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2009-08-20 Thread Don Ordes
- Original Message - From: Anthony Spezio To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 8:26 PM Subject: [VFB] Re: Oh, for the Good Ole Days ! Jimmy,The list seems to be fading away like a number of others.Tony --- On Tue, 8/18/09, Jimmy D. Moore

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2009-08-20 Thread jim phillips
FOR MARK May your GOD be your fishing partner. Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 07:18:57 -0600 Cool Beans J.B. ...i always looked forward to workin' in Chicago...did gigs there well over a dozen times and it was always a TON-O-FUN! GREAT! Jazz town..there were over 100K

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2009-08-20 Thread J Balmer
I own a few pair, but I could easily use a razor instead. Generally, I use the edge to cut thread rather than snipping. About the only time I use the scissors as a scissors is when I'm cutting hair or fur off a skin. I use a razor blade when I'm shaping packed hair or foam. As to being designed

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2009-08-20 Thread Allan Fish
DonO, I can reply if I jolly well want to! -- 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

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2009-08-20 Thread jim phillips
FOR MARK May your GOD be your fishing partner. Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 07:20:16 -0600 From: jbal...@a5.com To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Subject: [VFB] Re: Oh, for the Good Ole Days ! Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 07:24:50 -0500 I’m not fading away, just getting thinner on top…

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2009-08-20 Thread Michael Bliss
I have used surgical scissors. I also have an expensive German pair that the seamstresses use. But my favorite one costs $1 at the swap meet here (like a flea market) They are the squeeze type. They are quite sharp with nice pointed tips. And when they go - well they served their purpose.

[VFB] Re: ffisher tyer or collector?

2009-08-20 Thread Don Ordes
Oh, and I forgot. Add one more. A thinning scissors for long salt-water flies DonO - Original Message - From: Don Ordes f...@tribcsp.com To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 11:53 AM Subject: [VFB] Re: ffisher tyer or collector? Dr. Slick and Anvil have

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2009-08-20 Thread glwebb
I have maybe 10 to 15 scissors. A few are V. Mueller units. Definitely designed for surgery. Definitely can be used for fly tying. Great scissors. Gary L Webb Rene Zillmann

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2009-08-20 Thread jim phillips
For Neville May your GOD be your fishing partner. From: nev.gosl...@shaw.ca To: desert-tr...@hotmail.com Subject: Unable to Post to VFB Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 10:48:15 -0700 Hi Jim: I have been unable to post to VFB for about a month. I am able to see the posts of other members

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2009-08-20 Thread jim phillips
You tell him!!! May your GOD be your fishing partner. EMAILING FOR THE GREATER GOOD Join me Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 11:47:30 -0400 To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com From: afi...@sbcglobal.net Subject: [VFB] Re: test- do not reply DonO, I can reply if I

[VFB] Re: SECOND Traditional Winged Wet Fly Swap

2009-08-20 Thread Rene Zillmann
Iain, I've decided now on the second pattern. I'm tying a Teal, Blue and Silver. 6 done so far Rene iain short wrote: _*SECOND Traditional Winged Wet Fly Swap*_ If you entered both swaps you only pay postage once. If you entered both swaps dress Different fly's for each swap please. Tie

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2009-08-20 Thread J Balmer
'K I guess my memory failed me before that:) -Original Message- From: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com [mailto:vfb-m...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Don Ordes Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 12:54 PM To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Subject: [VFB] Re: ffisher tyer or collector? Dr. Slick and

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2009-08-20 Thread J Balmer
Yep, both the Jazz Blues Fests are huge. The stage in Grant Park is much better now acoustically than it used to be. Don't think I'll get to perform there, but you never know. From: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com [mailto:vfb-m...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of jim phillips Sent: Thursday, August

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2009-08-20 Thread Allan Fish
Has anybody insight into scissormaker? Are these instruments really designed for tying, or are they selling surgical instruments as ff tools? Rene Anvil scissors are made specifically for fly tying. They're made in by the Vogel brothers in their machine shop in Columbus, Indiana. They are

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2009-08-20 Thread Martin Westbeek
Got 6 scissors or so. I bought my favorite pair 10 years ago from a fellow tier at a show in Germany, and it is still going strong. The other one I use most of the time is a tung.carbide scissors. Also have one pair of surgical scissors I swapped with a surgeon for a dozen of sea trout flies.

[VFB] Re: ffisher tyer or collector?

2009-08-20 Thread Anthony Spezio
My choice is Anvil Hands down. I have about 20 pair and use the Anvil 99% of the time. They ground a special pair for me at one of the Dealers shows in SLC some years ago. Come to think of it, that was the year I met Don O and Jerry Goldsmith at that show. Tony Has anybody insight into

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2009-08-20 Thread Anthony Spezio
So can I. Tony --- On Thu, 8/20/09, Allan Fish afi...@sbcglobal.net wrote: From: Allan Fish afi...@sbcglobal.net Subject: [VFB] Re: test- do not reply To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Date: Thursday, August 20, 2009, 10:47 AM DonO, I can reply if I jolly well want to! -- Allan Fish Greenwood,

[VFB] SECOND Traditional Winged Wet Fly Swap

2009-08-20 Thread iain short
SECOND Traditional Winged Wet Fly Swap If you entered both swaps you only pay postage once. If you entered both swaps dress Different fly's for each swap please. Tie ELEVEN flies, toe tag them,send them to me by the end of august.Enclose 3 US dollars for return postage iain short, 29

[VFB] Re: Oh, for the Good Ole Days !

