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Sent: Saturday, January 11, 2003 12:22
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Subject: [VFB] Skip Morris's age/ Black
Gnat origins...Pt. 3
Part 3...
The transaction is completed, the Gentleman ventures North up the Hudson
River valley to the small town he was directed to. with Guide in tow ,The
English Gentleman proceeds to "Kill many New York Trout" with the
"Americanized Black Gnat". The English Gnetleman has a wonderful 4 days
fishing the streams & rivers near the small Northern New York town...
The Clerk, in the meantime, realizes that the English Gentleman is
correct in the belief that the Black Gnat will prove very effective. So he
assigns the Tyers to produce more of them to sell to the Customers.. The
clerk starts using the Black Gnats & finds they Truely "Kill New York
Trout", along with New Jersey, Penns; Conn; Vermont Trout as well.. Of
course from here in Vermont the Black Gnat is brought to the Orvis tackle
Company for replication...
This would be about 33 to 35 years since "Day one"...once Orvis
realizes the effectiveness of the Black Gnat they have the Lovely Lady tyers
produce them to sell to their Clients... Along comes Mary Orvis..... I'll end
this little scenario here as I'm sure you can see where it goes from
here.......
My much educated & as you can all see, well thought over guess as
to Skip Morris' age if he Truely invented the Balck Gnat... Skip is 160 years
old, he was born in 1843...started tying flies at age 7 (!850)
& tyed the first Black Gnat at age 10 (1853)...his real name
is Beaufort Alexander McMorris , but when he moved to the
Former Colonies he changed his last name to Morris to avoid getting bet up by
Bill the Butcher, who doesn't like Irish or English Gents...the name "Skip"
came into play as it seems Morris is particular to skipping along the trail
after a great day on the Streams...
Believe all or non of this.... But you have to admit it is probally a
very likely scenario of the origin the Black Gnat & how it spread in
popularity....
I'm typed out....
DEAN
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