That's who made the box (just couldn't recall the name), but Mike had collected a set of Tom's flies over the period of several conclaves and made the box with gorgeous labels for all the flies. Each fly was in its own separate cutout in the box. The box was constructed by Mike but the flies were tied by Tom. The shadowbox with the set of Tom Nixon from the first Tom Nixon swap I hosted went for about $40 at our local conclave. About the same number in each box...tells you which are in more demand.
Mark Delaney Anthony Spezio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Tom was one heck of a nice guy. I had the honor of tying beside him at three Conclaves. He inscribed my books and I have a couple of his flies. One is the "Pig Boat". Before I met him, I had tied the Pig Boat along with a couple of other bass flies from his book for a bass fly contest. I took first place. Later on when I met Tom, I told him about that and we became instant friends. I still lived in N.J. and we corresponded by mail and swapped materials. You must be talking about Mike Verdine that tied the flies for the Shadow box. Mike was a dear friend that is really missed. I have one of Mikes Hornets.The Hornet is shown and Mike is mentioned in Jack Ellis's tape on fishing for Panfish. Mike could do wonders with deer hair. I am proud to have several packages of his tying materials that were given to me after his passing. Now about my Froggies, You can have all you want at my living price, I will not jack up the price till I am gone. You you are tight, me first ones looked like crap. I still have a couple of them. LOL Been tying them since 1989. Tony --- Chuck Alexander wrote: > Mark: The supply and demand thing is true of > anything...And, like, at that auction, if there had > been two millionaire's bidding on the flies, andif > Tom Nixon had been their favorite tier, the flies > may have brought $10,000...It all depends on what a > person thinks of that certain tier, and how deep > their pockets are LOL..One thing I meant was, say > Tony's froggie.. First ones he ever tied may have > looked like crap compared to today's.. But the value > of being the first ones tied (sorta like a first > edition book I guess)...Chuck > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Pierre Bombardier > To: [email protected] > Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2007 2:25 PM > Subject: [VFB] Fly values of great tiers > > > Chuck, > > Prices of such flies are determined entirely by > demand. Doesn't mean the dollar values mean much to > me. I've got a few flies tied by Tony (mainly > from Tom Nixon fly swaps plus a froggie) none of > the will see the water (none of the Nixon swap flies > have either. I also have a ,56%er tied by Tom > Nixon, and with Tom gone you can bet that one won't > either. A couple years ago a shadow box of Tom's > flies constructed by another very good fly tier (who > died about 6 months after Tom) was auctioned off at > a dinner for the Baton Rouge conclave...fetched > something like $750-800. > > Tom's fly and all three editions of his book are > staying in my collection while I'm alive...after > that who knows what they'll be worth then? By the > way, I have no plans of departing soon... > > Mark Delaney > > Chuck Alexander > wrote: > Jerry: You better save mine too, cause in 50 > years or so, I plan to tie just as good as Tony.. > Then you'll be able to say you had one of my first > flies.. I mean, I'll only be 98 years old.. Heck, > I'll have plenty of years left to get better and > better ROFL... Chuck > > Seriously, your letter here did get me to > thinking.. Outside of sentimental value, say > somebody had one of Dave Whitlock's first deer hair > flies, not knowing he'd have the fame in that area > that he does today, what would a fly like that be > worth??? > ----- Original Message ----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [email protected] > Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2007 8:34 PM > Subject: [VFB] Re:Chili Peppers > > > Picked up my flies today. Nice job everyone > on peppers. They'll all see water except Tony's > that will join the size 20 Froggie he gave me many > moons ago in the swap flies I don't fish box. > Nice job with the swap, Chris. > > Jerry C > "All things considered, I'd rather be in > Philadelphia." > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Any questions? Get answers on any topic at Yahoo! > Answers. Try it now. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. http://new.mail.yahoo.com --------------------------------- Never Miss an Email Stay connected with Yahoo! Mail on your mobile. Get started!
