And I'll never forget watching you use the nit-picker and making me a very special fly.. still have it in my don't touch collection. Joyce
On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 7:05 AM, Anthony Spezio <bambot...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Larry invited me to fish with him when I posted that I would be in SLC. We > did not get to fish but we became instant friends. Larry drove me to where I > wanted to go to look at a lathe and got me back to the show. I also met Tom > Davenport, Tom was my chauffeur to and from the airport. Also took the time > to show me the area. Offered to take me fishing but we did not get the time > to do it. Met Mike Bliss too at the show. > I also met the sweetheart Joyce, she is one real lady. > I did the show there for three years and we all became close friends. > Thanks to all of you for sharing your friendship with me. > Larry, that first year was 1998. > Tony > > --- On *Sun, 1/2/11, Larry Johnson <johns...@uvu.edu>* wrote: > > > From: Larry Johnson <johns...@uvu.edu> > Subject: Re: [VFB] VFB Alive and Well > To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com > Date: Sunday, January 2, 2011, 6:51 PM > > > I agree with Jimmy: Long live the VFB !! I "stumbled" onto the VFB by > accident quite a few years ago. I arranged to meet Tony in Salt Lake City, > when he was at the Outdoor Show as a tier for Gudebrod. Tony: What year > was that? I have been to the Sowbug three times. Last year I tried to take > pictures of as many VFB members as I could find. I feel that I have become > a better tier because of the VFB and by participating in swaps. As many as > I could, at first. When I saw the quality of work out there it "inspired" > me to tie better, especially dry flies, which is my first choice to fish > with. I hope to come back to the Sowbug again. I hope to fish with DonO > some time. I have fished with Tom Davenport several times. I have met with > and tied with Joyce Wesphal. What a great tier and teacher she is. Another > former VFB list member Karl Barton and his wife, Marcia< had Allan and > Martha Fish come to Utah, and went to dinner with them. I have informed the > University that I will formally terminate my employment there in June of > this coming summer, after which I hope to travel to see more of the great > state of Utah, and fish more of it. If I wear my Honda 4-wheeler out, I > will probably buy another. I cannot imagine a greater collection of > terrific people with so much in common as the VFB. There is a fly > tying/fishing group here in Utah called "Utah on the Fly", but I find them > quite unresponsive and uncaring about their prospective members. > Long Live the VFB !!!!! > > Larry Johnson > Springville, Utah > > -- > 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<http://mc/compose?to=vfb-m...@googlegroups.com> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<http://mc/compose?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 > > > -- > 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 > -- 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
