[VFB] Good Morning
Good Tuesday morning; Hope this finds all fly tyers and fly fisherman well today. Last nights fly tying was very good had 10 members show, I showed my two students how to do wings, hair and feather. Jerry McKaughan,President Caddis Fly Fishing Club P O Box 85 Pottsville, AR 72858 _ Windows Live™: Keep your life in sync. http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_allup_1a_explore_042009 --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the VFB Mail group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
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From: markflie...@hotmail.com To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com; desert-tr...@hotmail.com Subject: RE: [VFB] Good Morning Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 07:38:14 -0600 Thankx Jim.lol. Jerry.if you don't or can't get up here for our meetings.guess we'll have to get down there for yours, lmao. Got a spare bedroom?.we do. Btw, when exactly do you guys hold your meetings? Ours are every first Wed. of the month, at the Blue Ribbon Fly Shop Anglers Coffee Cafe.in Mt. Home.@ 6 p.m. We won't be able to make the next two, (May and June), and we're not sure bout July yet.most likely not.and Aug. is not lookin' good either..depending on how you Look at it.lol. Most likely, we'll still be in Colorado at the time.and if so, trust me.that'll be a good thing. But, the meetings will still go on without us.and i've arranged for a good friend (Ron Griffin.Tony knows him), to Cover for us in our absense. And while it's always in the hands of God.we should be there for the Sept. meeting. As you may or may not know.the FFF Southern Council Conclave is Oct. 1st, 2ne, and 3rd this year. With our meeting on the 7th.maybe you can finagel the week after Conclave off, and make the meeting and do some fishin'.Browns will be runnin' then...heheheheheheheand it's a BEAutiful time of year to fish here. Think it over and gimme a shout. We've got a show this weekend in Missouri.then we'll be back for our TU Chapter Banquet on the 25th..on the 26th we're outta here for a good long while. But we've always got the puters wiff us. So stay in touch. Domo, mark. p.s. if you wanna tye at the FFF Southern Council Conclave in Oct., i can drop the word for you.if he's full up.he's full up.but, One Never Knows...Do One? From: woodenleg...@hotmail.com To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Subject: [VFB] Good Morning Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 08:08:22 -0500 Good Tuesday morning; Hope this finds all fly tyers and fly fisherman well today. Last nights fly tying was very good had 10 members show, I showed my two students how to do wings, hair and feather. Jerry McKaughan,President Caddis Fly Fishing Club P O Box 85 Pottsville, AR 72858 Windows Live™: Keep your life in sync. Check it out. Quick access to your favorite MSN content and Windows Live with Internet Explorer 8. Download FREE now! --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the VFB Mail group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[VFB] Nice Easter weekend in Sweden...
8:15 a.m, day before yesterday: Was ordered to open my eyes and the first thing I saw was a blazing sun through the window. Perfect day for going out with the small ones. A few seconds later I realized that this wasn't going to happen. I heard a dog breathing somewhere in the room... and it turned out to be Emelie in front of the TV. Short quick hissing breaths. The only walk outside for any of us was going to be from the door to the ambulance. After a few minutes fighting on the phone with a nurse who just couldn't believe that she felt so sick because she was able to cry like that the ambulance was finally on its way. Teresa followed in the ambulance while I stayed at home with Klara. Blue lights and sirens... and half way to the emergency hospital (which is in the next town) they had to stop to pick up an anestethic nurse... just in case. Teresa has been a nurse herself and knows what that just in case means, so she was NOT comfortable sitting in the front with the driver, not being able to see anything anymore. A couple of hours later she called and knew nothing... and then she called again and knew nothing... and then she called again and knew that they would not come home the same day. So mom had to drive me and Klara up to the hospital with stuff for them. I was a little bit worried how that would work out. I know the reaction when granny walks in here... toys flying, everything flying, Emelie jumping and running. How would that work if she had monitors and stuff connected? But that didn't happen. We walked in and there she was lying with cables and tubes. But it wasn't the same untamed wildcat that I knew. This one barely lifted her eyes when we walked in. It was a sad sight. Noone wants to see their little baby like that. So that night I had to be single father. They still don't know what it was, but she responded to Asthma medications so last night we could finally get them back home. If it actually IS Asthma is yet to be seen... but now she's considered asthmatic until it can be ruled out. Paramedics and sirens... not what any of us had expected to find in the Easter Bunny egg. /Nick --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the VFB Mail group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[VFB] Try it again!
Aw SHUCKS! What a horrible scary weekend. I certainly hope that Emelie is okay and that this was just a once-in-a-lifetime occurence. Prayers are with you. Uncle Al -- Allan Fish Greenwood, IN afi...@sbcglobal.net --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the VFB Mail group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[VFB] Re: Nice Easter weekend in Sweden...
