I would like to do this to honor Jimmy. I wanted to tie some salmonfly flies anyway. I hope to get up on the Snake River in May.
Mike On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 7:52 AM, Jimmy D. Moore <ray...@earthlink.net>wrote: > THANX RENE for getting the ball rolling. I like your hook size, etc. > which will make it lots easier. I hesitate to put a number on the swap. > Let's just see how it plays out. No matter how many flies, will give me > something to do. I'll let you guys decide on the particulars. Time frame. > etc/ WHAT EVER will be fine with me. > > JIMMY D > > P.S.I do like hook size 10 and larger. These old fingers can handle those > much better. > > > Rene Zillmann wrote: > > Hi Jimmy, >> >> Best wishes from my family to you. Sorry to hear about your constraints. >> I decided not to do a lot of swaps any more, simply running out of time. >> But this _is_ a good reason for a swap. I'll join. Let's say, hooks >> larger than 10?, so that;s 10, 9, .... to make it clear. Easier for us old >> chaps. >> >> I will do a streamer, some bucktail. >> >> Rene >> from Germany >> >> >> >> On 03/19/2013 06:33 PM, Jimmy D. Moore wrote: >> >> I continue to have good days and bad days. The Essential Tremor >>> continues to worsen, then >>> will subside for a few days. A couple drinks of bourbon a day seem to >>> help, as per the docs >>> suggestion. :-P However, the tremor hasn't affected my fly tying yet, >>> because I can still "think" >>> Stop and it stops. I can hold it indefinitely. In fact the members of >>> my Rotary club weren't >>> aware of the tremor until I told them during my program last week on >>> rattlesnakess. ;-) >>> >>> The worse part of the deal is the atrophying of the muscles in my calves >>> and pain in my feet. >>> This is not part of the essential tremor, just another "rock" in the >>> road for me to navigate >>> around. It's Osteo Arthritis in my feet. This is what makes it >>> impossible to "wade" anymore. >>> There's a neme for this one, but with all the ailments I have with feet >>> and legs, it doesn' seem >>> important anymore. The bottom line is that my balance is shot. I can >>> wade, but takes two wading >>> staffs and that's abundle what with my chest pack and the other "must >>> haves" >>> >>> If you guys could come up with a simple FLY for me to tie, I'd love to >>> enter a "simple swap." >>> and see how it goes. If I can handle it, I'll enter some more difficult >>> swaps. I always said, "If >>> I can no longer wade, then tying is the next best thing." >>> >>> Looking forward to hearing from you guys. What say - A Handicapped Swap >>> for Jimmy D. >>> >>> JIMMY D >>> >>> >> > -- > > > **************** ><((((((((º> ******************************** > *********** > JIMMY D. MOORE, ARS WB5RHT,author Moon Holler Misfits Fishing & Hunting > Club, Member, TOWA, Past VP Guadalupe River Trout Unlimited, North Zone > Fishing Editor Emeritus, > Texas Fish & Game Magazine, Virtual Fly Box & Fly Fishing > World Moderator, Scout Exec. Boy Scouts of America, Retired > http://bigtroutman.tripod.com/**index.html<http://bigtroutman.tripod.com/index.html> > ***************** <º))))))))>< > ***************************************** > > > > > > > > > > > -- > -- > 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-unsubscribe@** > googlegroups.com <vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/** > group/vfb-mail?hl=en <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 Google > Groups "VFB Mail" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to > vfb-mail+unsubscribe@**googlegroups.com<vfb-mail%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit > https://groups.google.com/**groups/opt_out<https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out> > . > > > -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VFB Mail" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vfb-mail+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
