Hi Tom: It’s about time you came out of Lurk mode. Haven’t heard from you in a long time. Are you still turning reel seat wooden barrels?
Re: Denny - Isn’t he 4th from the left or second from the right? Neville (Nev) Gosling Greater Vancouver BC Canada > On Dec 19, 2014, at 10:39 AM, Tom Davenport <t...@comcast.net> wrote: > > Sorry it took Denny’s death to pull me out of lurker mode. Here is a picture > of Denny (3rd from left) with some of the usual suspects taken at the 2004 > Sowbug. I also have others of Denny showing off his beautiful hackles. (I > bought several which I continue to use to this day). A few other good men > have waded to the other side since that Sowbug, but as far as I know Denny is > the only one from this group. He will be missed. > > Tom Davenport > > > <IMGP1352.jpeg> >> On Dec 7, 2014, at 8:38 PM, Chuck Alexander <chuckalexan...@centurylink.net >> <mailto:chuckalexan...@centurylink.net>> wrote: >> >> Nick: Although I never met Denny in person, he was one of the many who >> helped me from day one as well and never minded answering my MILLION >> questions. I still have a lot of great hackles I got from him through the >> yrs as well. I especially like using his JV Hen hackles in tying wet flies. >> Chuck >> >> From: Niclas (Gmail) <mailto:n.runars...@gmail.com> >> Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2014 9:47 AM >> To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com <mailto:vfb-mail@googlegroups.com> >> Subject: Re: [VFB] Denny Conrad >> >> Very sorry to hear about this. Denny was one of the ones who gave me a lot >> of help to get started with tying. He was also a great support at Sowbug >> 2006, my first show tying, when I was so incredibly nervous. He was actually >> the very first VFB member I met in person, when he and Richard Komar picked >> me up after landing in Little Rock. (Then I stayed with them at the Wildcat >> Shoals Resort.) >> >> He will be missed by many. >> >> >> (Attach: A great man behind his hackle table) >> >> >> On Sat, Dec 6, 2014 at 11:53 PM, Rene Zillmann <rene.zillm...@t-online.de >> <mailto:rene.zillm...@t-online.de>> wrote: >>> So sorry to hear this, >>> I remember Denny well, on my fist trip to the Sowbug he suggested that i >>> move over from the hotel into the cabin where he and <forgot his name> >>> staid. Jimi joined the gang as well, we talked the whole night about >>> roosters, hackle, hens and eggs. His knowledge was amazing. Will really >>> miss him. >>> Rene >>> >>> On 12/06/2014 02:07 PM, 'Anthony Spezio' via VFB Mail wrote: >>>> We got a call from Liz, Denny's daughter last night that Denny Conrad had >>>> passed at 5:30 that evening. >>>> We were good friends. I will miss his regular weekend calls. >>>> Arkansas Tony >>>> -- -- -- 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 Google Groups "VFB Mail" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vfb-mail+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
