Originally from Don Ordes
"List,
Would someone want to host a ‘Birdie Swap’ in his honor, but with a twist. Just
one fly from each tier sent in to the meister, frame them as a plate, and send
it to the family from his VFB friends? (Was Birdie and IOFFer? Anyone still
have the list?)
I’d say open the ‘swap’ and whoever contributes by the time for framing will be
in the group. The ‘frame-meister’ will set the date. I’ll contribute the money
for the frame and matte, unless others want to chip in $$ with their flies.
The only work will be mounting and framing, not sending back sets to all
swappers as for a regular swap. Depending on how many sign up, the frame may
not be too big, but it’s the gesture that counts. And we only have to tie one
special fly. Hopefully a VFBer with some framing experience will step up. We
could do this with just a dozen flies, but more would be better. We could each
get a photo of it for our memories.
If he was an IOFFer, having his certificate in the plate center would be
perfect, with the flies surrounding it. What better send-off for a VFB fanatic."
Sign-ups:
1. DonO- realistic stonefly- the ‘Birdie Special’, plus another for the framer
2. Allan Fish - A set of 4 wet flies ("Partridge and...") and a set for the
meister. (I am not a good fly framer.)3.
3. Tony Spezio - knit picking mayfly
4. Nev Gosling - wonder wing mayfly . (I would meister this swap but it would
be better if done by another VFB member.)
5. Mike Bliss
6. ??
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