Good luck. Asthma has become much more prevalent in children here, but is very treatable. Unfortunately, dealing w/ the causes in the Midwest US is not. J From: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com [mailto:vfb-m...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Niclas Runarsson Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2009 9:27 AM To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Subject: [VFB] Nice Easter weekend in Sweden... 8:15 a.m, day before yesterday: Was ordered to open my eyes and the first thing I saw was a blazing sun through the window. Perfect day for going out with the small ones. A few seconds later I realized that this wasn't going to happen. I heard a dog breathing somewhere in the room... and it turned out to be Emelie in front of the TV. Short quick hissing breaths. The only walk outside for any of us was going to be from the door to the ambulance. After a few minutes fighting on the phone with a nurse who just couldn't believe that she felt so sick because she was able to cry like that the ambulance was finally on its way. Teresa followed in the ambulance while I stayed at home with Klara. Blue lights and sirens... and half way to the emergency hospital (which is in the next town) they had to stop to pick up an anestethic nurse... just in case. Teresa has been a nurse herself and knows what that just in case means, so she was NOT comfortable sitting in the front with the driver, not being able to see anything anymore. A couple of hours later she called and knew nothing... and then she called again and knew nothing... and then she called again and knew that they would not come home the same day. So mom had to drive me and Klara up to the hospital with stuff for them. I was a little bit worried how that would work out. I know the reaction when granny walks in here... toys flying, everything flying, Emelie jumping and running. How would that work if she had monitors and stuff connected? But that didn't happen. We walked in and there she was lying with cables and tubes. But it wasn't the same untamed wildcat that I knew. This one barely lifted her eyes when we walked in. It was a sad sight. Noone wants to see their little baby like that. So that night I had to be single father. They still don't know what it was, but she responded to Asthma medications so last night we could finally get them back home. If it actually IS Asthma is yet to be seen... but now she's considered asthmatic until it can be ruled out. Paramedics and sirens... not what any of us had expected to find in the Easter Bunny egg. /Nick --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the VFB Mail group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[VFB] Re: Nice Easter weekend in Sweden...
Nick What a scarey scene. Having a daughter, my prayers are with you and yours. I hope that the medical profession will find the cause of all this and just no more maybe it Asthma but at least the meds worked. Was she eating peanuts? Some people are allergic to nuts and thier products. Reactions are similiar to asthma at first with the closing of the wind pipes etc,, Again, God be with you and the family. Jim May your GOD be your fishing partner. EMAILING FOR THE GREATER GOOD Join me From: niclas.runars...@soderhamn.com To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Subject: [VFB] Nice Easter weekend in Sweden... Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 16:26:49 +0200 8:15 a.m, day before yesterday: Was ordered to open my eyes and the first thing I saw was a blazing sun through the window. Perfect day for going out with the small ones. A few seconds later I realized that this wasn't going to happen. I heard a dog breathing somewhere in the room... and it turned out to be Emelie in front of the TV. Short quick hissing breaths. The only walk outside for any of us was going to be from the door to the ambulance. After a few minutes fighting on the phone with a nurse who just couldn't believe that she felt so sick because she was able to cry like that the ambulance was finally on its way. Teresa followed in the ambulance while I stayed at home with Klara. Blue lights and sirens... and half way to the emergency hospital (which is in the next town) they had to stop to pick up an anestethic nurse... just in case. Teresa has been a nurse herself and knows what that just in case means, so she was NOT comfortable sitting in the front with the driver, not being able to see anything anymore. A couple of hours later she called and knew nothing... and then she called again and knew nothing... and then she called again and knew that they would not come home the same day. So mom had to drive me and Klara up to the hospital with stuff for them. I was a little bit worried how that would work out. I know the reaction when granny walks in here... toys flying, everything flying, Emelie jumping and running. How would that work if she had monitors and stuff connected? But that didn't happen. We walked in and there she was lying with cables and tubes. But it wasn't the same untamed wildcat that I knew. This one barely lifted her eyes when we walked in. It was a sad sight. Noone wants to see their little baby like that. So that night I had to be single father. They still don't know what it was, but she responded to Asthma medications so last night we could finally get them back home. If it actually IS Asthma is yet to be seen... but now she's considered asthmatic until it can be ruled out. Paramedics and sirens... not what any of us had expected to find in the Easter Bunny egg. /Nick --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the VFB Mail group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[VFB] Re: up note on Easter
