Jeff: Thanks a lot.. I will help get my wife well, and I'll contact you about this.. I really want to do it, and will at least try as soon as I get her well, Chuck
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeff Frye" <bighawk...@yahoo.com> To: <vfb-mail@googlegroups.com> Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2009 10:04 AM Subject: [VFB] Re: True Stories > > Chuck, if you want to start a club in your area, contact me and I can help > guide you. I started one 3 years ago and we now have 125 members. I can > shorten up that learning curve for you and give some good insight on what > works and what doesn't. > > > --- On Sun, 1/25/09, boosbooksandbarga...@earthlink.net > <boosbooksandbarga...@earthlink.net> wrote: > >> From: boosbooksandbarga...@earthlink.net >> <boosbooksandbarga...@earthlink.net> >> Subject: [VFB] Re: True Stories >> To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com >> Date: Sunday, January 25, 2009, 8:41 AM >> Tony: I wonder if around here, since there are PLENTY of >> places like Volunteer Fire Dept's and Civic Centers that >> will rent you rooms by the day, week, month etc for things >> like tying lessons, or whatever. So, I have been wanting to >> get up a local club. So, if I bought 4 more say Thompson A >> vises at about $20 a pop, and ran an ad in the paper "6 >> week fly tying course", limit 6 people, first come >> first served. Then, the ppl would pay just enough to cover >> the costs of the building,materials, snacks, etc etc.. But >> then I'd ask them if they wanted to join a >> "tying/fishing club, and we'd then have fly fishing >> lessons at the local City Park lake that I often fish. It >> might just "go over". Or, do the fishing class >> first, then do the tying class. Or even at the same time and >> do the fishing right before dark, then move to the classroom >> to tie, cause the huge civic center is right there at the >> lake..Chuck >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Anthony Spezio >> To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com >> Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2009 8:15 AM >> Subject: [VFB] Re: True Stories >> >> >> OK here is one. >> I was doing beginner fly tying classes at a Dept >> Store in N.J. >> This was a 6 week course. I had a husband and wife >> team sign up along with 10 other students. >> I started out with the basics pointing out the >> materials and tools and how they are used. >> This gentleman just sat quiet. As we progressed >> through the weeks I noticed he had a real knack for tying. >> His flies were top line. He never asked for help or had any >> questions. >> At the end of the six weeks I commented to him >> about his flies being so good. He said he had been tying for >> 40 years and took the class so his wife would take it. He >> said he had not been able to teach her but that I did a good >> job. In the classes he has attended, this was one of the >> best. >> My face was red but I was also proud. They joined >> our tying group and she is a good fly tyer now. >> That was 20 years ago >> Arkansas Tony >> >> --- On Mon, 1/12/09, Wes Wada >> <w...@wadaworks.com> wrote: >> >> From: Wes Wada <w...@wadaworks.com> >> Subject: [VFB] True Stories >> To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com >> Date: Monday, January 12, 2009, 9:09 PM >> >> >> Hello, VFB.I'd like to start a thread about something >> of interest to me, andhopefully, to some of you.What stories >> do you have, that happened, when you were at a fly tying >> event?You were either tying your flies, or witnessing >> another tyer'spresentation. Or expanded, to include the >> presentations at thecasting pond? Possibilities suggested >> might be educational,historical, colorful, or just danged >> funny.And they have to be true stories, which has to be a >> huge challenge,for fly fishers!-----Anybody want to start >> the ball rolling? Just thought of this, and Idon't >> have anything in mind, or written, of my own. Will do >> one,though.Wes WadaBend, Oregon >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
