Re: [VFB] Birdie fly plate?

2015-05-26 Thread Don Ordes
Yes, a sample of each would be great, plus the list of IOFF members and their honorary positions. Don From: Mike Bliss Sent: Monday, May 25, 2015 10:15 PM To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [VFB] Birdie fly plate? Do you want just one certificate and the charter? Mike On May 25,

[VFB] Birdie Fly Plate?

2015-05-26 Thread Neville Gosling
Originally from Don Ordes "List, Would someone want to host a ‘Birdie Swap’ in his honor, but with a twist. Just one fly from each tier sent in to the meister, frame them as a plate, and send it to the family from his VFB friends? (Was Birdie and IOFFer? Anyone still have the list?) I’d sa

Re: [VFB] Birdie Fly Plate?

2015-05-26 Thread Reuven Segal
I will be in. Fly uncertain but will organise in coming day or two. On 27/05/2015 1:19 AM, Neville Gosling wrote: Originally from Don Ordes "List, Would someone want to host a ‘Birdie Swap’ in his honor, but with a twist. Just one fly from each tier sent in to the meister, frame them as a

[VFB] Weather

2015-05-26 Thread Neville Gosling
The weather is becoming very unpredictable. The village/town of Cache Creek lies appprox 210 miles north of Vancouver in a semi desert area which in the summer is usually quite hot. Last Saturday, a violent thunderstorm resulted in extreme rain and huge hailstones that came down so fast that it

Re: [VFB] Birdie fly plate?

2015-05-26 Thread Allan Fish
Just as an FYI on this proposed project: > frame them as a plate, and send it to the family from his VFB friends? One thing we need to consider is packing and shipping to England. I meistered a similar framed assortment of flies for Mark Delaney's family. (That's why I mentioned that I am no

[VFB] Birdie fly plate?

2015-05-26 Thread Neville Gosling
Framing as a circular plate does present problems and causes the whole thing to become larger as it would likely be a circle in a square frame. I can’t remember what the IOFF certificates look like - I am not an IOFF member. Perhaps another idea would be to get a photograph printed by a lab of B

[VFB] Post Script - Birdie plate

2015-05-26 Thread Neville Gosling
post script I don’t think that I would put the glass in this end but use a piece of formica or similar just for travel - then substitute with glass upon arrival. Framing as a circular plate does present problems and causes the whole thing to become larger as it would likely be a circle in a sq

[VFB] Floods - Texas

2015-05-26 Thread Neville Gosling
I hope our members from Texas are all ok - the flooding in Houston is unbelievable. Are you ok Jimmy D and the others? In British Columbia we have experienced violent thunderstorms causing mud slides but no deaths just minor injuries and in the next Province of Alberta, about 5000 people have b