Don,
I remember one dark and stormy March night* in 2007 - the year that both
you and Nick Runarsson came to the Sowbug. We stayed at the Ramada Inn
in Mtn. Home. You dropped into our room and gave me a 3-minute lesson
in rope dubbing. I've rope-dubbed ever since!
I liked your first DVD very much and still refer to it on occasion. Put
me down for DVD#2 when (and if) you get a round tuit. <g> I don't
blame you for dreading the effort it takes to do a good job. Your
YouTube idea is great, but I fear it will only get you notoriety, not
dollars. <G>
I'm looking forward to seeing what fantastic concoctions you can add to
your Fantasy Flies offerings when you get back to doing that more full-time.
Don, anticipate your retirement eagerly. It's the greatest thing
since...........(pick your own pleasures!).
Al
*p.s.: I don't remember if it was a dark and stormy night or not. But
much later that evening, after you left, a party got started in the room
over ours. About one a.m. it was still going strong and I heard noises
outside our door. I looked out the window to see a young man trying
(unsuccessfully) to climb the decorative railing to get into the window
above us. About 15 minutes later as I was getting ready to call the
front desk and complain, I heard a pounding on a door upstairs. Very
shortly afterwards, everything above us got quiet and stayed quiet.
The next morning as I groggily stumbled toward the restaurant for
breakfast, I told the desk clerk I was glad they got the noise stopped
and hoped the occupants had been kicked out He said, "Oh no. they're
still there." I said, "They are?" He replied, "Well, at least all
their belongings are still there and we're still charging them for the
room and adding on damage charges. They were all underage drinkers and
haven't been released from the Mountain Home jail yet."
Thanks for reminding me.
af
On 6/15/16 9:41 AM, Don Ordes wrote:
Fly tying can be a couple of nights a month to stock up on depleted
favorite patterns, or a full-blown multi-faceted hobby,
hobby-business, part-time business, or retirement business.
If you include the satellite activities /besides /fishing, which
include getting together with other tiers, attending fly shows (or
tying at them), researching, publishing books or videos, mentoring,
and of course vfb-ing, there's a lot to keep it diverse and
interesting. When it gets boring, just add a new venue to the tying
and challenge yourself to kick it up a notch. Or plan a new trip for
different fish, and tie the flies needed for that. It should never
ever get boring, especially if you include a sense of humor or art to
the process.
On materials, my challenge after this last move and re-organization is
just finding what I need amongst the myriad of materials I've
collected. But I have a plan for next year for retardment. My
'retirement' will really just mean swapping focus from the oil & gas
business to Fantasy Flies and videos. I intend to get a shop and turn
it into a fly-base of operations.
Ahh, the /video/. Rope-dub DVD#2. Thinking of an alternate plan- put
it out *for comments*.
Instead of a long DVD which is taking forever to film and produce
(/if/ I can get any time), how about a You-tube channel with /themed/
short videos uploaded regularly- not only on rope-dubbing (will go on
forever), but on mice (deerhair), flex-o, McFlyfoam, #32's,
salt-flies, streamers, etc.?
Big difference is it would be /free/ to all, which is how I handled it
in the first place with Byard, putting the RD videos on his site for
anyone to see (pretty crude at the time). My pay would be with visits
& subscribers- from Y-T. Then also I’d still be selling the giant
Fantasy Flies, framed streamers, mice, etc. Hopefully make for a busy
yet pleasant retirement.
This way I could somewhat follow the comments in adjusting what I tie
or show next and just let it evolve. Of course, there will be my sense
of humor worked in throughout all of the videos to keep it from being
all ‘dry’.
And since I’m slowing way down in attending fly shows (travelling less
and less), I’ll make a ‘Baits Hotel’ video just for giggles and grins
(and to survive me).
Comments? (Especially from those who have DVD #1.)
DonO
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From: Allan Fish
Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2016 7:37 PM
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Subject: p.s.: Re: [VFB] QFTD
p.s.:
I also like to be around other fly tyers. You get to meet so many neat
people.
And the occasional scalawag like me.
Allan
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