Congratulations Don. I know you deserve it.
phxflytyer Phoenix,AZ "Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the Government take care of him; better take a closer look at the American Indian." Henry Ford > On Apr 14, 2017, at 3:28 PM, DonO <[email protected]> wrote: > > Just some fly news for retirement-time this summer. Got many irons in the > fire, so it’s very hectic. Getting in sync with my sister-in-law (new web > master) is taking a little time, but is coming along well. New tricks + old > dogs don’t mix well. > > Fly-Side News: > > 1. My Matlacha Rainbow Streamer (below) was chosen for the expo pin logo-fly > for the Western Idaho Fly Fishing Expo 2018 scheduled for Jan 13 & 14, 2018. > There was a contest for ‘the best pin fly design’, so I declined since I > don’t enter competitions. They came back to me since they really liked the > streamers I donated to their conservation auction at the last show and > banquet. So I just sent the MR photo below and told them if they want to use > it they could. > > They just got back and said it would be the logo fly on the official Show Pin > next year. They usually pick full dress salmon flies. > <Mat%201-resized[4].jpg> > > 2. Website: Completely re-doing FantasyFlies.com with a new web-page program > and provider. Will be much easier to post new photos, articles, videos, etc. > No one but Darren can upgrade the html-based site as it is now, so I have to > switch to non-genius format. Thanks Darren (Pacres) for your help years ago. > > 3. Rope-dubbing videos are progressing, and have the 1st one for You-tube > very close (trailer video- lol). Had to set me up a You Tube Channel with > all the bells and whistles, so that took some time. Posted some short videos > of photos of me at the Idaho Falls show this spring, and one of some > streamers- just to test our posting settings. Looking good. Needed the > website addressed 1st for this also, with a modified Rope Dub page. Lots of > work. > > 4. #32 video. Have it in editing with SiL for video trials for macro > clarity, and I think we’ve got it down now. Will do one more tie, and then > some clips of setting up the materials, then final edit and post. I want to > have the website and channel done before I post in case I get any views or > traffic. Hope fully it will be as good quality-wise as the Rope Dub #1 DVD > video was. Have had to learn my Sony Handi-cam and the editing software with > SiL. > > 5. 14/0 Giant Flies- Making a new group of giant flies and will be posting > individual photos of each as they are finished. That way a buyer gets > exactly what he or she ordered. This will be new- Flies for sale page. Will > be how I feed myself after retirement this summer. > > 6. Big Classic Streamers in clear presentation boxes- Will order the plastic > display boxes soon to set my large show-streamers in to sell as individuals. > Also getting my wood shop set up for shadow-box framing groups. Should be > fun. All will be on the new website. > > So LOTS going on, plus getting done a few other things I’ve been putting off. > > DonO > > > > > > > -- > -- > 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 > <http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en> > > VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com > <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] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. -- -- 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.
