Don Thank you for all your help. I really appreciate it. With all the shows I go to and all the time I spend in fly shops, I couldn't find this stuff without your help. I'm looking so forward to seeing what you come up with for the next swap. These feathers are so nice. You already know how much I love my Coq De Leon feathers!!!!! I can't wait to see grizzly wingers so I no longer have to cut the tips off my grizzly hackles. :0) Deb ----- Original Message ----- From: "DonO" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, December 28, 2002 10:58 AM Subject: Re: [VFB] Bob, Whiting, & notes
> Bob...oh BOBbb.... > I thought if I sent you a #32 hook, you were going to tie me a fly on > it...eh? > I'm still waaaiiiiting..... ; ^ ) Oh, and your silk-roped flies are on > the way. Like that stuff! > > Tom W. finally emailed me back. He's got 13 emails from me stacked in his > box. He's been tied up in business matters the last couple of weeks, and > short-handed with the holidays. To Bob, Dean, Del, Eddie, Debbie, and > everyone else waiting on me- he said Monday he'll personally see to my > order, so we should see some good stuff real soon. > > I am trying to get a sample bag of winger capes sent to Byard, so you new > tiers of the Whiting have some awesome wings to put on those flies. I have > an extra Cock d' Leon saddle that I am going to send Byard. The C d'L > saddle hackles are for tailing fibers- stiff and gossamer, and some > speckled. Whiting sells tailing packs of these feathers. We'll figure out > how to get samples to all the co-op swappers, along with the wingers. A > winger cape at $15 is a good buy as the feathers are useable from top to > bottom for flies in the 10 to 22 range. Check out the samples when they > arrive. All of my swap flies have been very standard up-wing dry flies in > order to give newer ones a pattern for using the new materials. > > For those who have not tried or mastered the rope-dub yet, check with Eddie. > We spent a little chat-time getting it ironed out and he really likes the > results he's gotten in his bodies. The swap-flies I've submitted are all > rope-dubbed. Once mastered, this is VERY fast and easy, and will dub > anything, but is especially well-suited to dubbing long-fibered dubbings. > > I have an MPEG video of the actual dry-fly roping portion, now. It is just > over a meg in size. Need a helper to assist me in forwarding it to those > who want it. Volunteers? > > If any of you guys/gals see Kim Boal ( Chat Room - 'Damselfly' ) at a show, > tell her congrats. She's the newest member of the Whiting Pro Team. > > The ekklektik Whiting batch may be more ekklektik than you ever dreamed > of... ;^ ) > > 'nuff said, > plucker of the very rare, > DonO > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Bob Haering > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, December 28, 2002 4:08 AM > Subject: Re: [VFB] Tiemco Dry fly size 32 hooks > > > I have just one of those hooks. I am afraid to tye on it for fear dropping > it and not finding it! I have dropped the Tiemcos 32 & the Mustad 28 long > gone to the carpet gods! > > BobH > ----- Original Message ----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, December 27, 2002 6:56 PM > Subject: Re: [VFB] Tiemco Dry fly size 32 hooks > > > dated 12/27/02 6:06:02 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > However, if you ever see Gold Mustad 32's anywhere- grab them for me and > don't let Byard know. > > > I have a pack of Mustad 32s in my drawer but even the pack is small. > Actually, they are in a wax envelope which is inside a tiny box. Hans sent > a few to some accomplished tyers some time ago and many experienced breaking > the hook before finishing the fly. Hans can direct you to his web page of > the few that made it. With my big hands I stop at a 26 or 28. > > Murf > >
