That would be cool, Tony. A nice tribute to a good guy and major contributor to the sport. Good thing they turned the lights down for that one as I don't think there was a dry eye in the house.
--- On Fri, 1/16/09, Anthony Spezio <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Anthony Spezio <[email protected]> > Subject: [VFB] Re: True Stories > To: [email protected] > Date: Friday, January 16, 2009, 12:41 PM > Jack sent me a copy of that Video, asked that I do not copy > it. > If any would like to see it,I can set it up in one of the > rooms at the Sowbug for a single viewing. > Arkansas Tony > > --- On Fri, 1/16/09, Jeff Frye <[email protected]> > wrote: > From: Jeff Frye <[email protected]> > Subject: [VFB] Re: True Stories > To: [email protected] > Date: Friday, January 16, 2009, 11:20 AM > > I saw Mike with Jack Dennis in Wichita for a weekend > program about 6-7 years > ago. Those are some good guys and I learned a ton as I was > very new to the sport > at the time. This was about 2 months after Gary LaFontaine > had passed and they > showed a nice video tribute to their friend after dinner > one night. > > > --- On Fri, 1/16/09, Wes Wada <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > From: Wes Wada <[email protected]> > > Subject: [VFB] Re: True Stories > > To: [email protected] > > Date: Friday, January 16, 2009, 11:05 AM > > To round out the Mike Lawson story... > > > > Mike has a section in his Spring Creek presentation > (to > > support his > > last book effort), in which he describes his entry of > a > > no-hackle dun > > in the Jackson Hole One-Fly contest. > > > > Entrants to this high-profile annual event are only > allowed > > to use one > > fly, period. Break off the fly, and you are done for > the > > day. > > > > Flies for the event are usually heavy duty, the > Chernobyl > > Ants, and such. > > > > A no-hackle dun is one of Mike's favorite spring > creek > > flies, but it's > > a fragile fly. > > Here's a Web pic of one: > > > http://www.kossiedun.com.au/web_images/Bugwatch/No_Hackle_Dun_R.JPG > > > > Lawson managed to fish the fly the entire day, and the > > funny part was > > the close-up photo he showed of the fly after the > event. > > Talk about a > > bad hair day...nothing left but a bunch of > disconnected > > wing fibers on > > a dubbed body. Fish still loved the mess though. > > > > If you get a chance to see one of Mike Lawson's > > presentations, hop at > > it. He's a fun guy, with a self-effacing > demeanor. > > Past lister Mark > > Romero (he and Misa are doing great, BTW) described > Lawson > > very > > colorfully...Deputy Dawg. > > > > > > Wes > > > > > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
