RE: [VFB] update on me too

2010-05-26 Thread J Balmer
Congrats! From: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com [mailto:vfb-m...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Don Ordes Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2010 7:39 PM To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [VFB] update on me too Well, I got back from the surgeon awhile ago (two weeks early), and I'm free and clear- a

Re: [VFB] Flytying 'Tool of the Week'

2010-05-26 Thread Don Ordes
Chuck- not too far off. When i was a wee lad trying to tie my first fly, I 'borrowed' my mom's 12" long dressmaking 'pinking shears' from her sewing bench. As far as I was concerned, these were perfect. So you see, the Megarelli would have been in range- lol. BTW, hedge clippers don't wor

Re: [VFB] Flytying 'Tool of the Week'

2010-05-26 Thread Chuck Alexander
You'd just have to invent one of AK Best's GIANT SIZED "third hand" to hold the materials LOL, Chuck - Original Message - From: "Don Ordes" To: Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2010 11:50 AM Subject: Re: [VFB] Flytying 'Tool of the Week' Chuck- not too far off. When i was a wee lad tryin

Re: [VFB] Flytying 'Tool of the Week'

2010-05-26 Thread Allan Fish
BTW, hedge clippers don't work- take two hands to use- nothing to hold the material to be cut with. ;o) Don, We have some one-handed and/or one-armed vets tying flies with the use of the "Evergreen Hand" apparatus in our Project Healing Waters program. a. -- Allan Fish Greenwood, IN afi...

[VFB] Fishing this afternoon

2010-05-26 Thread Anthony Spezio
Got to fish the parking lot pond again this afternoon for about an hour. My wife had an appointment and I decided to take my rod along. This time I had 4X tippet on the leader.. When we left the house at about noon it was building up and looked like a storm moving in.. By the time we got to the d

Re: [VFB] Fishing this afternoon

2010-05-26 Thread Rodger Oleson
On 5/26/2010 7:47 PM, Anthony Spezio wrote: Got to fish the parking lot pond again this afternoon for about an hour. I only had that one popper with me, next time I will have more to try. Ain't that the way it goes...if it i

Re: [VFB] Fishing this afternoon

2010-05-26 Thread Anthony Spezio
I had not thought about Poppers, did well the last time without them. I have a load of them in with my Warm water flies. This was laying with the stuff I am in the process of transferring to my new vest. It was pretty ragged to start with. It was one that got lost in the old vest. Those that hav