[VFB] Re: Books and spending money lol

2009-11-08 Thread Reuven Segal
truetah. R Mark Romero wrote: > Reuven.might not be to smart to blurt right out that your bout to > break copyright laws on a public forum. > > > Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2009 04:14:53 +1100 > > From: reuven_se...@iprimus.com.au > > To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com; mystikalra...@frontiernet.ne

[VFB] Re: Mandarin

2009-11-08 Thread Reuven Segal
One of the cooles flies I have ever seen. Looks like it is coming in to land. One ofmy favourite 2 of your flies. Mark Romero wrote: > Pete, here's a couple pics of a fly i did using the two shoulder > feathers off a Mandarin Drake skin..there are only two of > these feathers on an e

[VFB] Re: Mandarin

2009-11-08 Thread Mark Romero
Thankx Reuven.that hook was sent to me by Bud Guidry.the very well know and spectacular Salmon fly tyer in Louisiana. i tyed the fly as a birthday gift for him. The tail is Argus Pheasent.and i got the bead in a leather/custome boots shop in Springfield, Missouri. Guy who works at B

[VFB] Re: Mandarin

2009-11-08 Thread Reuven Segal
I have seen a lot of Guidry's flies. Hard to believe that the feathers seemed destined to be seated next to one another as they are on the hook. So fragile, yet 'just meant to be'. I hope to have that level of skill one day. With regards to beads, what inner, outer diameters are you after? Wha

[VFB] Re: Mandarin

2009-11-08 Thread Mark Romero
Bud is an astounding tyer. And he's only been tyin' for bout 4 yrs. or so. Just one of those guysand it all started on a dare or a challange that he couldn't do it..so he did. Anyway.setting full feather wing wings, IS a challangebut like anything else.

[VFB] Re: Nick.....

2009-11-08 Thread Niclas Runarsson
Can't say what the Bencside Introduction reveals... but the Benchside Reference reveals no patterns... or recipes, if you want. It's a step-by-step book packed with TECHNIQUES. One 'Wings'-chapter, one 'Bodies'-chapter etc etc... separate moments. You simply cannot tie an entire fly using only one

[VFB] Re: Mandarin

2009-11-08 Thread Niclas Runarsson
'FFF' is taken and means Fly-Fishing Federation. I guess we'll call it 'PPP' then... 'Phreaky Phantazy Phliez'. LOL Really cool... /Nick -Ursprungligt meddelande- Från: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com [mailto:vfb-m...@googlegroups.com] För Mark Romero Skickat: den 8 november 2009 03:10 Till:

[VFB] QUOTE FOR THE DAY

2009-11-08 Thread Jimmy D. Moore
"Choose your fly fishing friends wisely. They can have an effect on how many and the size of the trout you catch. Fly fishers who spend a lot of time fishing together will unconciously adopt some of the other's mannerisms, choice of flies and casting techniques over time. Surrounding yourself wi

[VFB] Re: Nick.....

2009-11-08 Thread Mark Romero
got ya.musta been the other one...according to the descriptions at amazon.it was the other one. From: niclas.runars...@soderhamn.com To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Subject: [VFB] Re: Nick. Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2009 14:28:27 +0100 Can't say what the Bencside Introduc

[VFB] Re: Mandarin

2009-11-08 Thread Mark Romero
tkx. From: niclas.runars...@soderhamn.com To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Subject: [VFB] Re: Mandarin Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2009 14:38:20 +0100 'FFF' is taken and means Fly-Fishing Federation. I guess we'll call it 'PPP' then... 'Phreaky Phantazy Phliez'. LOL Really cool... /Nick -Ursp

[VFB] Re: QUOTE FOR THE DAY

2009-11-08 Thread J Balmer
My experience is I don’t choose fly fishing friends; they’re either friends already or they happen by accident. As to the rest, regardless of endeavor, you always learn more from someone better than you. One of the reasons I’m in this group. The rest is more than accurateJ From: vfb-mail@google

[VFB] Shine View Industries tools?

2009-11-08 Thread Niclas Runarsson
Anyone heard of Shine View Industries? Got a mail from them today and I had never heard of them before. I checked their website and it turned out that they had quite a lot of fly-tying scissors and other tools... even a rotary vise. http://www.shineview.net/index.html Anyone tried their stuff?

[VFB] Business card swap. Was wondering pls read everybody

2009-11-08 Thread mystikalraven
> > mystikalra...@frontiernet.net wrote: > >> I was wondering how many of us fly tyers have business cards made up??? >> was thinking of doing a swap of business cards how does that sound lol?? I >> am looking at making my own so gives me ideas lol so what do you think >> and if it i

[VFB] testend

2009-11-08 Thread Rene
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[VFB] Re: Shine View Industries tools?

