And let's try our luck in the path Mary Dette and all the famous Catskill
Dry Tyers laid for us with a swap, room for 10 and not due till December.
And to keep it a real stretch of our skills let's try for small dries, 16
and under, all levels of tyers.
1 Peggy B Condor
2 Neville Gosling
3 George
I realized I had not hosted a swap for a while, so how about a Hooper swap,
10 openings max, flies due end of September.
1 Peggy with a Joes Hopper variation
2 Robert Laubengayer
3 Neville Gosling
4 Michael Bliss
5
6
7
8
9
10
We still have room for a few more, this is a fun fly tye and should be
Mark:
Glad you got them OK.
If you want more just let me know.
I am planning to come to the SowBug next year.
Can't wait.
Thank you,
Alan Di Somma
Phoenix, Mexico's second largest city
Money will buy a fine dog, but only kindness will make him wag his tail.
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Hoping for noone to get disappointed is not real swap thinking, Mr. Di
Somma. Let me tell you about some real swap thinking:
Right this moment, I'm hosting 'On the Edge To Nothing Swap 2009' at the
(Swedish) 'Edge FlyFishing Forum'... size #20 and smaller. And now I have
seen some true swap thinki
"... it's a not-so-well-kept secret that a lot of anglers get just as big a
kick out of tying flies as they do out of fishing them. A lot of them are
better at it , too."
Tom Davis "The Little book of Fly Tying"
Rick
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You receive
Thanks Nick.
I haven't tied since the SowBug in 2004 so I am a little rusty to say the least.
I have only tied about 15 dozen flies the past month trying to get some flies
tied for my trip to Alaska in Sept.
I have been getting better and faster and they are looking better the more I
tie.
The big
A 'little' link... http://www.swedneckflyfishing.com/32s.htm LOL
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Behalf Of Alan Di Somma
Sent: 27 July 2009 17:03
To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com
Subject: [VFB] Re: Catskill Dry fly update
T
Alan where did you find the video of Mary Dettes tying? I'd love to learn from
it. Thanks. Joyce
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From: Alan Di Somma
To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com
Sent: Monday, July 27, 2009 9:03 AM
Subject: [VFB] Re: Catskill Dry fly update
Thanks Nick.
I haven't t
I know this is not the normal forum for such posts, but if you would permit
me I would like to ask for a prayer request.
I just got a call from my sister, and it appears that my mother Mary Ann,
has just given up. She is in the hospital in Monahans Texas, and it seams
that everything is shutting
http://www.ienner.com/pages/_flyfishing_pf,html/flyfish_dette1.html
I remember watching Lee Wulff tie his Royal Wulff at one of our club meeting a
long time ago, without any tools except his hands and watching Mary Dettes tie
reminded me of that. Quite an experience
Thank you,
Alan Di Som
I got to see Lee tie at the N.Y. Coliseum back about 1945. I even got to talk
to him but I did not know who he was at the time. He told me to stay with the
fly tying. I was 15 years old at the time just starting to tie. My buddy and I
cut school that day to attend the show.
I have been to Mary's
Jimi
You and your family are in my prayers. Prayers work!
Jim
May your GOD be your fishing partner.
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