From: markflie...@hotmail.com
May your GOD be your fishing partner. Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2009 14:12:43 -0600 LMAO........w/Jeff.............yeah, that was WAY "Back in the Days".............lol.........he MUST be older than dirt.......all they had back then was LAVA. > Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2009 13:00:15 -0700 > From: bighawk...@yahoo.com > Subject: [VFB] Re: FW: fly tying costs > To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com > > > Don, those were the good old days. That's nothing. Al Fish told me that they > used to fashion their flies from bits of dinosaur fur lashed to rocks that > they would throw at the trout. > > --- On Sat, 9/12/09, Don Ordes <f...@tribcsp.com> wrote: > > > From: Don Ordes <f...@tribcsp.com> > > Subject: [VFB] Re: FW: fly tying costs > > To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com > > Date: Saturday, September 12, 2009, 11:44 AM > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > When I got into tying 45 > > or so years ago, it > > cost me nothing, per say. I tied with my fingers- no > > vise or bobbins, used > > dressmakers scissors, feathers from my pillow or BB-gun > > shot birds off the > > fence, and the like. Tied bluegill and panfish flies > > that caught one fish > > each, if I was lucky. > > > > 1st actual tying kit was > > $29.95 from Sears in the > > early 60's. So yes I got in cheap. 50 years > > later it's a > > hobby-business & fishing support activity and I have > > $30,000+- in materials, > > hooks, tools, etc. Call it an > > investment. > > > > In late 50s and early 60s > > New Orleans, there was > > nothing to buy for flyfishing. My kit had to be > > ordered, as was everything > > else. Nothing in stores, no books, obviously no > > videos or DVDs, but also > > no tutors, computers, flyfishers in family, etc. This > > ws live bait > > country, and heavy lures were considered the fringe. > > Had no ideas except > > the few articles that were in Field and Stream, the only > > magazine my dad got, us > > being hunters 1st. What I would have given back then > > for a copy of The > > Fly Shop catalog and a Benchside > > Reference. But maybe > > learning the hard way built appreciation. Who > > knows? Maybe I'm > > making up now for the stuff I never could have when I was > > young. > > > > > > Buggs, what do you > > think? > > "Zzzzzzzzzzzzz" > > > > DonO > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: > > Jeff Frye > > > > To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com > > > > Sent: Friday, > > September 11, 2009 9:58 > > PM > > Subject: [VFB] Re: > > FW: fly tying > > costs > > > > > > > > > > > > I have a buddy that is the only guy > > I know that saves > > money tying flies. He ties 10 patterns that he > > believes he can take just > > about anywhere and only owns the stuff for them. > > His whole kit fits in a > > shoebox. If he gets somewhere that requires a > > special, he just buys > > 'em. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Bing brings you health info from trusted sources. Try it now! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
