Chuck, if you want to start a club in your area, contact me and I can help
guide you. I started one 3 years ago and we now have 125 members. I can shorten
up that learning curve for you and give some good insight on what works and
what doesn't.
--- On Sun, 1/25/09, boosbooksandbarga...@earthlink.net
<boosbooksandbarga...@earthlink.net> wrote:
> From: boosbooksandbarga...@earthlink.net <boosbooksandbarga...@earthlink.net>
> Subject: [VFB] Re: True Stories
> To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com
> Date: Sunday, January 25, 2009, 8:41 AM
> 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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>
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