From: markflie...@hotmail.com To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com; desert-tr...@hotmail.com Subject: RE: [VFB] up note on Easter Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 12:08:24 -0600 aa, lol. From: woodenleg...@hotmail.com To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Subject: [VFB] up note on Easter Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 12:37:58 -0500 Just a shot of my 2year old granddaughter Jerry McKaughan,President Caddis Fly Fishing Club P O Box 85 Pottsville, AR 72858 Rediscover Hotmail®: Get quick friend updates right in your inbox. Check it out. Quick access to your favorite MSN content and Windows Live with Internet Explorer 8. Download FREE now! --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the VFB Mail group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[VFB] Re: up note on Easter
Jerry, I see you were able to get a photo posted to this site. I'll have to try it. Would be great if we can post photos of flies and fish, too. Jerry Goldsmith, that doesn't mean you can post a pic of you in your thong surf-casting outfit! LOL DonO - Original Message - From: J McK To: Fly Swap Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2009 11:37 AM Subject: [VFB] up note on Easter Just a shot of my 2year old granddaughter Jerry McKaughan,President Caddis Fly Fishing Club P O Box 85 Pottsville, AR 72858 -- Rediscover Hotmail®: Get quick friend updates right in your inbox. Check it out. -- -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.557 / Virus Database: 270.11.55/2057 - Release Date: 4/13/09 5:56 PM --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the VFB Mail group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[VFB] Re: up note on Easter
Why not? I for one being who I am would like to see that. DT May your GOD be your fishing partner. EMAILING FOR THE GREATER GOOD Join me From: f...@tribcsp.com To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Subject: [VFB] Re: up note on Easter Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 12:46:53 -0600 Jerry, I see you were able to get a photo posted to this site. I'll have to try it. Would be great if we can post photos of flies and fish, too. Jerry Goldsmith, that doesn't mean you can post a pic of you in your thong surf-casting outfit! LOL DonO - Original Message - From: J McK To: Fly Swap Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2009 11:37 AM Subject: [VFB] up note on Easter Just a shot of my 2year old granddaughter Jerry McKaughan,President Caddis Fly Fishing Club P O Box 85 Pottsville, AR 72858 Rediscover Hotmail®: Get quick friend updates right in your inbox. Check it out. No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.557 / Virus Database: 270.11.55/2057 - Release Date: 4/13/09 5:56 PM --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the VFB Mail group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[VFB] Re: up note on Easter
Speaking of thongs, my bride bought me one about six years ago. I went fishing in S, Korea, wearing the darn thingie and lo and behold, I had an urge to do a #2, I mean a bone chilling, brain knocking urge and started running for the Korean outhouse on the other side of the pond. Of course as you know, you have to run puckered up and with straight legs. My buddies were laughings their rearends off. Well I got to the outhouse and threw open the door and it hit me; the unbelievable stench of fermented cabbage, rice, hot peppers all mixed with gastric juices and somewhat solid waste. Even the flys were staying away from this place. Well, I held my breath and pulled down my overalls and started searching for the straps on the undies. I was weighing in at about 280 at the time and with the various rolls of fat, the thong was hidden somewhere. Well you know the rest of the story, After releiving myself and feeling much better, I disrobed, found the thong, removed it carefully(a bit stained) and threw it in with the rest of the stuff down there. Oh yea, there was no TP either. This is true - just ask me and I did catch some fish (trout and an European Carp). Jim May your GOD be your fishing partner. EMAILING FOR THE GREATER GOOD Join me From: desert-tr...@hotmail.com To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Subject: [VFB] Re: up note on Easter Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 11:56:29 -0700 Why not? I for one being who I am would like to see that. DT May your GOD be your fishing partner. EMAILING FOR THE GREATER GOOD Join me From: f...@tribcsp.com To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Subject: [VFB] Re: up note on Easter Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 12:46:53 -0600 Jerry, I see you were able to get a photo posted to this site. I'll have to try it. Would be great if we can post photos of flies and fish, too. Jerry Goldsmith, that doesn't mean you can post a pic of you in your thong surf-casting outfit! LOL DonO - Original Message - From: J McK To: Fly Swap Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2009 11:37 AM Subject: [VFB] up note on Easter Just a shot of my 2year old granddaughter Jerry McKaughan,President Caddis Fly Fishing Club P O Box 85 Pottsville, AR 72858 Rediscover Hotmail®: Get quick friend updates right in your inbox. Check it out. No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.557 / Virus Database: 270.11.55/2057 - Release Date: 4/13/09 5:56 PM /html --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the VFB Mail group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[VFB] Re: was up note on Easter, now photos on this list
