Hey, you all! I am back with serious happiness, as I was realizing how much I missed you, even Jimmy....
I literally gave up about a year ago of ever being able to see a VFB post again, after Verizon put up their spamblock. Well, its not just the spam block, as I have turned that off, and now filter my own spam (20-50 per day). And I still cannot get a post at my Verizon address. About a week ago, I was querying some fly tying question and I got a hit off the VFB web archive. One thing lead to another and I contacted Byard directly, and in his tremendous nature, he set up a email account I could use with VFB. I am so relieved to hear your banter. No fly tying list on the web is better than you guys. I started fly swaps on the www.washingtonflyfishing.com forums, and they are now something I don't want to join in on. From the quality of the fly tyers on this list to the quality of the banter around here, I am very happy to be back. I the last year, I have taken a classes on steelhead spey tying, another on steelhead tying, and I have been getting heavily into building my own rods, and thinking about going small time commercial with them. Oh, and my wife and I have a little fly fisher on the way, due October 8. Rob -- One reason Paul caught more fish than anyone else was that he had his flies in the water more than anyone else. "Brother," he would say, "there are�no flying fish in Montana. Out here, you can't catch fish with your flies in the air." "A River Runs Through It"
