Tony, Just wanted to add my congratulations on your honor. I think you definitely fit into this list of names. Through your work with the Sowbug Roundup alone, you have touched MANY fly tiers and had a large impact on the art of fly tying. Brandon and I have really missed coming to the shows the last couple of years because it is almost like coming back to a family reunion, and you are definitely the "godfather" (no reference to your New Jersey roots!). I am glad you received some of the recognition you deserved. Sincerely, Bruce Whittle ----- Original Message ----- From: Anthony Spezio To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, September 05, 2011 10:14 AM Subject: Re: [VFB] Tony Spezio - 2012 Buszek Award winner
Yes it is quite an honor but it has not gone to my head. Of the list below some have go to the big waters in the sky and some are still here that I have met. I still can't figure where I fit into this list of names. Tony ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: Don Ordes <f...@tribcsp.com> To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, September 4, 2011 7:47 PM Subject: Re: [VFB] Tony Spezio - 2012 Buszek Award winner Congratulations Tony!!!!! What a list to be on, along with your Rodbuilding hall of fame! Been out of town since Wednesday, so i just saw this. Missed the FFF 'clave, too, because of work. For those not familiar with the list, here it is below, with Tony as the latest inductee: (The bold ones are the ones I know personally from the shows, and some of the others I have just met at the shows.) Tony can probably help us out with noting the other ones who have passed on*. 1970 Jacqueline Knight, 1971 A.I. Alexander, 1972 Dave Whitlock, 1973 George Grant*, 1974 Ken Bay, 1975 E.H. "Polly" Rosborough*, 1976 John Schollenberger, 1977 Andre Puyans*, 1978 George Harvey, 1979 Everett Drake, 1980 Boyd Aigner, 1981 Doug Prince, 1982 Darwin Atkin, 1983 Art Flick, 1984 Frank Johnson, 1985 Bill Blackstone, 1986 Billy Munn, 1987 Dick Nelson, 1988 Bing Lempke, 1989 Jimmy Nix, 1990 Kent Bulfinch, 1991 Wayne Luallen, 1992 Stanley Walters, 1993 Chuck Echer, 1994 Royce Dam, 1995 Marvin Nolte, 1996 Ned Long, 1997 Judy Lehmberg, 1998 Jeff" Bear" Andrews, 1999 Al Beatty, 2000 Bob Jacklin, 2001 Bruce Staples, 2002 Helen Shaw Kessler, 2003 Bill Heckel, 2004 Chris Helm 2005 Reginald Denny 2006 Gary Borger 2007 John Van der Hoof 2008 Henry Hoffman 2009 John Newbury 2010 Scott Sanchez 2011 Tony Spezio -- 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 -- 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