Not me! I know him. Just the thought is hard to bear (and I should talk! LOL) Please keep those posts off-list. LOL On the original VFB site, because of the virus situation, Byard had the limit set at 4kb, I think, which was smaller than any virus. If we can post photos now, that would be a great stimulus to the site, if it can handle the memory without getting clogged. Anyone know anything about this? To keep it in Byard's topic-realm, pics of flies with recipes, or fish, gear, etc. would be welcome additions to a heretofore just-text format. Pics kept to the smallest readable resolution and size would help. DonO - Original Message - From: jim phillips To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2009 12:56 PM Subject: [VFB] Re: up note on Easter Why not? I for one being who I am would like to see that. DT May your GOD be your fishing partner. EMAILING FOR THE GREATER GOOD Join me -- From: f...@tribcsp.com To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Subject: [VFB] Re: up note on Easter Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 12:46:53 -0600 Jerry, I see you were able to get a photo posted to this site. I'll have to try it. Would be great if we can post photos of flies and fish, too. Jerry Goldsmith, that doesn't mean you can post a pic of you in your thong surf-casting outfit! LOL DonO - Original Message - From: J McK To: Fly Swap Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2009 11:37 AM Subject: [VFB] up note on Easter Just a shot of my 2year old granddaughter Jerry McKaughan,President Caddis Fly Fishing Club P O Box 85 Pottsville, AR 72858 Rediscover Hotmail®: Get quick friend updates right in your inbox. Check it out. No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.557 / Virus Database: 270.11.55/2057 - Release Date: 4/13/09 5:56 PM -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.557 / Virus Database: 270.11.55/2057 - Release Date: 4/13/09 5:56 PM --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the VFB Mail group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[VFB] Re: Tips on 'Nature Calls While Fishing'
My day is just ruirnt! LOL, Can't say I been there...not geographically at least, but have been state-side (without the thong part). Park and camping area facilities can be really bad. And then some, like the ones at Miracle Mile here, are spotless and odor-free. On the other hand, my 50cal. SW allows me to 'go in the woods' where the bears and cougars go. This is sorta fishing related (without some of the 'gory' details), as a bad case of the trots can spoil a fishing trip. I try to prepare myself for 'non-standard nature-calls operations' by drinking only bottled fluids and taking Pepto before I start the journey and during. Before Baja, most of the group takes a perscription medicine for Montezuma's revenge. Having a problem while out on a panga is not the best of memories to bring home. I have been spared it, but have had friends whose vacations were ruined by it. So it is a valid topic- might as well lose your gear- fishing is over. As we men get older, our need to go gets more often, and when our need happens in chest-waders out in the middle of a crowded stream, do we want to leave just to go, and give up our spot? I try not to drink much before a wading trip. But I wonder if taking a salt pill would help, since salts causes the body to retain water. Anyone know? DonO - Original Message - From: jim phillips To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2009 1:10 PM Subject: [VFB] Re: up note on Easter Speaking of thongs, --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the VFB Mail group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[VFB] Re: Braided nylon loop connector material?
Wes: What are you planning to use this for? Neville (Nev) Gosling Greater Vancouver B. C. Canada -Original Message- From: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com [mailto:vfb-m...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Wes Wada Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2009 12:49 PM To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Subject: [VFB] Re: Braided nylon loop connector material? The Gudebrod C-Thru product arrived yesterday, and I have been playing with the material. If you took the standard braided nylon material used for making loops, and scaled it down using smaller diameter nylon fibers, then you can visualize the product. The braided loop material is commonly available in 35-pound and 50-pound test. The C-Thru material is 25yd. spools of 17, 8, or 6 pound. I ordered the 8 and 6. The breaking strength listing is very deceptive, as I haven't been able to break the 8 pound test with my hands. It is very sturdy stuff, tightly braided. The 8 pound is .019 diameter, and about 1/16, about the same as many butt sections of leaders. Indeed, you could easily have a quick substitute for a furled leader butt using this stuff. The 6 pound test is .015 diameter, about 50% thicker than 1/32. I am not sure what types and sizes of dacron are used for blind eye hooks, but the C-Thru would make a very good alternative. The source for the material, available in single spools, is Land of Odds: 6-pound C-Thru http://www.landofodds.com/servlet/Detail?no=28074 8-pound C-Thru http://www.landofodds.com/servlet/Detail?no=28075 17-pound C-Thru http://www.landofodds.com/servlet/Detail?no=28076 If anybody has further questions, just contact me offline. Wes Wada Bend, Oregon On 4/11/09, Wes Wada w...@wadaworks.com wrote: I have found a source to order single spools of 6# and 8# Gudebrod C-Thru. The order should arrive any day now, and I will report on the product and source. Wes --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the VFB Mail group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
FW: [VFB] Nice Easter weekend in Sweden...
