Your definately in Fish. mark
From: Allan Fish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: Re: [VFB] FOFF Rules- Summary so far/nominees
Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2004 13:15:57 -0500
My wife nominated me.
2. Anything involving the family pet(s) and the ensuing procurement of
tying materials.
Photo:
<http://www.virtualflybox.com/patterns/pattern.php?swap_id=26&id=981>
Directions: <http://www.visi.com/~mpv/FlyFishing/NymphSwap/Lucky.html>
3. Causing a traffic jam in your pursuit of road kill
Ah yes......I still remember the dead black squirrel half-way up the
road going up Pike's Peak. That one caused a lot of yammering and grousing
from the passenger side of the car.
7. Taking a vacation to tie flies.
SOWBUG! SOWBUG! SOWBUG!! Maybe even on the East coast sometime.
8. Searches through waste cans/dumpsters for tying supplies.
The taxidermist has a very useful dumpster. Gets a little ripe at
times, but......
9. Name on 'call list' at taxidermist (at least one) for scraps.
AFTER I go through his dumpster.
10. Owns more tying gear and materials than fishing gear.
And more expensive, too.
11. People think of you first as "The fly tier", even before your
profession.
No doubt about that. Most people don't know what my current
"profession" is.
12. Has more fur and feathers than he/she could ever use in a lifetime,
and
sees no reason not to collect more.
I could add lots more Rubbermaid Totes under my 8-foot-long tying
table.
13. Has a library for fly-tying.
I don't know about this one. do only 46 fly-tying books constitute a
"library"?
14. Has an dedicated area for fly tying that never gets used for anything
else.
Getting banned to the basement was one of the happiest days of my
life! It's ALL MINE!!
(Too bad SWMBO say's I've got to clean it up before the Christmas
invasion of littler people - I've got my stuff spread out exactly the way I
like it!)
15. Not only has combed/clipped a fur-bearing pet, but has harvested
their
whiskers for antennae.
DEFINITELY. Everyone should own several cats for just this purpose
16. Ties a 19/0 fly, then a size 32 Mustad fly.
Can you modify that to a 2/0 and a 32?
17. Takes up photography, buys gear, just to support/photograph the
flytying hobby.
Have you ever seen how beautiful a closeup you can get with the Nikon
Cool-pix cameras?
18. Has a web site for flytying.
I'm working on it.
19. Gets a rush from seeing Whiting Cree or exotic bird plumage.
You can see my beautiful Cree saddle in the Photos sections of the
Yahoo Warmwater Fishing group. My cat occasionally brings me an "illegal"
feather, but not necessarily exotic.
20. ANOTHER SYMPTOM: Would rather be tying than fishing.
And I definitely fit in there.
Is that enough to qualify this VFB Renegade?
Allan
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Allan Fish
Greenwood, IN
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