wed, Apr 19, 2023

Re: [VFB] Re: I'M still kickin'

2023-04-19 Thread BobH
I’m still hanging round too. Health issues I am lucky if I get out a couple times a year. I still have some of the hackle from the hackle swap and materials swap. Some gorgeous midges and salmon flys. Probably enough flys to last the rest of my lifeBobHSent from my iPhoneOn Apr 19, 2023, at 4:09