The politics take a lot of fun away from the shows and can be quite entertaining at times. It will eventually bite them in the butt. That may be why a lot of the big name tiers have shied away. Once you know longer have to "prove" yourself you aren't going to let them get away with "bumping" or dictating who you are allowed to socialize with. You'll eventually put your efforts into more enjoyable shows. The shows are great for networking and making some very good friends. I have seen up close some clubs that are falling apart from too many politics and swelled ego's. There is no place for that in my life I tend to avoid them. I can tie with some of the best tyers in our area and then when I go to teach my class I learn the best tricks from a beginner at my table. ;) They don't have any preconceived ideas for how it "should" be done. Deb
----- Original Message ----- From: "Ginger Allen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2004 12:06 PM Subject: [VFB] Re:home from Yellowstone/FFF conclave > > >Hello all, > > First let me say since Brian Burgess asked, we are o.k. > We spent 5 hours in the master bathroom on 8/13 waiting for hurricane > Charley to pass. > Our house/property only suffered some minor wind damage. We were a day late > flying out to Montana as the planes had all left our area. > Brian... there is not one tourist on Ft Myers Beach, Sanibel or > Captiva....weird. > > We fished the Madison Monday but there was a cold front and a small rain so > no hatches. Tues and Wed I took Atlantic Salmon fly tying. Whew, talk about > advanced techniques. Thurs we had better luck on the Madison and I tied > Thursday night from 6-9. I was bumped from > tying during the day by who knows who wanting to do who knows what. There > was a good crowd Thurs. night. I managed to tie 4 flies. > (one flat wing, Deb). I was told not to socialize with the vendors and to > pack up promptly at 9. Gee what a serious crowd, maybe they need to tie > some tiger mice, eh Don? Friday we fished Indian creek and offshoot of the > Madison, south of Ennis. We hiked up a mile and 3/4 up a rock canyon. Very > beautiful stream. My husband landed 2 nice fish I missed a couple. I was > pretty much exhausted from everything and sat down and watched the stream > at the end. Grizzly country but saw no sign of them. Sat we watched all the > other tyers. I met Henk V. in person. Now have one of his extended > body/cdc/wally wing mayflies, very nice. Somehow Henk got bumped from tying > in the afternoon. He could have moved to another spot somewhere but what a > hassle. Maybe these people need to join the VFB list... they didn't even > thank us. Anyway we met a lot of super nice people and some Whiting pro > staffers who want me back next year. I'll try I said. Seems like you also > get dropped from their invite list if you don't show up every year. > > Well... back home to clean out our moldy fridge as our power was out for 7 > days. We still do not have a home phone but our very lucky compared to the > people who lost everything. If you wish a $15 video the proceeds go to > victims: http://www.water.net/Charley/ > > > Ginger M. Allen > Sr. Biological Scientist > Florida Master Naturalist Program Coordinator > www.MasterNaturalist.ifas.ufl.edu > www.MasterNaturalist.org > Department of Wildlife & Ecology Conservation > UF/IFAS > 2686 SR 29 N > Immokalee, FL 34142-9515 > PH (239) 658-3409 (suncom974-3400) > Fax (239) 658-3469 (suncomfax974-3469) > > >
