Chuck: Better yet, send me your address off-list, and I will mail you a couple.
Larry J >>> "Chuck Alexander" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 11/15/2007 7:05 PM >>> Larry: First off, is it because the guy learned to tie his own is why you no longer heard from Him???? and secondly, could you send me a pic at [EMAIL PROTECTED] a pic of this fly?? Or is there one already posted somewhere?? Thanks, Chuck ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2007 1:01 PM Subject: Re: [VFB] Re: SIG & Hats ???? > Here is a great story. 18 - 20 years ago I was tying flies for a > couple of shops. I called my little enterprise "Little Creek Flies". > Had the business cards, and some hats printed up, etc. > I tied a variation of a Griffith's Gnat ( peacock, with tinsel and > brown hackle instead of grey) and gave some to a friend who was going to > fish on the Boulder Mountains. He was using this new fly, and he was > the only one on the lake that was catching fish. This went on for a > while, and an old guy walked over to him and asked him what he was > using. My friend gave him two of these flies, and one of my business > cards. A week later the guy called me and asked me to tied him a dozen. > The next year he called and ordered two dozen. Two years later, after > I had changed jobs and moved my family back to central Utah, he called > me and ordered nearly $100 worth of this single pattern. That was 13 or > 14 years ago. I never heard from him again. But this summer I was > fishing a remote stretch of Lower Fish Creek, and met an old feller who > was having no luck at all. As we visited, I asked him where he was > from. He said, "Hooper, Utah". I told him my story about the man who > had ordered so many flies from me long ago. He said that it wasn't him, > because he had just started fly fishing two years ago, but maybe his > partner would know who it would be. About 30 minutes later here comes > another man walking down the creek, and said he was looking for his > buddy. I asked him of he was from Hooper, and he said yes. I started > to tell the story of the flies, etc. and he got this big grin on his > face. It was the man I had been sending the flies to years ago, and we > finally met by accident on that beautiful stream. The fly is soooo easy > to tie. standard dry fly hook from #12 - 16. I tie in two peacock > herls, narrow tinsel and one brown hackle all together at the top of the > bend. Half-hitch, then twist all the materials into a rope. On my > Norvise this takes about 1.75 seconds. Then wrap the rope forward from > the bend along the hook shank to the eye, tie off and whip finish. Buck > watched me do this at the Sowbug two years ago. We were calling it the > "one minute midge". > Sorry this story took so much space. It's all true. > > Larry Johnson > Springville, Utah > >>>> "DonO" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 11/14/2007 10:09 PM >>> > If you guys will remember, we had a bunch of lists: > > JimmyD's Renegade list- Jimmy made this list up to celebrate the > wack-o's on the list- and anyone could be on it if they were short of > perfect > > The IOFF 'International Order of Fanatic Flyfishers'- This list was for > anyone who loved flyfishing and flytying- anyone. Still is open. Still > have 'Ye Rooles' for anyone who joins. > > The Charter Members of the IOFF- I think it was for the first 30, then > 40, then 50 who signed up, and we would have made it 60 or 70 or 80... > > The Board Members of the IOFF- all voted in by VFB'ers, and of course > all tongue-in-cheek. > > I've been on the list almost from day one, and I like the format. And > I'll probably get flamed and moved up on the renegade list, but when > we've had discussions over the years about list 'improvements' or list > silence, the most vocal complainers are the most silent lurkers. How > can anyone who just lurks feel like they've been left out??? > > THere's not one person on this list that has to lurk. Period. Anyone > with any level of expertise can do a little research about flies and > fishing on the net, find something interesting, and post the url and > make a comment or ask a question. Anyone. > > Find a picture of a baitfish, or an insect- post it and ask for advice > on how to imitate it. Easy enough. > > Tell a fish story, post a fishing trip review. Read a magazine > article- post a review. Yeah, it's called effort. > > I've been really busy with work, but I am always on line and always see > all posts, so I like this format. > > If you guys don't like the alter-ego antics, I'll be happy to quit. > It's no fun if it's not appreciated, for sure. It was only to spice up > the comments with a little diversity and humor. Had a few others on > board with their own alters, and Murph was right in there. I still miss > him. > > We had lots of comments on Whiting hackles and hackle co-op swaps. > What's happened there? THe co-op is still listed on the VFB. > > I'm still demonstrating the rope-dub at shows, and many times to tiers > who think they know how to do it. I've added many variables to the > technique, and have enough to fill about 5 cd's with instructions. > Those who have mastered it have made it their only style of dubbing. > > And if you're still bored with the list, host a swap or two. Make it > for 30 tiers. That'll keep you busy for a little. > > This list is only what we make of it, and it takes effort, not > lurking. > > DonO > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Ed Roden > To: [email protected] > Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2007 8:45 PM > Subject: Re: [VFB] Re: SIG & Hats ???? > > > Nope, anybody could join. You just had to basically be nuts. > > I would argue that life is happening to the list... > > - I know for me I have had 2 promotions and lots of extra travel > - Nick has 2 kids now > - Jimmy is doing all kinds of writing activities > - Jimi has some health issues > - DonO is doing a ton of stuff > > > On Nov 14, 2007 5:18 PM, Dan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hey Jimmy; > > I just seem to remember that one had to either be in > so many swaps, or had to have tied so many different > types of flies, or something. I have slept since then > and can't remember everything about it! ; ^ ) > > I thought that you guys were at least talking about > hats or shirts or something. But then again, I have > slept since then. I just remember that I didn't join > because it seemed I didn't meet some of the > requirements.? > > I don't post much here, so I am as guilty as anyone > about not keeping the list active. Glad to see some > activity here this week. Hopefully it will continue. > > Tight lines, > > saltydan > Dan Harriman > Orange, Texas > > > > --- "Jimmy D. Moore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Dan, as I remember it, anyone could join. Nobody > > was turned away. > > Anyway, Salty, it's good > > to see you posting to the VFB again. > > > > JIMMY D > > > > > > > If at first you don't succeed, maybe you shouldn't try sky diving! > > > > > > -- > Ed Roden > flyfished at gmail dot com > - OR - > flyfished at questquality dot com > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.15.31/1129 - Release Date: > 11/13/2007 9:22 PM > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.15.32/1131 - Release Date: > 11/14/2007 4:54 PM > >
