From: "Niclas Runarsson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [VFB] Material scraps... I know!! Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 12:25:37 +0200
Dave (and VFB),
I'm actually there "on the road" as we speak. People here have been very
nice to me... and now it feels good to do the same thing to someone else. I
gave some "recommended" foam flies to a fly-fishing friend in my class
yesterday. He then followed me home so I could show him how to tie them. He
had never tied with foam before so I also gave him some pieces in different
colors to try with. I like the feeling of being nice, so I had to look for
more... and saw all the pheasant tail feathers. So he got a couple of those.
Then I remembered the mega-piece of elk that Jimi sent me so, of course, he
got a piece of that too... and I couldn't really let him leave without also
sharing from the fox fur. He then saw a couple of bead-headed nymphs lying
on the table and apparently plastic beads was something he never had tried
either. With a cross-stitching girlfriend, I have plastic beads enough to
outlast a fly-tying NEIGHBOURHOOD... so guess if he went home with a "few".
When he had left, I continued to go through the boxes. Today he got another
bag of things I've bought myself, that will last me forever... and things
you have given me that will last me forever... and also "samples of samples"
(from you). I gather you will be the ones making him happiest, since you are
the ones who put the "strange" things in the bag... that HE will now see for
the first time. He's on the same place as I was in May, still in the world
of "traditional" materials. I'm just helping you to "educate" him too. :o)
It's not every day I'm looking forward to go up early and go down to class... But this morning I knew I was going to make someone very glad, so it wasn't much of a problem.
/Nick
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Dave Campbell
Skickat: den 30 september 2004 01:01
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�mne: Re: [VFB] Material scraps... I know!!
I agree with you on this Nick...
I've been overwhelmed the packages I've opened from strangers and found wonderful things to try to tie with... I only hope I can do the same for someone else down the road...
-Dave
On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 23:06:24 +0200, Niclas Runarsson wrote: > I, for one, can say that a package which scraps can be very > appreciated. I > have been introduced to TONS of different material that have been > completely > new to me. Scraps is enough to get familiar with a material. From > there it's > just up to oneself to decide if you want to buy more... a thing > which can be > hard when it's totally strange to you and you aren't really sure > what you > are paying for. > > I'm really grateful for all the help I've got here. After testing > what you > have given me, my "want list" has grown bigger and it will be > easier to > place orders in the future. > > /Nick > > > -----Ursprungligt meddelande----- > Fr�n: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:majordomo- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] F�r > DonO > Skickat: den 29 september 2004 23:58 > Till: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > �mne: Re: [VFB] Using material scraps- was ting with deer hair. > > > OK, I admit it. I'm a charter member of Overhacklers Anonymous and > of > Wasteahacklers Anonymous. I'd rather save up bags of odds-'n-ends > and send > them to someone who wants a chance to tie with lots of different > materials, > but can't afford to buy them, than to try to save/sort them and > make use of > them. This goes for hooks, too. I rarely strip a hook. But I get > no > objections form the friends I send these packages too, either. > > DonO
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