See what i mean about generous........although i'm totally sure that he felt the same thing you say you do.......bout gettin' the better end of that deal. Cause he was getting something very special from a very special person as well. mark
From: Anthony Spezio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Subject: RE: [VFB] Blues Swap 2007
Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2007 10:59:55 -0800 (PST)
>Poul was an inspiration to me. I spent a lot of time
>with him at the shows back East. He traded a salmon
>fly to me for one of my Froggies, I would say I got
>the better deal.
>Tony
>--- Mark Romero <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>
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>Tony, last year at the "Bug" i went over to Davey's
>table and personally thanked him for inventing it, and
>he was very gracious about it...........leaving me
>with the impression that i had the facts right. I LOVE
>the stuff as much as Poul did, and use it a lot. I'm
>pretty sure the deal with Poul was for promotional
>reasons only.......plus it was most likely a good deal
>for Poul, $ wise. Poul lived a very meager existance.
>His entire house was the sise (remember i have a
>missing key on my pewter) of an average living room.
>He had breakfast in the Roscoe Dinner every day
>existing of coffee and an English Muffin.......but
>what a guy he was.........funny as hell, very
>generous, and so wise. I paid $260 for my Golden
>Staked Wing Spey that Poul donated to our (TGF)
>auction one year, and $300 for a Sir Conrad (his only
>originall A.S. fly design) that i just had to have,
>because it was his originall. It made me feel good to
>give him the money for the Sir Conrad, because i knew
>he needed it. I sure miss him. mark
>
>
>
>
>
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>
>From: Anthony Spezio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: <[email protected]>
>To: <[email protected]>
>Subject: RE: [VFB] Blues Swap 2007
>Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2007 05:19:23 -0800 (PST)
> >From what little I know, Davy produced it. He has
> >since sold all the equipment to Wapsi. I think Wapsi
> >is producing it now under their own name. Not sure
> >about that. I will see Davy next week if he is at the
> >meeting. If I think about it, I will ask him. Davy
> >will have a table at the Sowbug. So will Wapsi,there
> >will be a tour of the Wapsi plant during Sowbug time.
> >The signup for the tour will be with Wapsi for that.
> >Tony
> >--- Mark Romero <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >
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> >
> >Steve, about that Kern Emerger, you say that Poul
> >Jorgensen "introduced" it, which he may have,
>.......i
> >know he promoted it and his name was used to sell
> >it......right on the package in the early
> >days......but, i think Davey Wooten invented and
> >"produced" it, didn't he? I knew Poul very well, and
> >he used it right up until the time of his passing. He
> >loved the stuff........but other than that, i think
>he
> >just helped to "promote" it. Maybe Tony can clear
>that
> >up??????? mark.....
> >
> >
> >
> >---------------------------------
> >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >Reply-To: <[email protected]>
> >To: <[email protected]>
> >Subject: [VFB] Blues Swap 2007
> >Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2007 01:27:02 EST
> >
> >I received my set of flies and CD from Jimmy today.
> >What a fun swap! Something about that color "blue"
> >that is mesmerizing. My thanks and appreciation to
> >Jimmy and Allan for putting this together. I took the
> >liberty to take pics of the flies and have posted
>them
> >on my website. I think I got them all identified
> >properly but please let me know if I missed
>something.
> >Take a peek at:
> >
> >http://stevenojai.tripod.com/flyswap6.htm
> >
> >Regards, Steve Schalla
> >
> >
> >
> >
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