Check this on Nick Runarrson's site. He has an original of Jimmy's poem. /fftf <http://www.swedneckflyfishing.com/fftffpoem.htm> http://www.swedneckflyfishing.com <http://www.swedneckflyfishing.com/fftffpoem.htm>fpoem.htm <http://www.swedneckflyfishing.com/fftffpoem.htm>
On Wed, Sep 25, 2019 at 8:51 PM Gary Webb <glwranger...@gmail.com> wrote: > IOFF International Order of Flytying Fanatics > Jimmy D Moore, > No Moore > Except in our Hearts > ForeverMoore > > Not as good as Jimmy D. What can I say. > > I wrote this poem about the time the VFB bunch came up with the > International Order of Fly Tying Fanatics. Hope you enjoy it. > > JIMMY D > > *A FLY TYING FANATIC* > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > * Cotton balls, wine corks, tow sacks, I save'em all. Craft beads, sparkle > rope, doll's eyes, I'm walkin tall. Mosquito net, you bet! And it's > already green, don't have to dye it. Just try it. You'll see what I mean. > Sewing thread, parrot feathers, and purple yarn. I'll use most anything, > and don't really give a darn. Closed cell foam and balsa wood. Anything > goes. Why I've even used the lint from between my toes. Candle wax, bee's > wax, ear wax, I use'em all. Soda straws, model paint bought at the Mall.* > > j > *avalina hair & belly hair from an Armadillo. Why I even use eider down > from my pillow.* > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > * Longhorn tail hair, my hair and hair from my cats. I'll even use belly > hair from a free-tailed bat. Black Visqueen sure makes good beetle backs. > Cut'em out, glue'em on, hang'em on the rack. Thus is the life of a fly > tying fanatic. Could I use the fiberglass insulation from my attic? I throw > away nuthin. I keep all kinds of stuff. With my kind of fly tying, > there's never enough! By JIMMY D. MOORE August 23, 2005 © * > > > > > > > > *I remember so many swaps Meistered by Jimmy D.College colors, NASCAR, and > the Jody Courage Swap.Gary L Webb * > > > > > > > > On Wed, Sep 25, 2019 at 5:06 PM Allan Fish <afi...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > >> I tried to reply last night on my iPad - it must have been rejected. >> >> This was a really saddening notice. >> >> Jimmy was a remarkable person. For those of you who didn't know him, he >> retired from the Boy Scouts of America as the Executive (that's the Big >> Kahuna) of the over 140,000 acre Philmont Scout Ranch in New Mexico. >> <https://www.philmontscoutranch.org/about/> My very questionable >> memory is telling me he was there 23 years. >> >> After retirement, he became the Outdoors Writer for many newspapers in >> Texas. He also wrote a hilarious fishing book (I'd have to go upstairs >> to get it to remember the title) in the same vein as Patrick McManus. >> >> I miss Jimmy D. >> >> Prayers to Jody. >> >> af >> >> -- >> -- >> 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. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vfb-mail/47d88843-1a86-74d6-196c-15e3bbd4ca46%40sbcglobal.net >> . >> > -- -- 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. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vfb-mail/CAOii2iautTAFTuk0W-t21DRDvAmAEUk4T62aKU%2B5NPnpWGYvuA%40mail.gmail.com.
