*Chuck -* ** *I think it's a chicken and the egg question. Either might work. The only way to know is to pick one approach and give it a try.*
*-- Joe Fusco, Sr. Member of The Missouri Trout Fishermen's Association, The International Brotherhood of the Flymph and The Virtual Fly Box REMEMBER CANCER IS A WORD NOT A SENTENCE Reply to: jfusc...@gmail.com* * * On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 8:41 AM, <boosbooksandbarga...@earthlink.net> wrote: > 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 <bambot...@yahoo.com> > *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, and > hopefully, 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's > presentation. Or expanded, to include the presentations at the > casting 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 I > don't have anything in mind, or written, of my own. Will do one, > though. > > > Wes Wada > Bend, Oregon > > > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
