Re: [VFB] Surprises...

[mark romero]

Rodney, i had the great fun and pleasure to meet Jim Hatfeild at the show. 
What a cool charactor. He gave me a couple flies, one being his version of a 
Chile Pepper. So i tyed him a special fly for his collection in the color 
scheme of his choice....Purple. Dang thing came out almost perfect until the 
very end, when i noticed i tiny bit of the working thread, (Danville 6/0 
Primrose) showing thru in between some of the hackle barbs of the collar. 
And it was the second collar i had put on. First one didn't work out to 
cool, lol. Plus i had already finished the head with some purple sparkle 
fingernail polish. So, what did i do? Remember that i'd spent quite a bit at 
Dave Whitlock's table, (he he he), and went over there and borrowed one of 
his purple colored pencils.........so i could get in there and camoflodge 
the mistake, lmao. After that i was the only one who could tell, lol. Jim 
loved it. Sure wish D.W. had done some tying, but he was all artist at the 
show. Guy must of taken in a small fortune too. The tiles i got were the 
Brookie, and the Bluegil, my two favorite fish. mark.....

From: "DonO" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: <vfb@troutnet.com>
To: <vfb@troutnet.com>
Subject: Re: [VFB] Surprises...
Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2005 15:42:27 -0800
Rod...
$10/hr ????  Isn't there some kinda' para-medic union you could join?  NO
bennies??  For the kind of work you do, $10/hr should be what you pay in
taxes.  How many lives have you saved, my man?
They at least need to pay for your fishing vacations. (Now fishing related)
DonO
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From: "Rodney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <vfb@troutnet.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2005 11:39 AM
Subject: Re: [VFB] Surprises...
>
>
> > 30 entered and many failed to take part so i returned spare flies...
> iain
>
> Oh ok...  I was just curious because I didn't expect to get that many of
my
> own flys back...  Byard did get a set didn't he????... Also if anyone
would
> like one of my "Santa's Slay Ride", let me know and I'll send you one...
>
> DonO...  Let me tell you, it really gets tough sometimes with only maybe 
a
> total of 3 or 4 hours sleep in that 48 hour shift...  I've even ran 48
hours
> with MAYBE 2 hours sleep...  And you don't really sleep because your ear
has
> to be tuned open for when the tones go off...  They only give you 5
minutes
> to respond over the radio before they second tone you...  Then we get 
our
> butts chewed, if we do get 2nd toned...   It's called "a lot of
caffeine"...
> LOL ...  When I get home, the first place I hit is my tying bench, tye 
up
a
> couple flys, which helps me unwind and relax, then I hit the bed and 
sleep
> for 10 to 12 hours...  LOL ...  Getting paid only $10.00 per hour, with 
NO
> benefits, leaves you no other alternative but to work 120 to 144 hours 
in
a
> 2 week pay-period...  (Course we get time and a half for anything over 
80,
> which helps compensate.)
>
> Also I was wondering...  While at the "Sowbug", I got a "furled leader"
from
> Jim Hatfield...  I've never used one before and was wondering how it's 
set
> up and used...  Do you attach a 4X to the tapered end and then tie on 
your
> fly??...  And how long do you make the 4X???...  What about using tandem
> flys with split shot???...
>
> Rodney...
>
>
>