Neville (Nev) Gosling
On 2012-03-12, at 12:03 PM, Scott Bearden wrote:
Neville that sounds like lacquer by the description and considering that
lingo changes from one country to the next, it is quite possible that what
they are calling varnish, we market as lacquer at least here in the US
Got it.
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Bob,
Not to poo-poo your idea but bamboo isn't just bamboo. There are thousands
of species around the world. Bamboo rodmakers around the world pretty much
get all of their bamboo out of a particular tiny remote hillside in
Guangdong China that has a particular species (Arundinaria amabilis) trade
It makes me wonder just how many PETA lovers out there have been running
around with these feathers in their hair. I would bet that a few have.
Scott
On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 9:53 PM, dsdur...@msn.com dsdur...@msn.com wrote:
OH My... If you think it's bad for us think about the poor
Don,
Can you send this again in a different format? The attachment was sent as
.eml which can only be opened by Outlook and from Gmail I didn't even see
the body of the message. Even on the Google Groups page it shows the
individual pictures for download, but I get a document not found server
They have infomercials now for do it yourself feather extensions that you
can easily remove. Feathers from just about any bird imaginable from what
they showed in the commercial. It pretty much depicted what I feared most,
that this fad wasn't just relegated to simply saddle hackle. Once demand
Has the economy taken the wind out of everyone's sails?
DonO
No. In my case a rock star and a bunch of teenage girls have taken feathers
off the shelves.
Scott
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Just so everyone knows I personally stay clear of AVG because it was funded
and created by a company owned by the KGB. Sometimes the free lunch has a
has a hidden agenda. Think back to 2008 when Russia invaded the country of
Georgia and caused a country wide electronic blackout. Just something to
in both.
1 Peggy Brenner -- Dark Hendrickson
2 Don Ordes - Arrived Dry Fly BWO and with a drop dead gorgeous streamer!
3 Rene Zillmann
4 Larry Johnson - Arrived Brunt Wing Lt Cahill nicely done..
5 Tom Davenport
6 Scott Bearden
7 Dail Graham
8 Bob Laubengayer Arrived (a while ago
Don,
Those look great. Is that from the hare's ear mask I sent you?
Scott
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Rene Zillman
4 Pacres
5 Scott Bearden
6 Dail Graham
7 Dave Masson
8 Peggy Brenner
9 Robert Laubengayer
10 Soren Finne
Deadline is not till April 15, forget your taxes, tie streamers.
And mail to:
Peggy Brenner
266 N River Rd
Milford, NH 03055
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Count me in for the streamer swap.
Scott
On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 1:29 PM, Pacres pac...@gmail.com wrote:
I'm in for a streamer swap!
On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 2:40 AM, rene.zillm...@t-online.de
rene.zillm...@t-online.de wrote:
Hi Peggy,
sounds great, I'm in. I'll decide soon, what I will
Tom,
What Tony was referring to is the scientific capture and study of fish known
as electro shocking. It safely stuns the fish for a few minutes without
killing them and allows biologists to make scientific observations and then
release them with minimal harm. This is a very effective method of
I am going to Sowbug as well. I have not made arrangements yet.
Scott
On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 9:53 AM, Tom Davenport t...@comcast.net wrote:
Who is going to Sowbug, and where will you be staying? Last time I went,
there were several of us staying in the same motel and we got to hang out in
One of these days I am going to make a miniature bamboo rod like that
one just for the novelty of it. I doubt there is much of a market for
it. I wish I could buy those reels separately, but it doesn't appear
that way.
Scott
On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 4:00 PM, ray...@earthlink.net wrote:
There's a
Tony,
Well she could go really old school and use the hanging ring guides. That
would get a lot of double takes on a graphite rod!
Scott
On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 6:15 PM, Anthony Spezio bambot...@yahoo.com wrote:
BLACK SINGLE FOOT GUIDES!! the bain of rod making as color preserver is
to
Wayne,
Have you ordered any fox squirrel yet? The reason I ask is I have the same
video and have been meaning to buy a squirrel hide. And when you posted this
it reminded me that I have been wanting to not just do the red fox squirrel,
but also a black squirrel. Since they are found in nature, I
Ooops. My sincere apologies Rene!
Scott
On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 7:15 PM, Anthony Spezio bambot...@yahoo.com wrote:
Rene is a HE from Germany.
Tony
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on it. Some day I will be making a new tip or repair this one.
I generally make bamboo ferrules for my quads. On this one I made a quad
Nickle Silver ferrule with four slits.
Tony
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Wayne,
To add to the suggestions that everybody else has said, I would say that in
our neck of the woods I wouldn't leave home without several different ant
patterns.
