I will agree with everything you said about our great friend, Tony. No one has been more helpful, or willing to share. It is an honor. I will tie the same fly I tied for the rope-dub swap: a burned-wing Adams. Apologies to those who received one in the other swap.
Larry Johnson Springville, Utah >>> <ray...@earthlink.net> 10/18/2010 8:09 AM >>> > > >SOW BUG ALUMNI SWAP - Rules and Regulations - Last call. JIMMY D > > >>To participate in this swap, you must have attended at least >>one SOW BUG Convention at Mountain Home, Arkansas. In my >>recollection, we have upwards of 35 fly tyers total from >>the VFB, FFW, and HCFF fly tying/fishing email lists that >>have attended at least one Sow bug. > >>I'd imagine we'll have around 15 tyers participating, so that'd >>mean we'd need to tie 14 flies for me, the Swap meister to >>sort and send 15 different flies to the participants. I'd like >>to have a due date of flies to me of December 15, with the sign >>up deadline of This Wednesday, Oct. 20. Your fly should be one of the >patterns you've tied at Sow Bug. >> >>>BEFORE I FORGET, I'M ALSO ASKING EACH OF US TO TIE A SPECIAL >>>FLY FOR TONY SPEZIO, THE FATHER OF THE SOW BUG. YOU AND I >>>WILL DO SOMETHING SPECIAL WITH THESE FLIES >>> >>>NO ONE PERSON CONNECTED WITH FLY FISHING/TYING HAS MEANT >>>MORE THAN TONY SPEZIO IN MY FLY FISHING/TYING EDUCATION. I >>>ALSO COUNT IT AS ONE OF LIFE'S GREAT PLEASURES, TO CALL TONY >>>SPEZIO MY FRIEND. >>> >>>LEMME KNOW IF YOU WANT TO PARTICIPATE >>> >>>I tried to come up with a way to keep this a secret from Tony, >>>but since I've lost my email address book, this was the only >>>alternative I had to reach Sowbug Alumni. Tony please forgive >>>me, Old Friend. >>> >>>JIMMY D > -- 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 -- 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
