That's something, Tony. Was it a Scott (Fred's favorite) rod blank? How did you bump into Fred (his shop was in a small northern PA town)? ...at a show, through his friend George Harvey or Dave Rothrock (lives in same town)?
Fred was the guy who first showed me Hoffman saddles (before Tom Whiting bought it) and introduced me to his dye room of a multitude of old washing machines he used. What an operation. He used to dye and blend most of his own brands of dubbing, dye Hoffman saddles and capes himself in colors even Whiting doesn't have (I do), Sheldon Seale and the rest of his Canadian friends bought out all his snowshoe hare's feet at NEC VI (held at Pine Creek that year) plus a lot of other stuff.
Murf
Member: www.virtualflybox.com
From: Tony Spezio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [VFB] Part III..new LE stuff
Date: Thu, 08 Dec 2005 08:53:31 -0600
David Murphy wrote:
>
>
>Did I mention my new finds of cool products to store hooks, flys,
>dubbing, etc.? I'm ordering some samples and will send them to
>Byard with pricing. I'm convinced that Lines End can add some real
>bargains on some very useful tying accessories which will make
>Byard's shop even more appealing. This quest to find new sources
>for stuff we can use in tying is fun. The first guy to open my eyes
>was Fred Reese whose shop is now gone but he used to dye his own
>everything and search out all kinds of neat materials before the
>Internet.
>
The first Graphite rod blank I ever bought came from Fred's shop. It is a 9' 3 wt.
Tony
>T
>
Search, shop, and browse smarter using tabs with the MSN Search Toolbar-FREE!