Scott
On Sun, Jan 2, 2011 at 11:58 AM, Wayne Blake-Hedges
wayneb22...@yahoo.comwrote:
Hi All;
One of my goals for 2011 is to
some really big stuff with it and I'm good for at least 2hrs of
leisurley casting before I know I need a break.
Is the Dickerson 8014 Guide series a rod that's available on the used
market or, a taper that could be built?
Wayne
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Tony,
Congratulations on your wedding anniversary and quite a mile stone. I share
several of your hobbies as you are well aware and each year it seems I pick
up another. I have only been married 7 years and each year I wonder what is
keeping her from killing me. Besides kevlar clothing and my dog
Tony,
I want to echo your sentiments, but I also want to thank you personally.
This list is full of great people that are very free in sharing knowledge. I
have learned much here. I also want to thank you Tony for giving me the push
I needed to start making bamboo rods a few years back and also
Nick,
They laid off their entire workforce back in August.
http://www.pottsmerc.com/articles/2010/08/03/news/srv008996077.txt
On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 5:51 PM, Niclas Runarsson
niclas.runars...@soderhamn.com wrote:
Gudebrod was never out from business. They only terminated their fly-tying
Luckily there are only black bears in my neck of the woods. I can get away
with .45 ACP. I had one curious black bear come up on me while fishing a few
years ago. I saw some movement out of the corner of my eye as a large black
bear made his way down a hill. I was unarmed so I grabbed the largest
Tony,
The committee already found me on facebook. It seems so far away since I was
just out there. I need to work on some new flies to tie for next year. Thank
you again for getting me into Sowbug. It means a lot to me. Maybe that will
be a good time to do that interview?
Scott
On Mon, Nov 1,
I made a Sir D as my first rod a few years back with guidance from Tony.
Despite having made others, this one is still my favorite. I like the
variations on it at different lengths and line weights. I built the 7' 4wt
version and it casts like a dream. I am currently putting together a
nodeless
If double hauling is your thing and you need to reach way out and shoot
line, then the slickness of the guides will dramatically help your cast. Buy
the very best ceramic inserts you can buy. Don't buy the cheap knock offs,
buy Fuji and do all the guides, the stripper, and the tip top. Begin each
Rene,
Tony helped me get started making bamboo rods. From personal experience I
prefer Snake Brand snake guides. I made a set of identical rods, except one
was with single foots and the other with snakes. I am not an expert caster,
but there was no discernible notice to me. I think a lot of it is
Most of these tools are just a gimmick. Next time make a slurry with
Commet, or a scrubbing cleanser like it and paste that into the screw head.
Place as much downward pressure as you can manage, and if the screw head
hasn't already been completely rounded, it will come out. Works like a
Count me in.
Scott
On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 11:40 AM, glw...@gundluth.org wrote:
I'll take a spot.
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Allan and Wayne,
I agree completely. The cut is far worse. By the time I am done planing one
rod I have dozens of micro cuts on my finger tips and if I am lucky that is
all. There are the plane blades that I sharpen to 12000 grit. There are the
razor blades I hone on a black Arkansas stone to
While making bamboo rods, I seem to get cut quite often, many different
ways, and often they are like deep paper cuts. Bamboo can be sharp as a
razor. Anyways, super glue stings a bit, but it immediately coagulates the
blood and stops the bleeding. And it heals up faster and with less scarring
I recently came across some EC hooks from my bait chucking days when I was a
kid in the 80's. Some gold size 18 treble hooks, some small snelled hooks
and a bunch of egg sinkers and split shot. There is no catch and release
with those small treble hooks.
Scott
On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 6:40 PM,
I think that is the most fun tying flies I have had since I started. I
mainly tie for myself, but I have always volunteered for tying demos for
local Trout Unlimited stuff like at our booth at local sporting shows, or
like the annual kids heritage fishing day where they want a few of us to
teach
Depends on what species you are after. There is just about everything
nearby. Salt water stripers on the Chesapeake Bay, Shad and smallmouth in
the Potomac, for trout the Gunpowder is about 45 minutes north or for Brook
trout, the Shenandoah National Park is about 45 minutes west of DC. Lots of
The ESPN article is THE source for all this misinformation and was written
by an angry lobbyist who didn't get to buy their way with the White House.
All of the other articles circulating around the internet revolve around
this one angry, bitter, guy and honestly I can't see why ESPN doesn't have
Don,
It is 38 pages long, so it is too much to summarize here, but
basically if you are a fisherman, or duck hunter for that matter, and
live within 100 miles of a coastline, you should be lighting the
cigars, popping the champagne, and slapping each other on the backs
because for the first time
Seriously dude, there isn't going to be a UN take over of our water ways.
But since you are willing to buy that I have this lovely bridge for sale...
