Don, I have been trying to master rope-a-dope since you showed it to me in the SLC show. Put me down for a CD.
Mike > > Von: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com [mailto:vfb-m...@googlegroups.com] Im Auftrag > von DonO > Gesendet: Mittwoch, 11. Februar 2009 21:49 > An: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com > Betreff: [VFB] Re: Test - any buddy out there?- reply 1 thru 12 > > > > So OK, what do we need to liven up the ol' list one more time? > > I'm not as busy right now as I have been- that's for sure. > > Got home from Moab and had a million things to catch up on, then left for 3 > weeks. Now I'm back for awhile ('til mid-March anyway). > > > > Swaps are always good. > > > > 1. If someone wants to host a materials swap, it's time for spring cleaning > for me again. I bought a whole male peacock hide at the Denver Furimski > show- tail, wings, body, crest, everything. It's the blue-neck variety, so > I have lots if irredescent blue neck fan feathers (good for rope-dubbing), > the tan/green fans, & lots of eyes. The tail had turned 50% brassy-colored, > so I won't have to sun them to get them to change. (Brassed-out peacock is > great for nymphs). I'd be willing to send in some neat feathers if a > swapmeister wants to divvy them up with the participants. I'd also put in > some cherry-picks for the swapmeister's efforts. > > > > 2. Got the video-taping done on Monday for my 1st DVD- "Rope-Dubbing with > DonO". Had a professional TV cameraman (a friend) come in to do the taping > with professional equipment (for a 'friendly $fee'- LOL). He'll also do the > editing, so I'm looking forwards to seeing what we did so far. We taped for > about 6 hours to get it all done, and I macro-photographed flies for about 4 > hours yesterday for the inserts. It will be about one hour in HD format, so > I'll have as many materials demonstrated as the space will allow, and lots > of overlaid photos to help. Although a lot of patterns are shown, it's > really a technique video, the basics and sub-techniques of the rope-dub > applied to many materials. I've decided to put the price at $29.95 to > VFBers and $39.95 for the public (I was told by some that it should be > $99.95 for as much stuff as it has), but I don't want to have them pirated > because the price is high. The cameraman knows how to copy-protect the DVD > (latest stuff, anyway), so copying should be minimal. The two Denver shows > finally motivated me to 'git 'r dun', as I had many requests for a DVD as I > was demonstrating (I could have sold 50 of them easy at each show). We > still have the up-front fishing segment, the foreward, and the ending with > links and credits to finish, so I'm thinking about May the production and > copying should be complete and ready for sales. The video will be HQ and > professionally done, with about a year's worth of techniques to master- well > worth $30/$40. To start, the main source for the DVDs will be my website > and the fly-shows. > > > > 3. Once the rope-dub video has been out a couple of months, I'll host > another rope-dub swap with those VFBers who bought DVDs. We'll all pick > different materials and submit the practiced efforts. Like before, 1st > place will get a 14/0 Fantasy Fly Monster-Muddler (Nick won it). And this > time, 2nd place will get a show-mouse and 3rd will get a Whiting grade > 1 dry-fly neck. Everyone will win as they'll have samples of many types of > dubbing and what they look like rope-dubbed. Extra points will be awarded > to those who submit different tying-styles of one type of dubbing. > > > > 4. Once we get the 'buggs' worked out for doing videos, I'll do the mouse > video, then an advanced rope-dubbing video. Then on the to-do list is > Fly-flex (Flex-o), McFlyfoam, salt-water streamers, Awesome-hair, and an > archive video of the Baits Motel routine. I still prefer tying and fishing > over media-work, but I have some long-range goals in mind for doing the > videos. > > > > 5. BTW, I found a great dubbing inside of one of the dog's stuffed animal > toys (which she happily ripped out for me). It's a shiny white very-fluffly > synthetic fiber that sets up like a pillow. It rope-dubs perfectly and > gives all of the different looks (awesome one-material mysis shrimp). I > have to dye some now and see how it takes the colors. This stuff would > never respond to a conventional dubbing technique- even worse than ice-dub. > Hmmm...I wonder what's in the other stuffed toys...and in my wife's stuffed > animals...and those sofa-pillows... hmmmmm...... (Dr. D gets me in trouble > again) > > > > 6. Saw an article in a recent fly-mag about mako-shark flyfishing out of > SanDiego. Looked like a ton of fun and a work-out for my #5 Abel and 17wt > Cam Seigler saltwater rod (and me too). Gotta go do that just once at > least. They run up to 600lb, but they only cast to 200lb ones or less. > > > > 7. Planning a trip to Loreto, Baja this fall (hoping to get the proper > slot), once again for dorado, sailfish, and striped marlin. The wife says > she'll give it a try. Maybe with the sluggish economy there will be better > pickings. > > > > 8. Thanks and Kudos to JimmyD. Can always count on him for something to > read on the vfb list. > > > > 9. Once I get the canoe outfitted for flyfishing, I'll post some photos. > Any suggestions? > > (15' Gruman aluminum square-stern sports-canoe with outriggers) > > > > 10. Just sent another 'goody-box' to a lister, and another one is well > underway. Is there anyone out there who wants various fly materials in > small amounts and hooks (that need to be stripped or finished and fished) to > work with? (free, of course) It's all good materials- the extra stuff that > I don't put back where I got it from when I'm done with it, and demo-fly > samples from the shows. Would prefer to send it to a beginner starting out > that needs experience with different materials and hooks to tie. 1st > come-1st served. > > > > 11. Anyone with a CCW permit, please contact me off-list. Thanks. Have > some questions. > > > > 12. Any comments? > > > > DonO > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Niclas Runarsson > > To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com > > Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2009 1:01 PM > > Subject: [VFB] Test - any body out there > > > > I don't really feel here... but obviously I still am. > > > > /Nick > > -----Ursprungligt meddelande----- > Från: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com [mailto:vfb-m...@googlegroups.com] För iain > short > Skickat: den 10 februari 2009 20:52 > Till: VFB-new > Ämne: [VFB] Test - any body out there > > > > ________________________________ > > Share your photos with Windows Live Photos - Free Try it Now!<BR > > ________________________________ > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.552 / Virus Database: 270.10.19/1942 - Release Date: 2/9/09 > 5:40 PM > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. 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