From: markflie...@hotmail.com To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: [VFB] Nice Easter weekend in Sweden... Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 08:41:54 -0600 TKX. again Jim. Nick, so sorry to hear of your little one's medical condition..if it is that, she'll learn to live with it...but let's hope and pray not. Remember bout Mysterious Ways. and after all, she is a miracle.right. Good luck and God Bless, mark. From: niclas.runars...@soderhamn.com To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Subject: [VFB] Nice Easter weekend in Sweden... Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 16:26:49 +0200 8:15 a.m, day before yesterday: Was ordered to open my eyes and the first thing I saw was a blazing sun through the window. Perfect day for going out with the small ones. A few seconds later I realized that this wasn't going to happen. I heard a dog breathing somewhere in the room... and it turned out to be Emelie in front of the TV. Short quick hissing breaths. The only walk outside for any of us was going to be from the door to the ambulance. After a few minutes fighting on the phone with a nurse who just couldn't believe that she felt so sick because she was able to cry like that the ambulance was finally on its way. Teresa followed in the ambulance while I stayed at home with Klara. Blue lights and sirens... and half way to the emergency hospital (which is in the next town) they had to stop to pick up an anestethic nurse... just in case. Teresa has been a nurse herself and knows what that just in case means, so she was NOT comfortable sitting in the front with the driver, not being able to see anything anymore. A couple of hours later she called and knew nothing... and then she called again and knew nothing... and then she called again and knew that they would not come home the same day. So mom had to drive me and Klara up to the hospital with stuff for them. I was a little bit worried how that would work out. I know the reaction when granny walks in here... toys flying, everything flying, Emelie jumping and running. How would that work if she had monitors and stuff connected? But that didn't happen. We walked in and there she was lying with cables and tubes. But it wasn't the same untamed wildcat that I knew. This one barely lifted her eyes when we walked in. It was a sad sight. Noone wants to see their little baby like that. So that night I had to be single father. They still don't know what it was, but she responded to Asthma medications so last night we could finally get them back home. If it actually IS Asthma is yet to be seen... but now she's considered asthmatic until it can be ruled out. Paramedics and sirens... not what any of us had expected to find in the Easter Bunny egg. /Nick Rediscover Hotmail®: Get quick friend updates right in your inbox. Check it out. Rediscover Hotmail®: Now available on your iPhone or BlackBerry Check it out. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the VFB Mail group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
FW: [VFB] Re: Tips on 'Nature Calls While Fishing'
v From: markflie...@hotmail.com To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com; desert-tr...@hotmail.com Subject: RE: [VFB] Re: Tips on 'Nature Calls While Fishing' Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 15:25:09 -0600 For the List Jim.tkx. Don.i haven't tried it yet..but a good friend says he does it all the time...remember the punch line bout the 65 year old.LMAODepends. .ROTFtry it.you might like it..rotflmao...says he never get in the water wiffout itand that it has saved his day many times.why not. Like you said, who wants to loose a good spot.specially if you've just secured it..worth a try. mark. From: f...@tribcsp.com To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Subject: [VFB] Re: Tips on 'Nature Calls While Fishing' Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 13:40:25 -0600 My day is just ruirnt! LOL, Can't say I been there...not geographically at least, but have been state-side (without the thong part). Park and camping area facilities can be really bad. And then some, like the ones at Miracle Mile here, are spotless and odor-free. On the other hand, my 50cal. SW allows me to 'go in the woods' where the bears and cougars go. This is sorta fishing related (without some of the 'gory' details), as a bad case of the trots can spoil a fishing trip. I try to prepare myself for 'non-standard nature-calls operations' by drinking only bottled fluids and taking Pepto before I start the journey and during. Before Baja, most of the group takes a perscription medicine for Montezuma's revenge. Having a problem while out on a panga is not the best of memories to bring home. I have been spared it, but have had friends whose vacations were ruined by it. So it is a valid topic- might as well lose your gear- fishing is over. As we men get older, our need to go gets more often, and when our need happens in chest-waders out in the middle of a crowded stream, do we want to leave just to go, and give up our spot? I try not to drink much before a wading trip. But I wonder if taking a salt pill would help, since salts causes the body to retain water. Anyone know? DonO - Original Message - From: jim phillips To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2009 1:10 PM Subject: [VFB] Re: up note on Easter Speaking of thongs, Rediscover Hotmail®: Get quick friend updates right in your inbox. Check it out. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the VFB Mail group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[VFB] Re: Tips on 'Nature Calls While Fishing'
Don,
Two years ago I had prostrate Surgery and had to go quite often. I got one if
those leg bags with the appropriate connections and just had no worries except
for the day I took a water pill when I had not planned on fishing. Needless to
say, the bag was overfilled. Did not do that again.
Tony
--- On Tue, 4/14/09, DonO f...@tribcsp.com wrote:
From: DonO f...@tribcsp.com
Subject: [VFB] Re: Tips on 'Nature Calls While Fishing'
To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com
Date: Tuesday, April 14, 2009, 2:40 PM
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My day is just ruirnt! LOL, Can't
say I been there...not geographically at least, but have been state-side
(without the thong part). Park and camping area facilities can be really
bad. And then some, like the ones at Miracle Mile here, are spotless and
odor-free.
On the other hand, my 50cal. SW allows me to 'go in
the woods' where the bears and cougars go.
This is sorta
fishing related (without some of the 'gory' details), as a bad case of the
trots
can spoil a fishing trip. I try to prepare myself for
'non-standard nature-calls operations' by drinking only bottled
fluids and taking Pepto before I start the journey and during. Before
Baja, most of the group takes a perscription medicine for Montezuma's
revenge. Having a problem while out on a panga is not the best of memories
to bring home. I have been spared it, but have had friends whose vacations
were ruined by it. So it is a valid topic- might as well lose your gear-
fishing is over.
As we men get older, our need to go gets more often, and
when our need happens in chest-waders out in the middle of a crowded stream, do
we want to leave just to go, and give up our spot? I try not to drink much
before a wading trip. But I wonder if taking a salt pill would help, since
salts causes the body to retain water. Anyone know?
