Tony: I wonder if around here, since there are PLENTY of places like Volunteer
Fire Dept's and Civic Centers that will rent you rooms by the day, week, month
etc for things like tying lessons, or whatever. So, I have been wanting to get
up a local club. So, if I bought 4 more say Thompson A vises at about $20 a
pop, and ran an ad in the paper "6 week fly tying course", limit 6 people,
first come first served. Then, the ppl would pay just enough to cover the costs
of the building,materials, snacks, etc etc.. But then I'd ask them if they
wanted to join a "tying/fishing club, and we'd then have fly fishing lessons at
the local City Park lake that I often fish. It might just "go over". Or, do the
fishing class first, then do the tying class. Or even at the same time and do
the fishing right before dark, then move to the classroom to tie, cause the
huge civic center is right there at the lake..Chuck
----- Original Message -----
From: Anthony Spezio
To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com
Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2009 8:15 AM
Subject: [VFB] Re: True Stories
OK here is one.
I was doing beginner fly tying classes at a Dept Store in N.J.
This was a 6 week course. I had a husband and wife team sign up along
with 10 other students.
I started out with the basics pointing out the materials and tools and
how they are used.
This gentleman just sat quiet. As we progressed through the weeks I
noticed he had a real knack for tying. His flies were top line. He never asked
for help or had any questions.
At the end of the six weeks I commented to him about his flies being so
good. He said he had been tying for 40 years and took the class so his wife
would take it. He said he had not been able to teach her but that I did a good
job. In the classes he has attended, this was one of the best.
My face was red but I was also proud. They joined our tying group and
she is a good fly tyer now.
That was 20 years ago
Arkansas Tony
--- On Mon, 1/12/09, Wes Wada <w...@wadaworks.com> wrote:
From: Wes Wada <w...@wadaworks.com>
Subject: [VFB] True Stories
To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com
Date: Monday, January 12, 2009, 9:09 PM
Hello, VFB.I'd like to start a thread about something of interest to me,
andhopefully, to some of you.What stories do you have, that happened, when you
were at a fly tying event?You were either tying your flies, or witnessing
another tyer'spresentation. Or expanded, to include the presentations at
thecasting pond? Possibilities suggested might be educational,historical,
colorful, or just danged funny.And they have to be true stories, which has to
be a huge challenge,for fly fishers!-----Anybody want to start
the ball rolling? Just thought of this, and Idon't have anything in mind, or
written, of my own. Will do one,though.Wes WadaBend, Oregon
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