2009-11-08 Thread Neville Gosling
Never heard of them. If you check the "contact us" they are located in Pakistan. The vise looks exactly like a Renzetti Traveler knock-off. I believe that many fly tying tools (Dr. Slick?) are made in Pakistan. _ From: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com [mailto:vfb-m...@googlegroups.com] On Beha

[VFB] testing

2009-11-08 Thread Don Ordes
Here you go, Rene Test pattern checks out. Buggs - Original Message - From: "Rene" To: "VFB Mail" Sent: Sunday, November 08, 2009 10:28 AM Subject: [VFB] testing > > empty > > --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscri

[VFB] Re: testing

2009-11-08 Thread Rene Zillmann
Hi Buggs, nice to hear from you. Rene Don Ordes wrote: > Here you go, Rene > Test pattern checks out. > > > > Buggs > > > > - Original Message - > From: "Rene" > To: "VFB Mail" > Sent: Sunday, November 08, 2009 10:28 AM > Subject: [VFB] testing > > >> empty >> > > > > > --~

[VFB] Fur Swap

2009-11-08 Thread Rene Zillmann
Swappers, I finally decided to ty a 'Kangaroo Soft Hackle'. Found a patch of kangaroo fur, very soft stuff, in my secret drawer. It is just a fur tail, some flashabou dubbing for the body, and fur tied in split thread for the hackle. Really tricky to dubb the flashabou, rope dub isn't working with

[VFB] Re: Fur Swap

2009-11-08 Thread Mark Romero
Sounds cool Rene.btw, i hear Emperor Penguine is illegalbut aint that what secret drawers are for, lmao. > Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2009 18:50:42 +0100 > From: rene.zillm...@t-online.de > To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com > Subject: [VFB] Fur Swap > > > Swappers, > I finally deci

[VFB] updates for Fur\Hair Swap

2009-11-08 Thread mystikalraven
ok so we have a fur\hair swap we need 18 tiers all together, i am looking for any kind and size fly that you can emagine, it can be for show it can be for fresh water salt water or just something you come up with lol. So the sing up dates are from now to november 1st if we have a bigger call fo

[VFB] Re: Fur Swap

2009-11-08 Thread Don Ordes
Rene, Flashabou is great to rope with, as there's at least a half-dozen effects you can get. But depending on the flash material, static electricity can give you fits. I work with Flashabou on the DVD, too. There will be more of it on DVD2. Just ran out of space. I'm waiting to hear if I can

[VFB] Re: Fur Swap

2009-11-08 Thread Don Ordes
Emporer Penguins are neither illegal nor protected. I checked it out a couple of years ago. Things may have changed, but the bird is not in any danger. Zoos are very protective, and will fib about the status of them. I called the Federal agencies and customs, and there's no restrictions due

[VFB] Re: Fur Swap / Roping Flashabou

2009-11-08 Thread Rene Zillmann
Don, My flashabou consists of very thin and straight fibers, appr. 1 inch long. It does not stick together in any way. therefore it is impossible to form the starting teardrop for the rope process. What i do is to take the material on my index and middle finger and then I do a starting noodle on

[VFB] Re: Shine View Industries tools?

2009-11-08 Thread Niclas Runarsson
I guessed Pakistan already before seing their site... when I saw the '.pk' in their email address. I just wondered if they were 'this' or 'that' extremely good products (and not so often seen because shops chose 'well known' and 'good enough' to sell easier), or cheapo products (which you a

[VFB] Re: Fur Swap

2009-11-08 Thread Mark Romero
Thankx for the info Don.i'll work on that. From: f...@tribcsp.com To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Subject: [VFB] Re: Fur Swap Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2009 11:35:03 -0700 Emporer Penguins are neither illegal nor protected. I checked it out a couple of years ago. Things may have changed,

[VFB] Emporer Penguins

2009-11-08 Thread Rene Zillmann
Ok, Don, I'm serious: What type of are these feathers? More wet fly hackle? More for winging? Size?... What are the special characteristics you are searching for? Or is it simple a good add-on for ice dubb Rebe Don Ordes wrote: > Emporer Penguins are neither illegal nor protected. I checked it ou

[VFB] Reuven

2009-11-08 Thread Mark Romero
Reuven.my pal Bob Frandsen says you can reach him at my site or his site. http://www.bobfly.webs.com You gotta get to know Bob, Reuven.he's featured in Volume 2. of Fly Tyers of the World, and prolly the top dawg in Austrailia.far as Salmon flies go. He's expecting to hear f

