Don: Thanks for the tips... I am getting quite a flyfishing bookmark folder... And, I have Cabellas and a cpl other catalogs, and a cpl more on the way..(Like bailey's I think) Then I have a DVD on Fly Tying... and you're right.. Soooooo much info, it's impossible to digest at one time... So, I figure that if I "remember" or "learn" ONE new thing per day.. I'm doing OK..As for garage sales.. when I see one of those, all you see behind my car are skid marks LOLOL... You're right.. There are two types of Yard or garage sales . Those who want to make a profit, and those who want to clear out some of their "Junque"... the latter being an unbelievable place to find all sorts of stuff... I got my trolling motor at a Flea Mkt for $50, and it has been great (Knock on wood , tapping my head LOL) NO problems at all so far... And, google is my FIRST bookmark LOL... The idea you gave about finding a fly, then looking up the instructions is great though, cause there are a cpl patterns I want to learn, and like you say, that would be a FREE way of getting it... Thanks again, for everything, Chuck who has been up ALL NIGHT and MUST try to lay down before I fall down... Dang Mr Insomnia is an unwelcome guest at my place more often than not LOL
----- Original Message ----- From: "DonO" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, June 26, 2005 9:34 AM Subject: Re: [VFB] Newbie tying information- hare's mask > Chuck, > > It also helps to get the trade publications in any endeavor, such as those > you mention. > > If you have a fly shop close by, there are opportunities to get more free > information than you can deal with. "Fly Fish America' is a free publication > you can just pick up at most of them. Friends (like here) can send you > specific older magazines on topics such as warm water fishing. You can also > learn tons just from reading the ads. > > Order a Cabela's Fly Fishing Catalog. Free and full of the most modern gear > for all types. > > Order some shop catalogs, such as Dan Bailey's in Livingston, Montana and > The Fly Shop in Redding, Calif. (many more) Free and loads of patterns for > every type of fishing. Pick a pattern and then do an internet search for > the tying sequence. If you don't find it, someone here will be able to > help. Catalogs also present all of the fishing/tying paraphernalia. > > Then there's books. Garage sales are a place to start, then used book shops > (put in a request), then wherever else you can find them. > > Then there's the internet- millions of patterns and variations. Set up a > good filing system. And then use the VFB. > > All of the above you can get for nothing or next to nothing, and it would > cantain more information than you can absorb. This leaves your $$$ > available to invest in what interests you. > > After that, and you know your hooked, you can rent CD's, buy specialty > books, and invest in your new passion. > > The VFB is a two-sided forum. Ask questions and answer questions. Newbie? > Do some research, post your findings, and then ask questions. Bring > something to the table and then take something from the table. Find a great > site in your surfing? post it for others to share (you've seen this a lot). > > May you have many crappie days fishing, > > DonO > > P.S. It's was Buggs that told Nick about the hare's mask. Buggs can't even > stand to look at one of those. (He only lets me have rabbit dubbing, combed > out of live, healthy rabbits.) When he sees a hare's mask, he says "That' > s OK- it was a jack-rabbit.", which, in rabbit talk, is like saying it was a > red-neck rabbit, thus not so bad. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Chuck Alexander" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, June 26, 2005 7:19 AM > Subject: Re: [VFB] Good page... > > > > Nick: Thanks man.. cause as a newbie to tying, a lot of this IS "all Greek > > to me" as they say...I pan for gold, make hand made soaps, turn wood on > the > > lathe, and they all have their own "vocabulary". so if ya don't learn that > > vocabulary pretty quick, you'll be lost.... Chuck > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Niclas Runarsson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Sunday, June 26, 2005 7:24 AM > > Subject: [VFB] Good page... > > > > > > People out there, > > > > Good page for beginners and people with English as second language. Makes > it > > easier to follow the gobbledygook that the elite tyers here are speaking: > > > > http://www.flyanglersonline.com/flytying/tyingterms/ > > > > For a time now, I have had my doubts about the material "Rabbit's Mask". I > > looked it up because I wanted to see what it really was...since it was > just > > a mask. Was it really a rabbit under there, or could it be a form of > > universal substitute? > > > > >From dictionary: "The "mask" or head and face skin from a summer killed > > rabbit is especially unique in the fly tier's kit." > > > > ... which must mean that we are speaking about an actual rabbit, since it > > also is substituted with "head and face skin from a summer killed rabbit". > > > > Just joking (as Jester has the day off). DonO has already clarified to me > > that the material isn't from the rabbit at all. It's the beard and the > hair > > from the rabbit's Santa's mask. It defies tradition and is wearing the > mask > > during the summer too... and that is why you have to kill it to achieve > it. > > (I have seen rabbits in the summer and personally I think it's a very > crappy > > Santa disguise though.) > > > > Anyway, it's a good page. Put it into your favourites and it will be > easier > > to follow the VFB conversations... as well as many fly-tying recipes out > > there. > > > > /Nick > > > > >
