Yes, he is quite a guy. I have tied with him at several shows. Always makes feel like an old friend. Tony [EMAIL PROTECTED]
"Grombacher, Alan" wrote: > Hey Guys, > > If you ever have the chance to meet or talk with Tom Nixon, you should go out of > your way to do it. > Tom Nixon is one of the all time greats in flyfishing history in N. America. He is > the Pioneer of modern bass flyfishing along with some of the others like Lefty and > Dave Whitlock. His book, while not fancy like Whitlock's books is a great one full > of ideas. > > I've talked with Tom only on the phone about using PIGBOATS on Bull trout and big > Brown trout. I blew a guys mind once when I pulled a PIGBOAT spinner rigged fly > out of the water. Imagine the picture of a guy standing there holding a Bamboo > flyrod with this contraption hanging off his leader telling a guy how great the > fishing is! The guy (he was fishing an EHC) thought I was from outer space. > > Cheers, > > Alberta Al > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tony Spezio [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2003 4:37 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [VFB] Re: Tom Nixon's address > > The story is when you hear something that is 99.44 pure, > this fly is the other .56%. That is what Tom told me. > See you in a few weeks. > Tony > > Mark Delaney wrote: > > > Tony, > > > > I didn't get the whole story, but I think Allan Fisdh > > knows it. So maybe Allan can post the story.... > > > > Mark Delaney > > > > Tony Spezio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > That . 56 % er is a killer on the White. > > Did Tom tell you the story behind it. If he did, > > post it, I > > think the list would get a laugh. > > Tony [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Mark Delaney wrote: > > > > > Rick, > > > > > > I scanned a fly that Tom Nixon tied (a .56%er) > > and put the > > > recipe on my website. Go to my website at > > > > > > Go to my website at > > > http://chemprof.tripod.com/fishing.html > > > > > > and click on Mark's Bass & panfish flies. > > click on the > > > icon for the .56%er and tom's mailing address > > is contained > > > in the text. > > > > > > Mark Delaney > > > > > > > > > > > > southshore.com> wrote: > > > > > > Tom has been invited to the Sowbug. He will > > have > > > some books > > > there is he does come. > > > He came last year. > > > Tony [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > Allan Fish wrote: > > > > > > > >How would we get ahold of Tom to get his > > new > > > Book? > > > > > > > > > >Rick > > > > > > > > I'll get his address this afternoon and send > > > > > it to you. > > > > > > > > Allan > > > > > > > > Allan Fish > > > > Greenwood, IN > > > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > So much water, so little time! > > > > > > http://chemprof.tripod.com/fishing.html BR>> > > > > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > Do you Yahoo!? > > > Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, > > and more > > > > > > So much water, so little time! > > > > http://chemprof.tripod.com/fishing.html > > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, and more > > This communication is for use by the intended recipient and contains > information that may be privileged, confidential or copyrighted under > applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby > formally notified that any use, copying or distribution of this e-mail, > in whole or in part, is strictly prohibited. Please notify the sender > by return e-mail and delete this e-mail from your system. Unless > explicitly and conspicuously designated as "E-Contract Intended", > this e-mail does not constitute a contract offer, a contract amendment, > or an acceptance of a contract offer. This e-mail does not constitute > a consent to the use of sender's contact information for direct marketing > purposes or for transfers of data to third parties. > > Francais Deutsch Italiano Espanol Portugues Japanese Chinese Korean > > http://www.DuPont.com/corp/email_disclaimer.html
