I would like to do this to honor Jimmy. I wanted to tie some salmonfly flies anyway. I hope to get up on the Snake River in May.
Mike On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 7:52 AM, Jimmy D. Moore <[email protected]>wrote: > THANX RENE for getting the ball rolling. I like your hook size, etc. > which will make it lots easier. I hesitate to put a number on the swap. > Let's just see how it plays out. No matter how many flies, will give me > something to do. I'll let you guys decide on the particulars. Time frame. > etc/ WHAT EVER will be fine with me. > > JIMMY D > > P.S.I do like hook size 10 and larger. These old fingers can handle those > much better. > > > Rene Zillmann wrote: > > Hi Jimmy, >> >> Best wishes from my family to you. Sorry to hear about your constraints. >> I decided not to do a lot of swaps any more, simply running out of time. >> But this _is_ a good reason for a swap. I'll join. Let's say, hooks >> larger than 10?, so that;s 10, 9, .... to make it clear. Easier for us old >> chaps. >> >> I will do a streamer, some bucktail. >> >> Rene >> from Germany >> >> >> >> On 03/19/2013 06:33 PM, Jimmy D. Moore wrote: >> >> I continue to have good days and bad days. The Essential Tremor >>> continues to worsen, then >>> will subside for a few days. A couple drinks of bourbon a day seem to >>> help, as per the docs >>> suggestion. :-P However, the tremor hasn't affected my fly tying yet, >>> because I can still "think" >>> Stop and it stops. I can hold it indefinitely. In fact the members of >>> my Rotary club weren't >>> aware of the tremor until I told them during my program last week on >>> rattlesnakess. ;-) >>> >>> The worse part of the deal is the atrophying of the muscles in my calves >>> and pain in my feet. >>> This is not part of the essential tremor, just another "rock" in the >>> road for me to navigate >>> around. It's Osteo Arthritis in my feet. This is what makes it >>> impossible to "wade" anymore. >>> There's a neme for this one, but with all the ailments I have with feet >>> and legs, it doesn' seem >>> important anymore. The bottom line is that my balance is shot. I can >>> wade, but takes two wading >>> staffs and that's abundle what with my chest pack and the other "must >>> haves" >>> >>> If you guys could come up with a simple FLY for me to tie, I'd love to >>> enter a "simple swap." >>> and see how it goes. If I can handle it, I'll enter some more difficult >>> swaps. I always said, "If >>> I can no longer wade, then tying is the next best thing." >>> >>> Looking forward to hearing from you guys. What say - A Handicapped Swap >>> for Jimmy D. >>> >>> JIMMY D >>> >>> >> > -- > > > **************** ><((((((((º> ******************************** > *********** > JIMMY D. MOORE, ARS WB5RHT,author Moon Holler Misfits Fishing & Hunting > Club, Member, TOWA, Past VP Guadalupe River Trout Unlimited, North Zone > Fishing Editor Emeritus, > Texas Fish & Game Magazine, Virtual Fly Box & Fly Fishing > World Moderator, Scout Exec. Boy Scouts of America, Retired > http://bigtroutman.tripod.com/**index.html<http://bigtroutman.tripod.com/index.html> > ***************** <º))))))))>< > ***************************************** > > > > > > > > > > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" > group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscribe@** > googlegroups.com <[email protected]> > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/** > group/vfb-mail?hl=en <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 Google > Groups "VFB Mail" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to > vfb-mail+unsubscribe@**googlegroups.com<vfb-mail%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit > https://groups.google.com/**groups/opt_out<https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out> > . > > > -- Mike Bliss Aloha from Hawaii -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] 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 Google Groups "VFB Mail" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