[VFB] Swap open, tiers needed

2009-11-08 Thread iain short
Christmas Fly Swap 1. Simple - you only tie one fly and send me the digital photo of it. 2. Enclose tying instructions and Christmas message to the rest of VFB if you like. 3. I have put photos on both my photobucket and flickr photo sites in dedicated Christmas fly swap albums, th

[VFB] Re: Fur Swap / Roping Flashabou

2009-11-08 Thread Don Ordes
Rene, I know exactly what you are describing, as Bob Haring's 'dubbing from hell' did that very thing to me. It can be done with the bag trick, though. A finger-rolled noodle is hard to make, unless you wet it. Trying to get it to adhere to the thread is just the opposite of the principle, t

[VFB] Re: Emporer Penguins

2009-11-08 Thread Don Ordes
Can't say, then they'll be popular and I'll never get to see them, and then the rookeries will get wiped out by flyfishermen. LOL DonO - Original Message - From: "Rene Zillmann" To: Sent: Sunday, November 08, 2009 11:47 AM Subject: [VFB] Emporer Penguins > > Ok, Don, > I'm serious

[VFB] Re: testend

2009-11-08 Thread J Balmer
I'm sorry to hear that... -Original Message- From: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com [mailto:vfb-m...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Rene Sent: Sunday, November 08, 2009 11:28 AM To: VFB Mail Subject: [VFB] testend empty No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com V

[VFB] Re: testend

2009-11-08 Thread Rene Zillmann
again Rene wrote: > empty > > > > --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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-unsubs

[VFB] Re: Emporer Penguins

2009-11-08 Thread Ian Mitchell
I have a few in a secret location, once I have a breeding population going, these things are going to be bigger than ostrich farming. But getting them to breed seems to be a problem at the moment... > From: f...@tribcsp.com > To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com > Subject: [VFB] Re: Empore

[VFB] Re: Books are Expensive

2009-11-08 Thread chuckalexander
It is a GREAT book. And for somebody starting out out there that might not want to shell out $100. IMHO, a good book for rall around tying instruction (and at about $29.95 I think) is the Orvis fly tying manual, Chuck Please see our fly fishing hand made furled leaders at: http://shop.ebay.com/m

[VFB] Re: DVD update

2009-11-08 Thread Dail Graham
ates, as yesterday it made casting almost impossible. Shoulda had that catch video'd for the DVD intro, but the cameraman is covering the Chris LeDoux memorial rodeo at this time. Chris was from just north of here- KayCee, WY. DonO ______ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivi

[VFB] Re: Nick.....

2009-11-08 Thread chuckalexander
MeddelandeThat's the one i have. It shows you just about every "technique" in the world, then YOU put those techniques together to form your own "patterns/recipes", Chuck Please see our fly fishing hand made furled leaders at: http://shop.ebay.com/merchant/you_wear_it_well_W0QQ_nkwZQQ_armrsZ1QQ

[VFB] Re: Mandarin

2009-11-08 Thread chuckalexander
MeddelandeBut PPP is taken too ROFL, Chuck Please see our fly fishing hand made furled leaders at: http://shop.ebay.com/merchant/you_wear_it_well_W0QQ_nkwZQQ_armrsZ1QQ_fromZQQ_ipgZ - Original Message - From: Niclas Runarsson To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, November

[VFB] Re: Business card swap. Was wondering pls read everybody

2009-11-08 Thread Peggy Brenner
I just finished ordering some new cards, same fly, but this time a watercolor of it that a friend did, and on the back is a spot to put a fly name, sign and date it. The whole thing should fit in a poly bag, nice for swaps and shows when I give things away. Peggy On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 12:16 PM,

[VFB] Fly Show Give Aways

2009-11-08 Thread Peggy Brenner
I've always given a fly to a kid who asks for one, but today I made up lots of kits for woolly buggers to give away instead of a feather wing streamer. Each kit would let the kid make a few flies to get started, this idea came from one of my young students who claimed that no one ever challenged

[VFB] Re: Fly Show Give Aways

2009-11-08 Thread chuckalexander
Peggy: That's not only nice of you, it's a great idea, Chuck Please see our fly fishing hand made furled leaders at: http://shop.ebay.com/merchant/you_wear_it_well_W0QQ_nkwZQQ_armrsZ1QQ_fromZQQ_ipgZ - Original Message - From: Peggy Brenner To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Sent:

[VFB] Re: testend

2009-11-08 Thread Rene Zillmann
Ok, I can post from the googlegroups page, but not using my mail account. And now? Rene wrote: > empty > > > > --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@go

[VFB] Re: Emporer Penguins

2009-11-08 Thread Don Ordes
I trust you have males and females, eh. lol I wonder if they taste like chicken, or fishy chicken. Buggs - Original Message - From: Ian Mitchell To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, November 08, 2009 2:04 PM Subject: [VFB] Re: Emporer Penguins I have a few in a se

