Re: [VFB] Jerry "Philly" C, huge hooks, swapping

[KEITH PASSANT]

I understand totally your reasons for re-cycling them Murf and have no problem with it whatsoever. I got them from Iain Short out of curiosity. They JUST fit in my vice and I have tied a few creations on them. The sharks here prefer them wet and coated in peeler crab to be honest. Join Jimmy D's March Madness 2 swap and I will be tying flies for that swap on them. Dont tell anyone else on VFB though right !! ;0) They will not be like the Great Obi Won Mokaibee's creations though so dont build your hopes too high. LOL I think all of us fly tying types are collectors of one degree or another. I have seen your Mess Swap Fly boxes if you recall. LOL I am noway as organised as you and others on this list. Would that I were. I have swap flies right back to when I started on VFB and they are waiting to be put on a display board. How to do it is my constant question after each swap. The IOFF swap is sitting here and BEGGING me to display them. Then there is the materials, and the roadkill. Oh the roadkill I see and think oooooooh nice tailing material or oooh nice dubbing etc etc. Unfortunately (or fortunately) there is usually someone right behind me when I see the perfect specimen. So I applaude your intentions with the hooks matey. I was just seeing the funny side of it. Cheers KP   ----- Original Message ----- From: David Murphy To: vfb@troutnet.com Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2006 8:10 PM Subject: Re: [VFB] Jerry "Philly" C, huge hooks, swapping Keith, More a matter of giving them a good home.  (Jerry and I go way back but he runs from the stream screaming "viper" at the sight of a little water snake.)  If I had the jaws to put these hooks in a vise, appropriate materials and skills to tie a fantasy fly like certain others, I would give it the old college try.  As it is, I prefer to allocate things I am not able to utilize to those who can. This brings up a most interesting feature of the VFB... swapping.  Fly swaps, material swaps, trades of all sorts have gone on since inception.  I certainly have been one who has been more receiver than giver over all but have not forgotten most of my kind benefactors. Swapping one person's excess for another's needs is a most interesting and useful human trait.  While trying to sort many of my more than 10,000 flys, I realize that most of these will only be shared visually with others and not be fished or mounted by their sheer number. I decided to sort and place my bounty into several categories; those to fish, those to share, those to display and those of my efforts that need to be donated to less fortunate souls and labeled as gifts from certain friends here at the VFB!  Ah, there are some (define "is"...er "some") which are recycle bound which I might offer to one who has the patience to strip my mis-creations for the hooks.  Secrecy oath would be required... no photographs! Imagine a scruffy bundle of feather, fuzz and thread, attributed to an anonymous tyer, which is received by some youngster who catches many fish with it.  He/she will think "if this piece of junk can catch fish, I can do better" and then possibly that person will begin to tie and know that any effort they make is better than the person who sent then flys. My question to you Keith is how/why you came into hooks of this size?  Do the sharks in your local pond prefer drys or wets? Murf Member: www.virtualflybox.com Favorite Fly Tying Shop: www.LinesEnd.com David T Murphy: The Walper Group, Career Owner, Your Business Door, Franchise; Maryland/Delmarva/Consulting/Consultant/Career/SalesPros, Sales Doors, SurfMurf, Little Diddy From: "KEITH PASSANT" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: <vfb@troutnet.com> To: <vfb@troutnet.com> Subject: Re: [VFB] Jerry "Philly" C Date: Sat, 7 Jan 2006 19:38:38 -0000 Still trying to get rid of them then Murf !! LOL KP ----- Original Message ----- From: David Murphy To: vfb@troutnet.com Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2006 2:32 AM Subject: Re: [VFB] Jerry "Philly" C Jerry, Do you really intend to tie some x/0 size flys?  If so, I have some hooks you can use 6,7,8/0 Mustads. Murf Member: www.virtualflybox.com Favorite Fly Tying Shop: www.LinesEnd.com Find just what you're after with the new, more precise MSN Search - try it now!