Good to hear that Tony.  I want you to hang on as long as you can, I think that 
if anyone qualifies as the heart a soul of this list, it would be you.

I have been lurking for  several months, then I had email password problems, 
and when I finally got them fixed, I ended up with 1600 posts from the VFB!  
Not a problem, just a reflection of how long I was off!  Buried in those 
messages was one that appeared to come from you with the word "quit" in it, but 
I couldn't find any followup.  

I spent a lot of my summer trying to get my new (used) boat to run, and when it 
did it didn't take long to realize that spinning and bait casting gear work a 
lot better when several  people are fishing together on a boat, so I ended up  
spending a lot of time figuring out how to be a "gear" fishermen.

Two people who are both fly fishermen can fly fish from the boat with care,  
but when it comes down to it, a fly rod is best made for rivers or kick 
boats... places where you want to carefully and accurately search small areas 
of water. 

I did get on the old Weber with my fly rod in the fall, to enjoy a bit of the 
amazing fishing that always happens after irrigation flows are cut.  Like last 
year, it was a fish every cast. 

Now winter has set in, and I am recovering from surgery to fix the plumbing 
problems created by my prostatectomy last year.  This surgery was a cake walk 
compared to the last, and I am actually enjoying a little break from work, I 
might even try to head out to the river during the Thanksgiving Holiday.

I'm pretty sure I will be retiring at the end of this school year, and one of 
my goals is to make it down to Arkansas, so hang on!!

Tom

On Nov 23, 2009, at 9:31 AM, Anthony Spezio wrote:

> I had planned to sign off after I sent in my Christmas fly but it seems that 
> several members will do the same. I feel that I should not be responsible for 
> this so I will be staying. I have been with this list since day one and I 
> guess I will miss it if I was to leave.
> I have been asked to post this to keep others from leaving the list. We have 
> lost too many already.
> Christmas fly was sent in today.
> Tony
> 
> 
> > 


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