I agree, Rick Ziger has done an exemplary job of keeping the facebook group alive but it is not doing particularly well. Why? I think that there are so many other groups and diversions online and new people coming online will never have what we had when VFB was very popular when Byard Miller started it.
Thank you Rick……… Neville (Nev) Gosling > On Mar 8, 2025, at 10:54, Rene Zillmann <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Nev, > > you are right, we lost a lot of members from the list and even the Facebook > group is rather quite, even if Rick tries to keep it alive. > > I'm really looking forward to the trip. Everything is setup, flights, car, > lodging. Hopefully we will not get ill in advance of the travel. > > Best wishes > > Rene´ > > > On 3/8/25 18:33, Neville Gosling wrote: >> Have a good time at the Sowbug Rene and enjoy fishing in Arkansas! I was >> there in 2011 and really enjoyed it. Unfortunately the original VFB members >> like Tony Spezio, Alan Fish and others have passed away, but the sowbug >> itself should still be very good and enjoyable. >> >> Unfortunately, with Trump in power and his plan to annex Canada, I likely >> will never visit USA again and I will move back to England if Trump is >> successful. >> >> Best wishes…….Neville Gosling, Greater Vancouver, BC Canada. >> >>> On Mar 8, 2025, at 09:21, Rene Zillmann <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Gang, >>> >>> not sure who is still reading the list, but anyway. >>> >>> This plan became reality, we will enter the airplane in less than 2 weeks, >>> stay 2 days in Mempohis and than drive to Mnt.home to do some serious >>> fishing and than be at the sowbug. >>> >>> Who else will be there? I know from Peggy, Bruce Whittle. and Jeff Hines. >>> Anyone else? >>> >>> Best >>> >>> Rene´ Zillmann >>> >>> >>> On 2/20/24 15:51, Rene Zillmann wrote: >>>> Folks, >>>> >>>> maybe I do it again. Son is just talking me into going to the sowbug 2025 >>>> with him, and spend also some time for serious fishing. It is a father and >>>> son trip, not so much father and child. And my 4th visit at the event. >>>> >>>> We are in an very early phase of investigation, so the outcome is not >>>> clear, and we also might do something very different. >>>> >>>> Anyway: Current plan is to fly in one week before the Sowbug, fish a very >>>> nice area for trout or warmwater, go the Sowbug. We need to return on >>>> Saturday, so we could only spend 2 days at the sowbug. >>>> >>>> Currently we are looking for an area for this initial fishery, as it is >>>> early in the year we are looking somehow South. One Idea is: Fly to >>>> Memphis, drive to Great Smokey Mountains (Near Knoxville) Do some Fishing, >>>> drive to the Sowbug, Attend Sowbug and return to Germany via Memphis. A >>>> bit of driving, though. >>>> >>>> Any other ideas or suggestions? >>>> >>>> Thanks a lot >>>> >>>> Rene from Germany >>>> >>> -- >>> -- >>> 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 visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vfb-mail/42228da6-da9f-40fd-b26d-7f64c0fa912b%40t-online.de. > > -- > -- > 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 visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vfb-mail/327b9b2e-a3eb-4fdb-ba98-fe081d93f44d%40t-online.de. -- -- 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 visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vfb-mail/0CCDC7F1-57B0-4194-AEAC-1703FC2C94E4%40gmail.com.
