Anytime, Chuck. I have unlimited long distance on both my cell and home number. Cell is 785-218-1997, Home is 785-840-9005. Keeping your family in my thoughts and prayers. -Jeff
--- On Sun, 1/25/09, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Subject: [VFB] Re: True Stories > To: [email protected] > Date: Sunday, January 25, 2009, 4:10 PM > Jeff: Thanks a lot.. I will help get my wife well, and > I'll contact you > about this.. I really want to do it, and will at least try > as soon as I get > her well, Chuck > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jeff Frye" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2009 10:04 AM > Subject: [VFB] Re: True Stories > > > > > > 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, > [email protected] > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> From: [email protected] > >> <[email protected]> > >> Subject: [VFB] Re: True Stories > >> To: [email protected] > >> 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: [email protected] > >> 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 > >> <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> From: Wes Wada <[email protected]> > >> Subject: [VFB] True Stories > >> To: [email protected] > >> 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 > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
