Here's some more on Yuri... He has a few articles that are fascinating reading if you're into tube flies... I was hoping he would write a book. He was an editor for a Russian Fly Fishing Magazine. I believe one of the first of it's kind in Russia. http://www.angelfire.com/wa/salmonid/contributor18.html Enjoy, Deb
www.uftri.org www.linesend.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 04, 2006 11:14 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [VFB] Sad News- Yuri Shumakov Indeed, Steve had a young family... I suspect we'll here more from that youngin' in years to come living up to his Father's legacy. Sad news indeed about Yuri... did a little search on Google to learn more of him tonight. Talented indeed. http://tubetyer.tripod.com/mysite00/id18.html - Ranger Bob Deborah Duran wrote: > Steve Irwin was a crazy guy. He always seemed like he pushed it to the > edge. I will truly miss him, he was far too young. I feel so bad for > his family. > > Other sad news to keep this fly tying related.. We also lost Jurij > "Yuri" Shumakov on August 20th. He died of a heart attack while > fishing the Kola. He was my inspiration for the tube flies I like to > tie in the shows. The tubes I used in my tube fly swap were Yuri's. He > was very helpful when I first started tying them. He was a very > generous guy with sharing his knowledge and an extremely talented fly > tier. I was very sad to hear of his passing. > > Regards, > > Deb > > www.uftri.org > www.linesend.com > >
