Tony: Great idea. You also gave me another idea. I'll also call all the local
Service Clubs, ie VFW, AmVets,DAV, etc etc.. Chuck
----- Original Message -----
From: Anthony Spezio
To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com
Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2009 10:49 AM
Subject: [VFB] Re: True Stories
We have several places here that gave us a room free. If you have a
Senior Center they might do it free. You night get a feeler out before buying
the material. I might be able to help you with materials.I have a few
connections.
Let Jeff help you with this too especially on starting a club.
When I first talked to our club about starting a show, they were not
for it, now see what the Sowbug has turned into. Just do it.
Arkansas Tony
--- 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
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