Beautiful!!!!!!!!! Tony [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Dr. Doug Miller" wrote:
> I couldn't resist this one! Each spool of thread costs > about $1.50 per spool, depending on the thread, of > course.Each spool holds about 200 yards of thread, several > hours of meditative time at the tying bench, and an > untokld number of dreams and memories. Each spool holds > the promise - and the hope - of the once-in-a-lifetime > adventure. Each spool moves every fly tyer one fly > closer to the awesome perfection of A.K. Best; the > innovation of Bob Clouser; the precision of Gary Borger; > the understanding of Earnest Hemmingway. If - not when > - you grow "old and have nothing better to do", my young > friend, I can assure you that there will be few memories > worthy of the spool of thread you now possess.For you see, > thread is not only the first in a series of materiel to be > placed upon the altar of our hopes called a hook - it is > the stuff dreams are forged from! I am not so sure that I > own my thread; perhaps my thread owns me! I will be 57 > by the end of this month - old by your standards. > (Remember I was once there, too, and thought the same > thing) My "tired, old" eyes have seen things which I hope > you never witness; my ears have heard the cries of hunger > and despair; my home has been invaded by the homeless and > the ruthless. I have been tested and found wanting; yet > forgiven.On those evenings when I must retreat from the > world to gain perspective, I sit at my fly tying bench > with a simple $1.50 spool of thread and begin to weave a > better world where the water is gin-clear, the trout are > ravenous, and I have "nothing better to do" than to pray I > can be an unobrusive part of it all. May God bless > you! And may your fingers know the joy of your > thread!Doug > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, November 24, 2002 6:07 PM > Subject: Re: [VFB] Thread > No i just didn't know how much all of my stuff > was worth. I figure i will get intrested in it > again one day when im old and have nothing > better to do that sit around but right now im 15 > and a little busy of all of this with school and > all. >
