Don, I have always loved that pattern. How much time did it take you to tie it? I would take me days - not months to tie it. Is the tail shaved or just the hide?
Mike On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 9:53 AM, Don Ordes <f...@tribcsp.com> wrote: > Mark, Nick, > > Sent both of you emails off list. > > This is Vladimir's Tiger Mouse that I tied for Mary Louise (TU Pres. in > Idaho Falls), which she gave to Vlad when he tied at the Idaho Falls > conclave 10 years ago. He fell in love with it and said it was the neatest > thing he'd seen in America on his trip. So she presented it as a gift from > her, the TU chapter, and me, to remember Idaho Falls. Vlad is an old-timer > VFB and a good friend, and old-timers here will remember him. He is an > incredible tier and a visit to his site is fun. > > My tiger-mouse on his site: > > http://www.markov.baikal.ru/keep/8m/tiger.html > > I have been plagerized by others, one guy in particular named Fabrezio > something-or-other (Italian), who has a reputation for stealing other > people's patterns, techniques, art-flies, etc. and taking credit for himself > and publishing their work as his own. I exposed him to Chuck Furimski and > others by comparing his site photos to my work and others, and not giving a > word of credit to any of the tiers he copied. > > Had another event on flyanglersonline, where a tier copied my 'flex-o > articulated 'rapala' minnow' down to the finest detail (right off my > web-site) (but not as well done). He submitted it to a tying contest and > took 1st place in his catagory, claiming it as his pattern. Diana (the site > owner) did the same thing you (Mark) did and unknowingly published > his forgery and praised him for 'thinking outside the box'. She got an > email fom me also, with photos proving the original. So did the tying > committee. So did he. I don't know if they pulled his award, but they > should have. She pulled his entry and the comment. > > Just as in the art-world, art theives in flytying are out there,and I > consider them the trailer-trash of the business. > > Nick, thanks for the head's up. I appreciate you looking out for me. > > Don > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Mark Romero <markflie...@hotmail.com> > *To:* virtual fly box <vfb-mail@googlegroups.com> > *Sent:* Monday, November 09, 2009 11:26 AM > *Subject:* [VFB] Re: Swaps from 2004... > > Nick, i got no idea of any of what you say........the guy post a > pic.....that's all i know. But i'll ask him about it. i just sent him a > message a couple days ago, to see where he's been. He hasn't posted in a > couple weeks and he's usually pretty active. i saw where you and him are > friends on Facebook..........i think it was Facebook, lol. i'll be meeting > him in person in Ireland in July. He's tying at that show we're tyin' at. > Thankx for letting me know about it. > > ------------------------------ > From: niclas.runars...@soderhamn.com > To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com > Subject: [VFB] Re: Swaps from 2004... > Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 19:11:29 +0100 > > Thx. I wish I had more time working on it though. Children, children, > children... sometimes their mother (but those I can take LOL)... always > something else. I need time to tie too. Every free minute within these walls > is treasured. > > I registered to your site too and while I was looking back in the fly > history I found something that I personally think you should do something > about. > > Pictures and pictures and pictures of flies and suddenly I see a Tiger > Mouse... DON'S Tiger Mouse... *by Ivan W. Crews*. 'By Ivan W. Crews' my > ass. It's Don's pattern... Don's tied fly... and if that wasn't enough, > it's even Don's picture (taken 5:th of June 2004... 9:08pm). Still in my > Outlook inbox. There's not the smallest thing on the page that gives a > hint who's the creator of the fly... but instead it gives the impression > that it's by the member himself. > http://pureartflytying.ning.com/photo?page=3 > > I have seen my pictures of my own flies on forums and on other webpages, > but they usually credit me for them... not technically *valid*, but if > it's done right I don't mind. Mentioning my name, linking to my site, I > consider both as favours in return. But if that picture of Don's Tiger Mouse > was a picture of my Party Animal... I'd be *pissed for sure*. Lots of > thinking and work behind that one. Powerful attention grabber on shows. > Unique... and to me, my signature fly. If someone would do like that, > presenting it as his own, I'd be furious... and if it was my own picture, I > would actually have a case. If ignored by him, another option would be > against the one who's actually responsible for publishing........ the owner > of the site. > > I'm not telling you what you want to do, but in my opinion he deserves a > word of correction. We're not talking about a Pheasant Tail or a Foam Ant, > but ARTWORK. He's showing off the original Mona Lisa in his own gallery and > has hidden Da Vinci's signature on it. > > /Nick > > > -----Ursprungligt meddelande----- > *Från:* vfb-mail@googlegroups.com [mailto:vfb-m...@googlegroups.com] *För > *Mark Romero > *Skickat:* den 9 november 2009 15:05 > *Till:* virtual fly box > *Ämne:* [VFB] Re: Swaps from 2004... > > Nick, i bookmarked your site...........it's very cool. Tkx., mark > > ------------------------------ > From: niclas.runars...@soderhamn.com > To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com > Subject: [VFB] Swaps from 2004... > Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 01:50:45 +0100 > > Found a box with three sets of swap flies the other day, from the three > first swaps I participated in. MAN, was I nervous in that first one... tied > 60 flies before I could pick out 20 (and I think I stopped more because I > was exhausted than because I was satisfied). > > Anyhow, there are a few NoNames among them. I dug out participation info > from old VFB mails (good thing with never cleaning up the inbox). But didn't > come up 100% and some toe-tags had only tier's name. > > So, to the ones participating in '*Stonefly Swap 2004*', '*Caddis Swap > 2004*' and '*Renegade Swap 2004*', if you could check them on > http://www.swedneckflyfishing.com/flyswaps.htm and fill in blanks (or > correct what is there), it would be appreciated. > > /Nick > > </HTML<BR > http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/177141664/direct/01/ ' target='_new'>Sign up > now. > > -- Mike Bliss Aloha from Hawaii --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