DonO
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[VFB] Re: QUOTE FOR THE DAY
...and then again when I get the photo of it in my photo shop DonO - Original Message - From: Jimmy D. Moore ray...@earthlink.net To: Virtual Fly Box vfb-mail@googlegroups.com; Fly Fishing World flyfishingwo...@yahoogroups.com; Hill Coountry Fly Fishers hillcountryflyfish...@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2009 3:18 PM Subject: [VFB] QUOTE FOR THE DAY A fish grows excessively fast between the moment when it is taken and the moment when the fisherman describes it to his friends. Pierre Masson º ** JIMMY D. MOOREjdmo...@fishgame.com North Zone Fishing Editor - Texas Fish Game Mag, Author - Moon Holler Misfits Fishing Hunting Club, Humorist, Past VP Guadalupe River Trout Unlimited, Member TOWA, Retired Scout Exec. BSA. Website - http://bigtroutman.tripod.com/index.html * º * -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.557 / Virus Database: 270.11.55/2057 - Release Date: 4/13/09 5:56 PM --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the VFB Mail group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[VFB] Re: Braided nylon loop connector material?
Hi Neville, I am developing techniques and a series of flies using a shapeable, moldable foam. The foam cannot be tied to a hook (the thread cuts right through it). Hooks need to be GLUED into the foam. When done properly, the setup is very durable. I have been looking for a product that I could wind around a hook that would give the hook shank a tooth without a lot of bulk. The purpose of the tooth would be to give the foam something to hang onto, to prevent rotation or slippage around the hook. Just from the tests so far using the Gudebrod C-Thru, it works for that purpose! I am also going to play around with the material for special leader mini-connectors and such. Should be interesting to make loops from 8-pound, 1/16 diameter braided nylon. Like I noted, the breaking strength is much greater than listed. Wes On 4/14/09, Neville Gosling nev.gosl...@shaw.ca wrote: Wes: What are you planning to use this for? Neville (Nev) Gosling Greater Vancouver B. C. Canada -Original Message- From: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com [mailto:vfb-m...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Wes Wada Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2009 12:49 PM To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Subject: [VFB] Re: Braided nylon loop connector material? The Gudebrod C-Thru product arrived yesterday, and I have been playing with the material. If you took the standard braided nylon material used for making loops, and scaled it down using smaller diameter nylon fibers, then you can visualize the product. The braided loop material is commonly available in 35-pound and 50-pound test. The C-Thru material is 25yd. spools of 17, 8, or 6 pound. I ordered the 8 and 6. The breaking strength listing is very deceptive, as I haven't been able to break the 8 pound test with my hands. It is very sturdy stuff, tightly braided. The 8 pound is .019 diameter, and about 1/16, about the same as many butt sections of leaders. Indeed, you could easily have a quick substitute for a furled leader butt using this stuff. The 6 pound test is .015 diameter, about 50% thicker than 1/32. I am not sure what types and sizes of dacron are used for blind eye hooks, but the C-Thru would make a very good alternative. The source for the material, available in single spools, is Land of Odds: 6-pound C-Thru http://www.landofodds.com/servlet/Detail?no=28074 8-pound C-Thru http://www.landofodds.com/servlet/Detail?no=28075 17-pound C-Thru http://www.landofodds.com/servlet/Detail?no=28076 If anybody has further questions, just contact me offline. Wes Wada Bend, Oregon On 4/11/09, Wes Wada w...@wadaworks.com wrote: I have found a source to order single spools of 6# and 8# Gudebrod C-Thru. The order should arrive any day now, and I will report on the product and source. Wes --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the VFB Mail group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[VFB] Re: Tips on 'Nature Calls While Fishing'
And to take care of the other discarge I just eat one of those energy bars. That stops me up pretty good. Mike On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 11:33 AM, Anthony Spezio bambot...@yahoo.com wrote: Don, Two years ago I had prostrate Surgery and had to go quite often. I got one if those leg bags with the appropriate connections and just had no worries except for the day I took a water pill when I had not planned on fishing. Needless to say, the bag was overfilled. Did not do that again. Tony --- On Tue, 4/14/09, DonO f...@tribcsp.com wrote: From: DonO f...@tribcsp.com Subject: [VFB] Re: Tips on 'Nature Calls While Fishing' To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Date: Tuesday, April 14, 2009, 2:40 PM My day is just ruirnt! LOL, Can't say I been there...not geographically at least, but have been state-side (without the thong part). Park and camping area facilities can be really bad. And then some, like the ones at Miracle Mile here, are spotless and odor-free. On the other hand, my 50cal. SW allows me to 'go in the woods' where the bears and cougars go. This is sorta fishing related (without some of the 'gory' details), as a bad case of the trots can spoil a fishing trip. I try to prepare myself for 'non-standard nature-calls operations' by drinking only bottled fluids and taking Pepto before I start the journey and during. Before Baja, most of the group takes a perscription medicine for Montezuma's