2009-08-20 Thread Anthony Spezio
Me too. Tony --- On Thu, 8/20/09, J Balmer jbal...@a5.com wrote: From: J Balmer jbal...@a5.com Subject: [VFB] Re: Oh, for the Good Ole Days ! To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Date: Thursday, August 20, 2009, 7:24 AM I’m not fading away, just getting thinner on top…   From:

[VFB] Re: ffisher tyer or collector?

2009-08-20 Thread Don Ordes
I like both my Anvils and my Dr. Slicks. If I had to choosegood thing I don't. ;o) I have a 1.25 x 10 lg. dia. ceramic pump plunger from a glycol pump, and it works great with a little oil as a sharpener. When I get to the serrated scissors, that's a little tricky. I sharpen them up and

[VFB] Re: ffisher tyer or collector?

2009-08-20 Thread Anthony Spezio
Don, Not downgrading DR Slick but I had a problem with them These were the early ones. The pivot point kept loosening up and the scissors would not cut. It was a hassle so I just put them in the junk box. At the same show I had the Anvil scissors ground for me, I talked to the Slick People at

[VFB] Re: ffisher tyer or collector?

2009-08-20 Thread J Balmer
I just checked the pair I usually use are Dr. Slicks. The only problem I ever had was when they got knocked onto a concrete floor I had to regrind the tips. I had a pair of Anvils, but I couldn't find them. I'm guessing the wacky Italian broad has them w/ her basket weaving tools. From:

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2009-08-20 Thread jim phillips
FROM MARK May your GOD be your fishing partner. Re: ffisher tyer or collector? Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 18:41:04 -0600 lmao...J.B., you funny.. Actually, when I can't find my Anvil's, I look in my brides sewing basket. Last year she had used my Ice Anvils to cut gunny

FW: [VFB] ffisher tyer or collector?

2009-08-20 Thread jim phillips
FROM MARK May your GOD be your fishing partner. Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 11:54:29 -0600 got bout 25 pair.half dozen of those are total crap...but i keep 'em round for cutting wire, etc. i've got from junk to the BEST..like those you see Mike Radencich using in his

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2009-08-20 Thread jim phillips
FROM MARK May your GOD be your fishing partner. Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 12:04:21 -0600 Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 11:47:30 -0400 To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com From: afi...@sbcglobal.net Subject: [VFB] Re: test- do not reply DonO, I can reply if I jolly well want to! -- Allan

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2009-08-20 Thread Alan Di Somma
I have two pair of Thimpson Ice. Two of the little skinney Gingher's that you squeeeze together to put back into the 1/2 by 5 plastic case. I also have a pair of Fiskars that you slip your ring finger into a loop and just hold them in the palm of your hand. I use the Thompson Ice the most.

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2009-08-20 Thread jim phillips
FROM MARK May your GOD be your fishing partner. Go back to sleep, sleep is a need to reduce stress as is fishing and sex. Ever be sleeping and dream about fishing and getting whoops this is G rated. Jim Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 12:24:10 -0600 i better get some sleep..been

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2009-08-20 Thread J Balmer
Yeah, scissors, needle nose pliers, stole one of my enamel kettles that I USED to use for canning so she could dye reed, etc., etc., etc. @ least she isn't like the most recent ex. (in SO many ways) Hasn't used my razor to shave her legs. From: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com

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2009-08-20 Thread J Balmer
I guess I missed the deep water thang. Isn't it a little too late to keep your mouth shut AFTER you're in deep water? From: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com [mailto:vfb-m...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Alan Di Somma Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 8:41 PM To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Subject:

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2009-08-20 Thread Alan Di Somma
Glub...Glub... Thank you, Alan Di Somma Phoenix, Latin America's best kept secret A good time to keep your mouth shut, is when you are in deep water... - Original Message - From: J Balmer To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 6:50 PM

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2009-08-20 Thread jim phillips
FROM MARK May your GOD be your fishing partner. Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 20:03:17 -0600 Hey, who was she to take away from your usefullness.lmao. From: jbal...@a5.com To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Subject: [VFB] Re: ffisher tyer or collector? Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 20:47:50

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2009-08-20 Thread jim phillips
FROM MARK May your GOD be your fishing partner. Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 20:29:55 -0600 i must have 3/4 pair of those curved scissors.but i never use 'em. The only time i use hair is for Muddlers, and Caddis wings or Comparadunsand i hardly ever tye Comparaduns

FW: [VFB] Next week's Fly of the Week

2009-08-20 Thread jim phillips
FROM MARK May your GOD be your fishing partner. Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 20:37:54 -0600 VERY coollooks good enough to eat. IF, i were a Trout. From: f...@tribcsp.com To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Subject: [VFB] Next week's Fly of the Week Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 20:18:08 -0600

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2009-08-20 Thread Dail Graham
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