Hello Henk! Oh, I really hope for fishing again too. But I have no great expectations there. I will settle with tying for now. Today fishing would be too hazardous. Maybe if this tying resurrection can make me feel a little better and make my seizures take a step back to where they were before... when they mostly came nighttime during sleep and with months inbetween. Now, when they come way more often, where I stand and all around the clock, standing by the waterline is Russian roulette for me.
Fishing is thrilling for sure... but for some, the thrill is more than you want from it. LOL /Nick Den sön 28 dec. 2025 kl 18:09 skrev Henk Verhaar <[email protected]>: > Attaboy. I will be retiring at the end of this year (i’ve already had my > last working day ;-) ) and will be devoting most of my time to fishing, > tying and building bamboo rods… Hoping to see you take up tying for real. > Can’t remember exactly where you are in Sweden, but we’ll be back in Norway > (Hedmark) this summer - barring any unforeseen events… > > Henk > > > > On Sunday, December 28, 2025 at 5:27:03 PM UTC+1 Nick Runarsson wrote: > >> But now Jester is back. Remember him... the Swedish Redneck? >> >> My doctor and boss and Teresa and everybody around me are at me right >> now... WORK LESS... and my body doesn't disagree. I'm back where I was at >> 2004, when unemployment made me *need an interest* and I found you the >> first time... and soon I was in the Fly-Tying Fanatic circus for real. 10 >> years later I had to take a break, which sadly never ended. But now I start >> to feel that interest waking up again and I'm very eager to start tying >> again. >> >> I should have done it before we moved, when my tying stations stood there >> waiting. Then I wouldn't have packed the boxes like I did. It would have >> been on top and the boxes would have been the first reachable ones. Only >> God can tell where the stuff can be found right now. There are boxes all >> around the house. >> >> But it won't be long now. I wonder if I remember how to do it. Maybe >> it'll be EXACTLY as it was when I came here the first time... when you had >> to drag me into my first fly swap. LOL >> >> Best Regards, >> Nick Runarsson, Sweden >> >> >> >> torsdag 22 maj 2025 kl. 21:39:53 UTC+2 skrev BobH: >> >> Hi Nev. you know guys we need to revive the list. So many memories and >> swaps. I remember the Michigan members. We had fun at the tying shows. Are >> you guys still around? You know the hex hatch is coming. It has been too >> long for me. >> BobH >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> >> On May 22, 2025, at 2:47 PM, Neville Gosling <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Yes, I miss Tony and many others in the group who are no longer with us. >> >> >> Neville (Név) Gosling >> Greater Vancouver Canada >> >> >> On May 22, 2025, at 10:40, 'BobH' via VFB Mail <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> Hi Joyce it’s good to see a post from you. Bob Haering here Tony was one >> of the greatest. It is really great to see a post from vfb I’m stuck in an >> ED waiting for another surgery tonight to clean an infection in my leg. It >> figures though it’s prime fishing time here cold or warm water. >> BobH >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> >> On May 22, 2025, at 11:03 AM, Joyce M Westphal <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >> >> Thank you for this neat pattern. Tony built my wonderful bamboo rod. >> Joyce >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> thank >> >> On Wed, May 21, 2025 at 11:07 PM Gary Webb <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Remembering Tony >> >> *White River Demon By Tony Spezio* >> >> *Hook : Streamer 6-12* >> *Thread: Fluorescent Red* >> *Head: 4 mm plastic silver bead 5 mm for sz 6, 8* >> *Weight: 10 wraps of .010 .015 up against the bead* >> *Tail: White rabbit fur with several strands of Pearl Krystal >> Flash on each side* >> *Body: Pearl plastic canvas braid wrapped two times (This allows >> the braid to trap air)* >> *Hackle: White or Cream saddle* >> *Eyes: Dot nail polish or colored UV glue on the head* >> >> *Tie in the rabbit fur tail at the beginning of the bend.* >> *Tie in the hackle where the tail was tied in. * >> *Tie in the braid at the same point. 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