Check this on Nick Runarrson's site. He has an original of Jimmy's poem. /fftf <http://www.swedneckflyfishing.com/fftffpoem.htm> http://www.swedneckflyfishing.com <http://www.swedneckflyfishing.com/fftffpoem.htm>fpoem.htm <http://www.swedneckflyfishing.com/fftffpoem.htm>
On Wed, Sep 25, 2019 at 8:51 PM Gary Webb <[email protected]> wrote: > IOFF International Order of Flytying Fanatics > Jimmy D Moore, > No Moore > Except in our Hearts > ForeverMoore > > Not as good as Jimmy D. What can I say. > > I wrote this poem about the time the VFB bunch came up with the > International Order of Fly Tying Fanatics. Hope you enjoy it. > > JIMMY D > > *A FLY TYING FANATIC* > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > * Cotton balls, wine corks, tow sacks, I save'em all. Craft beads, sparkle > rope, doll's eyes, I'm walkin tall. Mosquito net, you bet! And it's > already green, don't have to dye it. Just try it. You'll see what I mean. > Sewing thread, parrot feathers, and purple yarn. I'll use most anything, > and don't really give a darn. Closed cell foam and balsa wood. Anything > goes. Why I've even used the lint from between my toes. Candle wax, bee's > wax, ear wax, I use'em all. Soda straws, model paint bought at the Mall.* > > j > *avalina hair & belly hair from an Armadillo. Why I even use eider down > from my pillow.* > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > * Longhorn tail hair, my hair and hair from my cats. I'll even use belly > hair from a free-tailed bat. Black Visqueen sure makes good beetle backs. > Cut'em out, glue'em on, hang'em on the rack. Thus is the life of a fly > tying fanatic. Could I use the fiberglass insulation from my attic? I throw > away nuthin. I keep all kinds of stuff. With my kind of fly tying, > there's never enough! By JIMMY D. MOORE August 23, 2005 © * > > > > > > > > *I remember so many swaps Meistered by Jimmy D.College colors, NASCAR, and > the Jody Courage Swap.Gary L Webb * > > > > > > > > On Wed, Sep 25, 2019 at 5:06 PM Allan Fish <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I tried to reply last night on my iPad - it must have been rejected. >> >> This was a really saddening notice. >> >> Jimmy was a remarkable person. For those of you who didn't know him, he >> retired from the Boy Scouts of America as the Executive (that's the Big >> Kahuna) of the over 140,000 acre Philmont Scout Ranch in New Mexico. >> <https://www.philmontscoutranch.org/about/> My very questionable >> memory is telling me he was there 23 years. >> >> After retirement, he became the Outdoors Writer for many newspapers in >> Texas. He also wrote a hilarious fishing book (I'd have to go upstairs >> to get it to remember the title) in the same vein as Patrick McManus. >> >> I miss Jimmy D. >> >> Prayers to Jody. >> >> af >> >> -- >> -- >> 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]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vfb-mail/47d88843-1a86-74d6-196c-15e3bbd4ca46%40sbcglobal.net >> . >> > -- -- 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]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vfb-mail/CAOii2iautTAFTuk0W-t21DRDvAmAEUk4T62aKU%2B5NPnpWGYvuA%40mail.gmail.com.