revenge. Having a problem while out on a panga is not the best of memories to bring home. I have been spared it, but have had friends whose vacations were ruined by it. So it is a valid topic- might as well lose your gear- fishing is over. As we men get older, our need to go gets more often, and when our need happens in chest-waders out in the middle of a crowded stream, do we want to leave just to go, and give up our spot? I try not to drink much before a wading trip. But I wonder if taking a salt pill would help, since salts causes the body to retain water. Anyone know? DonO - Original Message - From: jim phillips To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2009 1:10 PM Subject: [VFB] Re: up note on Easter Speaking of thongs, --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the VFB Mail group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
FW: [VFB] Re: Tips on 'Nature Calls While Fishing'
From: markflie...@hotmail.com To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com; desert-tr...@hotmail.com Subject: RE: [VFB] Re: Tips on 'Nature Calls While Fishing' Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 16:35:16 -0600 for the list LMAO.. Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 14:33:26 -0700 From: bambot...@yahoo.com Subject: [VFB] Re: Tips on 'Nature Calls While Fishing' To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Don, Two years ago I had prostrate Surgery and had to go quite often. I got one if those leg bags with the appropriate connections and just had no worries except for the day I took a water pill when I had not planned on fishing. Needless to say, the bag was overfilled. Did not do that again. Tony --- On Tue, 4/14/09, DonO f...@tribcsp.com wrote: From: DonO f...@tribcsp.com Subject: [VFB] Re: Tips on 'Nature Calls While Fishing' To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Date: Tuesday, April 14, 2009, 2:40 PM My day is just ruirnt! LOL, Can't say I been there...not geographically at least, but have been state-side (without the thong part). Park and camping area facilities can be really bad. And then some, like the ones at Miracle Mile here, are spotless and odor-free. On the other hand, my 50cal. SW allows me to 'go in the woods' where the bears and cougars go. This is sorta fishing related (without some of the 'gory' details), as a bad case of the trots can spoil a fishing trip. I try to prepare myself for 'non-standard nature-calls operations' by drinking only bottled fluids and taking Pepto before I start the journey and during. Before Baja, most of the group takes a perscription medicine for Montezuma's revenge. Having a problem while out on a panga is not the best of memories to bring home. I have been spared it, but have had friends whose vacations were ruined by it. So it is a valid topic- might as well lose your gear- fishing is over. As we men get older, our need to go gets more often, and when our need happens in chest-waders out in the middle of a crowded stream, do we want to leave just to go, and give up our spot? I try not to drink much before a wading trip. But I wonder if taking a salt pill would help, since salts causes the body to retain water. Anyone know? DonO - Original Message - From: jim phillips To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2009 1:10 PM Subject: [VFB] Re: up note on Easter Speaking of thongs, Rediscover Hotmail®: Now available on your iPhone or BlackBerry Check it out. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the VFB Mail group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[VFB] Re: Braided nylon loop connector material?
So Wes are you making loop connectors for your fly lines? If you are I would be interested in the process. I have been using the braided leaders for some time and love them but the connections to the fly line are not how I would like them yet. Mike On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 9:48 AM, Wes Wada w...@wadaworks.com wrote: The Gudebrod C-Thru product arrived yesterday, and I have been playing with the material. If you took the standard braided nylon material used for making loops, and scaled it down using smaller diameter nylon fibers, then you can visualize the product. The braided loop material is commonly available in 35-pound and 50-pound test. The C-Thru material is 25yd. spools of 17, 8, or 6 pound. I ordered the 8 and 6. The breaking strength listing is very deceptive, as I haven't been able to break the 8 pound test with my hands. It is very sturdy stuff, tightly braided. The 8 pound is .019 diameter, and about 1/16, about the same as many butt sections of leaders. Indeed, you could easily have a quick substitute for a furled leader butt using this stuff. The 6 pound test is .015 diameter, about 50% thicker than 1/32. I am not sure what types and sizes of dacron are used for blind eye hooks, but the C-Thru would make a very good alternative. The source for the material, available in single spools, is Land of Odds: 6-pound C-Thru http://www.landofodds.com/servlet/Detail?no=28074 8-pound C-Thru http://www.landofodds.com/servlet/Detail?no=28075 17-pound C-Thru http://www.landofodds.com/servlet/Detail?no=28076 If anybody has further questions, just contact me offline. Wes Wada Bend, Oregon On 4/11/09, Wes Wada w...@wadaworks.com wrote: I have found a source to order single spools of 6# and 8# Gudebrod C-Thru. The order should arrive any day now, and I will report on the product and source. Wes --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the VFB Mail group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[VFB] Re: FW: try this.....
