Chuck, I had the pleasure of knowing Poul and tying with him. I have a couple of his salmon flies. I guess you know Poul has passed on. I was past his house three weeks ago today when I was up in Livingston Manor N.Y. for the Bamboo Rod Gathering. His house had a lot of damage from the floods this past spring. At the museum in the Catskill Flyfishing Center, his tying desk is set up just as he left it. I was fortunate to get a small bag if his tying materials with a certified note that the material came from his supply. I can send you a photo of Poul and I if you want it. Poul was going to do a book on Realistic flies he never got to it.I have tied several copies of his Realistic Mayfly for my kids and a couple of friends. If you get out here for the Sowbug next March, will be glad to show you one.I have copies of all his books, they are signed and inscribed. Some day I will pass them on to someone else. Tony
--- Chuck Alexander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Lance: I have a cpl Videos with Poul Jorgenson and I > love his work also.. He > is so quiet, and laid back in the videos,takes his > time and and makes it > look soooo simple...(and he uses More saliva in > tying than anybody I've ever > seen, but it DOES work LOL) and he takes the time > on the ones I have to > stop and give tips that even a green newbie can > learn from... That in of > itself makes Him a "Master Tier" IMHO, cause the > willingness to teach others > goes a LONG ways in my book...I haven't seen any of > Roman Sharabun's work > but willlook it up.. I tell ya, at least for Me, > that question is turning > out to be a pretty good one, cause I am searching > (and finding) a lot of the > tiers mentioned in the answers here, and they have > given me a LOT of new > ideas, and with cold weather coming, a new > inspiration to be a better tier > with each passing week, month and year...Thanks for > the links, Chuck > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, September 29, 2006 12:10 AM > Subject: Re: [VFB] Who is (or was) the greatest fly > tier ever??? > > > > Chuck Alexander wrote: > >> Folks: I saw where Lord Byron Nelson passed away > today (yesterday now) at > >> 94 (one site I read said he was 95 so I'm not > sure). Many would consider > >> him the all time greatest golfers with 18 wins > with 11 consecutive wins > >> in 1945..That got me to thinking.. We have some > great and long time tiers > >> here. Who would ya'll say is the best ever fly > tier??? I know I'll > >> probably get as many answers as I get replies > LOL, but I just wondered if > >> there is somebody that stands out in many > minds??? Or how bout , who > >> was/is the greatest fly fisherman/woman Chuck > > Chuck, > > > > Interesting.. we had a similar discussion recently > about what constitutes > > a 'Master' of Fly Tying. > > > > Without having read the rest of the replies yet > (and I look forward to > > reading them), my vote internationally > > would likely go with Poul Jorgenson. > > > > > http://forum.nlft.org/index.php?showtopic=690&hl=poul > > > > And... locally... would be the late Roman > Sharabun. > > > > > http://www.telusplanet.net/public/cnangler/html/roman.htm > > > http://forum.nlft.org/index.php?showtopic=863&hl=poul > > > > http://ranger-bob.net/RomanS.html (My tribute own > page posted here). > > > > Lance (Ranger Bob) Taylor > > http://flyangler.ca > > http://ranger-bob.net > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