[VFB] Re: testend

2009-11-08 Thread Don Ordes
And now what? That. Who's on first. Buggs - Original Message - From: "Rene Zillmann" To: Sent: Sunday, November 08, 2009 10:28 AM Subject: [VFB] Re: testend > > Ok, I can post from the googlegroups page, but not using my mail account. > And now? > > Rene wrote: >> empty >> > >> >>

[VFB] Countdown on for 2009 Christmas For Our Troops campaign - Carlsbad Current-Argus

2009-11-08 Thread Desert Eagle
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[VFB] Re: Emporer Penguins

2009-11-08 Thread Don Ordes
When I think of all the Antarctic explorers who survived on 1000's of penguins and threw the feathers away... When I think of all the wasted hides of EPs eaten by the leopard seals every day- hundreds of times... Man, I could be tying with those... :o( DonO There, There, DonO. I'm just glad

[VFB] 2009 CFOT

2009-11-08 Thread Desert Eagle
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[VFB] Re: Nick.....

2009-11-08 Thread Niclas Runarsson
Now I remember what the Benchside Introduction was. I'ts the one Marvin Nolte described to me when we tied in Finland... as a reeeally good beginner book too. It is a pattern book... and a method book... both in the same package (yep, spiral bound, though hard cover). The pages are cut in half, kin

[VFB] Re: Swap open, tiers needed

2009-11-08 Thread Fish Allan
Iain, Remind me at the end of the week, please.  We're on the way to Louisiana (725 miles) to my sister's funeral.   tks, al --- On Sun, 11/8/09, iain short wrote: From: iain short Subject: [VFB] Swap open, tiers needed To: "VFB-new" Date: Sunday, November 8, 2009, 2:08 PM Christmas Fly

[VFB] Swaps from 2004...

2009-11-08 Thread Niclas Runarsson
Found a box with three sets of swap flies the other day, from the three first swaps I participated in. MAN, was I nervous in that first one... tied 60 flies before I could pick out 20 (and I think I stopped more because I was exhausted than because I was satisfied). Anyhow, there are a few NoName

[VFB] Re: Swaps from 2004...

2009-11-08 Thread Anthony Spezio
Lot of names we don't see on the list anymore. Tony --- On Sun, 11/8/09, Niclas Runarsson wrote: From: Niclas Runarsson Subject: [VFB] Swaps from 2004... To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Date: Sunday, November 8, 2009, 6:50 PM Meddelande Found a box with three sets of swap flies the other d

[VFB] Re: Swap open, tiers needed

2009-11-08 Thread Mark Romero
be careful Allan.there's a hurricane headed your way... Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2009 16:33:17 -0800 From: afi...@sbcglobal.net Subject: [VFB] Re: Swap open, tiers needed To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Iain, Remind me at the end of the week, please. We're on the way to Louisiana (725

[VFB] Christmas Fly Swap

2009-11-08 Thread iain short
Christmas Fly Swap 1. Simple - you only tie one fly and send me the digital photo of it. 2. Enclose tying instructions and Christmas message to the rest of VFB if you like. 3. I have put photos on both my photobucket and flickr photo sites in dedicated Christmas fly swap albums, th

[VFB] Re: Off-list

2009-11-08 Thread Alan Di Somma
I tried that and when I just got back home I had 72 emails. Boy have you guys been busy this weekend. Thank you, Alan Di Somma Why is it that at class reunions you feel younger than everyone else looks? http://www.azflyfishing.net/ - Original Message - From: "Allan Fish" To: "Virtua

[VFB] Re: Christmas Fly Swap

2009-11-08 Thread Mark Romero
Iain.as you'll notice, i've typed in the name of my fly.i'll try and get you a pic by tomorrow. From: iainsh...@hotmail.com To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Subject: [VFB] Christmas Fly Swap Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 05:17:35 + Christmas Fly Swap 1. Simple - you only tie one fly and

[VFB] Re: Christmas Fly Swap

2009-11-08 Thread Mark Romero
Iain, i sent the recipe as well i believe..tying instructions to follow. Fly is named in honor of my first time ever tyin' at the The Fly Fishing Show in Denver commin' up in Jan., and because the colors match the Broncos.which i didn't even think about when tyin' the fly, lmao. But b

[VFB] Christmas Fly Swap

2009-11-08 Thread iain short
Christmas Fly Swap 1. Simple - you only tie one fly and send me the digital photo of it. 2. Enclose tying instructions and Christmas message to the rest of VFB if you like. 3. I have put photos on both my photobucket and flickr photo sites in dedicated Christmas fly swap albums, the web addres