From: markflie...@hotmail.com To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com; desert-tr...@hotmail.com Subject: RE: [VFB] Re: FW: try this. Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 16:38:00 -0600 FOR THE LIST. ..is that anything like the Congo Tango. From: f...@tribcsp.com To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Subject: [VFB] Re: FW: try this. Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 15:29:17 -0600 I guess if toucan do it, so can I. LOL - Original Message - From: jim phillips To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2009 3:28 PM Subject: [VFB] FW: try this. v From: markflie...@hotmail.com To: desert-tr...@hotmail.com; markflie...@hotmail.com Subject: try this. Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 15:15:01 -0600 .This is just a test.look for the pic. mark. Rediscover Hotmail®: Get e-mail storage that grows with you. Check it out. No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.557 / Virus Database: 270.11.55/2057 - Release Date: 4/13/09 5:56 PM Quick access to your favorite MSN content and Windows Live with Internet Explorer 8. Download FREE now! --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the VFB Mail group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[VFB] Re: Tips on 'Nature Calls While Fishing'
From: markflie...@hotmail.com To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com; desert-tr...@hotmail.com Subject: RE: [VFB] Re: Tips on 'Nature Calls While Fishing' Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 16:47:29 -0600 for the list. you guys t funny..reminds me of what my boss used to tell the girls when he was commin' outta the women's room and they were goin' in...Mention my name, you'll get a good seat. rotflmao.. Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 12:36:44 -1000 Subject: [VFB] Re: Tips on 'Nature Calls While Fishing' From: flyfish...@gmail.com To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com And to take care of the other discarge I just eat one of those energy bars. That stops me up pretty good. Mike On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 11:33 AM, Anthony Spezio bambot...@yahoo.com wrote: Don, Two years ago I had prostrate Surgery and had to go quite often. I got one if those leg bags with the appropriate connections and just had no worries except for the day I took a water pill when I had not planned on fishing. Needless to say, the bag was overfilled. Did not do that again. Tony --- On Tue, 4/14/09, DonO f...@tribcsp.com wrote: From: DonO f...@tribcsp.com Subject: [VFB] Re: Tips on 'Nature Calls While Fishing' To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Date: Tuesday, April 14, 2009, 2:40 PM My day is just ruirnt! LOL, Can't say I been there...not geographically at least, but have been state-side (without the thong part). Park and camping area facilities can be really bad. And then some, like the ones at Miracle Mile here, are spotless and odor-free. On the other hand, my 50cal. SW allows me to 'go in the woods' where the bears and cougars go. This is sorta fishing related (without some of the 'gory' details), as a bad case of the trots can spoil a fishing trip. I try to prepare myself for 'non-standard nature-calls operations' by drinking only bottled fluids and taking Pepto before I start the journey and during. Before Baja, most of the group takes a perscription medicine for Montezuma's revenge. Having a problem while out on a panga is not the best of memories to bring home. I have been spared it, but have had friends whose vacations were ruined by it. So it is a valid topic- might as well lose your gear- fishing is over. As we men get older, our need to go gets more often, and when our need happens in chest-waders out in the middle of a crowded stream, do we want to leave just to go, and give up our spot? I try not to drink much before a wading trip. But I wonder if taking a salt pill would help, since salts causes the body to retain water. Anyone know? DonO - Original Message - From: jim phillips To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2009 1:10 PM Subject: [VFB] Re: up note on Easter Speaking of thongs, Rediscover Hotmail®: Get quick friend updates right in your inbox. Check it out. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the VFB Mail group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[VFB] Re: Braided nylon loop connector material?
Hi Mike, It was snowing hard in Bend today. We are going to go directly from winter to the 4th of July. Aloha. Henry posted this link about the loop construction. The info is part of Dan Blanton's web site. Get Looped http://www.danblanton.com/gettinglooped.html That's actually a nice salutation: Get Looped, Wes P.S. I am giving myself the challenge to create braided nylon loops from the 6-pound Gudebrod C-Thru. Haven't a clue yet what I'd use them for. On 4/14/09, Michael Bliss flyfish...@gmail.com wrote: So Wes are you making loop connectors for your fly lines? If you are I would be interested in the process. I have been using the braided leaders for some time and love them but the connections to the fly line are not how I would like them yet. Mike On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 9:48 AM, Wes Wada w...@wadaworks.com wrote: The Gudebrod C-Thru product arrived yesterday, and I have been playing with the material. If you took the standard braided nylon material used for making loops, and scaled it down using smaller diameter nylon fibers, then you can visualize the product. The braided loop material is commonly available in 35-pound and 50-pound test. The C-Thru material is 25yd. spools of 17, 8, or 6 pound. I ordered the 8 and 6. The breaking strength listing is very deceptive, as I haven't been able to break the 8 pound test with my hands. It is very sturdy stuff, tightly braided. The 8 pound is .019 diameter, and about 1/16, about the same as many butt sections of leaders. Indeed, you could easily have a quick substitute for a furled leader butt using this stuff. The 6 pound test is .015 diameter, about 50% thicker than 1/32. I am not sure what types and sizes of dacron are used for blind eye hooks, but the C-Thru would make a very good alternative. The source for the material, available in single spools, is Land of Odds: 6-pound C-Thru http://www.landofodds.com/servlet/Detail?no=28074 8-pound C-Thru http://www.landofodds.com/servlet/Detail?no=28075 17-pound C-Thru http://www.landofodds.com/servlet/Detail?no=28076 If anybody has further questions, just contact me offline. Wes Wada Bend, Oregon On 4/11/09, Wes Wada w...@wadaworks.com wrote: I have found a source to order single spools of 6# and 8# Gudebrod C-Thru. The order should arrive any day now, and I will report on the product and source. Wes --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the VFB Mail group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
