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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> 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:[email protected]> >> Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2014 9:47 AM >> To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> 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 <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> 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 [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/d/optout.
