Jeff,
Sheese... I've only had 3 months off- whutzamatter? Unfortunately, my wife
booked a cruise last year, and it happend to fall on the Sowbug weekend. So
I won't be making it this year again. I was looking forward to going, too.
Live rope-dubbing tutoring works best, but the DVD should be very close to
actually being there.
I'm not real jazzed about a cruise, either, as it's too far down to the
water to flyfish. We do hold up in the Bahamas for a few days, so I am
bringing a 5wt fly rod and some flats-flies.
Twelve days on the ocean- hmmm. I am definitely this time bringing my Cajun
spices, Indian curry spices, and BBQ sauce, and they are going to let me
cook in their kitchen, or else I'll cook on the deck. Their food is OK, but
oh so bland. Last cruise, I loaded up on Jamacan jerk and curry when I was
on St. Thomas. Found a small deli downtown, and will look for it again.
DonO
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Frye" <bighawk...@yahoo.com>
To: <vfb-mail@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2009 3:06 PM
Subject: [VFB] Re: Test - any buddy out there?- reply 1 thru 12
Are you filling some of that embarrassing free time with a Sowbug visit?
I've got some Kansas boys that want a live rope-dub lesson and probably
would benefit from a mouse show.
--- On Wed, 2/11/09, DonO <f...@tribcsp.com> wrote:
> From: DonO <f...@tribcsp.com>
> Subject: [VFB] Re: Test - any buddy out there?- reply 1 thru 12
> To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com
> Date: Wednesday, February 11, 2009, 2:49 PM
> MeddelandeSo 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
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> I don't really feel here... but obviously I still am.
>
> /Nick
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