Scott
On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 6:26 PM, Desert Eagle j...@hdc-nm.com wrote:
Please note that DOALOS, the UN agency in charge of administering
Who starts this stuff? Rubes. Just imagine that this country has so many
other things that need to be fixed and the White House stops everything to
outlaw fishing. It is patently absurd. I have heard more convincing stories
of Big Foot sightings and alien abductions.
My apologies to Big Foot and
Way to go Tony! Now if only that will hold out for us at Sowbug.
Scott
On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 8:46 PM, Anthony Spezio bambot...@yahoo.com wrote:
After over five months of high water and cold weather the river was finally
down. I had some things to do today and I had noted this morning that the
Thank you for the link. this was very timely for me. I wanted to buy a red
fox squirrel skin just last night. My search came up with a few different
suppliers who wanted $35+ for just one tanned hide!
Scott
On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 11:52 PM, The Smiths aflyt...@comcast.net wrote:
Chris Helm bought out the remaining stock of Gudebrod thread, but there are
not many colors and sizes left. Orvis' thread doesn't have the complete line
up of colors in every size. I had used Orvis thread before I knew much about
fly tying, in fact it was my first thread I started with. It was
Well at least you are not a Nigerian prince with a secret bank account who
wants to make me fabulously wealthy if I help you move your money.
On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 10:48 AM, J Balmer jbal...@a5.com wrote:
Well, somebody slipped w/ the “honest to goodness fly tier” requirement
when they
DonO,
It does depend on how it is set up. In this case, anybody can sign up for
the VFB but their messages to the group go into a que that JimmyD moderates
until he confirms you are an honest to goodness fly tier. In my case when I
recently signed back up he contacted me to let me know that my
and all the accessories come by default. I have also seen all aluminum
versions, and all of them had the extension arm, not the funny little thing
we get by default here. All I see for sale in the States are the basic black
delrin with clamp and no extension arm.
Regards,
Scott Bearden
On Wed, Feb 10
Bob,
No, it isn't necessary. I will say that ignorance is bliss, and if it were
not invented I would still be happily using what came with the Danvise.
Having said that, I think it is a very nice addition, particularly for flies
that have a lot of material that extends behind the hook. It you
My bad. I was blissfully unaware...
On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 8:20 PM, Michael Bliss flyfish...@gmail.com wrote:
Easy on that ignorance is bliss comment. It is no longer politically
correct.
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amount of varnish or lacquer to the head of a fly. I use a size 16/0 brush,
but I couldn't find them online. I had to go to an artist supply store.
Regards,
Scott Bearden
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I will second this recommendation. I like them so much that when I lost one
of the two DVDs for a while, I panicked and ordered another from him. Now I
have an extra.
Scott
On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 3:44 PM, Joyce Westphal westpha...@gmail.com wrote:
I have and really like Tony's DVDs. They are
I have one of the Harbor Freight visors. It is okay and gets the job done.
The lights are not even worth putting the batteries in them, but plenty of
visors don't even come with lights, so I don't worry about it.
Scott
On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 8:14 AM, Anthony Spezio bambot...@yahoo.com wrote:
Is this what you are looking for?
http://www.flytyingforum.com/materials
On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 9:46 PM, Joseph Fusco, Sr. jfusc...@gmail.comwrote:
*I seem to remember that we had a thread on the list a couple of years ago
where we were discussing pattern data bases. One of the available
. And most
importantly it works. There are many excellent and high volume fly tying
forums already in existence. I frequent Flytyingforum.com and its sister
forums daily and quite frankly I think it would be hard to compete with
that.
Scott Bearden
On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 7:21 PM, Neville Gosling
to be a
habit I don't want to buy cheap fly boxes. For those of you that mail out
dry flies routinely, what do you use that is cheap and disposable to protect
them in transit?
Thanks,
Scott Bearden
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the Rodmakers list, where I met Tony Spezio. He has been a good
friend and mentor to me.
I am a web and database developer by day and tie flies and make bamboo rods
in the evenings and on weekends.
Scott Bearden
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I think people are just busy. It would be a rare circumstance that Google
had such a problem. Not impossible, but rare.
Scott
On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 2:04 PM, The Smiths aflyt...@comcast.net wrote:
Is the site still working? have not gotten any mail in two days
Gary S.
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Made it to Virginia.
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On Sat, Jan 2, 2010 at 9:37 AM, Peggy Brenner peggy.bren...@comcast.netwrote:
I'm attempting a email address change
PeggyB
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2009 Good riddance. We could all use a fresh start. Here is hoping the very
best for everyone!
Scott Bearden
On Fri, Jan 1, 2010 at 4:44 PM, Anthony Spezio bambot...@yahoo.com wrote:
Let us hope the New Year will be better for all of us.
It has been a good year and a not so good year for some
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