My wife and I would love to get back again. On our only trip there Tony tied us one of his Froggies. But she is in a wheelchair these days. So we don't do many long trips.
On Saturday, March 8, 2025 at 8:31:07 PM UTC-6 Byard Miller wrote: > I see my name has been mentioned. The memories of VFB and Fkyfish@ are > fondly and often in my mind. Sadly a scenario not to be repeated. By those > of us involved I presume. We’ve lost many so close to our hearts. I hope we > meet up with them all again when our time comes. > > On a personal update I’ve recently left behind snow shoveling and grass > mowing for the south east climes of Arizona. Sadly no nearby trout or any > fishing opportunities. But other interests fill in those voids and I can > always venture into other near or far waters. I would like to seek out an > Apache Trout sometime soon. > > It’s nice to see there are some still monitoring the ancient VFB list. > > Regards to all my special friends! > > Keep tyin’ … Byard > > Sent from Byard's iPhone > > On Mar 8, 2025, at 2:31 PM, 'Rick Zieger' via VFB Mail < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > I will not make SowBug this year. > Rick > > On Saturday, March 8, 2025 at 01:31:59 PM CST, Neville Gosling < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > 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 > . > > -- > -- > 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/797130978.1760468.1741469474212%40mail.yahoo.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vfb-mail/797130978.1760468.1741469474212%40mail.yahoo.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. 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