I saw Mike with Jack Dennis in Wichita for a weekend program about 6-7 years ago. Those are some good guys and I learned a ton as I was very new to the sport at the time. This was about 2 months after Gary LaFontaine had passed and they showed a nice video tribute to their friend after dinner one night.
--- On Fri, 1/16/09, Wes Wada <w...@wadaworks.com> wrote: > From: Wes Wada <w...@wadaworks.com> > Subject: [VFB] Re: True Stories > To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com > Date: Friday, January 16, 2009, 11:05 AM > To round out the Mike Lawson story... > > Mike has a section in his Spring Creek presentation (to > support his > last book effort), in which he describes his entry of a > no-hackle dun > in the Jackson Hole One-Fly contest. > > Entrants to this high-profile annual event are only allowed > to use one > fly, period. Break off the fly, and you are done for the > day. > > Flies for the event are usually heavy duty, the Chernobyl > Ants, and such. > > A no-hackle dun is one of Mike's favorite spring creek > flies, but it's > a fragile fly. > Here's a Web pic of one: > http://www.kossiedun.com.au/web_images/Bugwatch/No_Hackle_Dun_R.JPG > > Lawson managed to fish the fly the entire day, and the > funny part was > the close-up photo he showed of the fly after the event. > Talk about a > bad hair day...nothing left but a bunch of disconnected > wing fibers on > a dubbed body. Fish still loved the mess though. > > If you get a chance to see one of Mike Lawson's > presentations, hop at > it. He's a fun guy, with a self-effacing demeanor. > Past lister Mark > Romero (he and Misa are doing great, BTW) described Lawson > very > colorfully...Deputy Dawg. > > > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
