Thanks, Byard. I did call Dave and he said the best thing to do was to publish another 'letter from readers' and explain the general concept of the rop-dub and point the way to the vfb article, which I did.
So one thing will come of it- you'll get a lot of traffic to your site. The big problem that I see from what Mr. Kanemoto learned is that he got only a partial education about the method, and not the whole scope. But what he learned amazed him, even if he din't learn how to segment in the same process. Thanks for backing me, though. I've demo'd the rope-dub for at least 6 years now, starting with my stoneflies, on which I developed it in the early 80's. I tried it on wets and dries later, then with the new 'Ice Dub', which I finally published on your site due to popular demand. No one out of the hundreds I've demo'd it to, many world class tiers included, have seen the exact technique before. So thanks for backing me. DonO ----- Original Message ----- From: "Byard Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2003 2:30 PM Subject: [VFB] Credit where credit is due... > > Just wanted to bring to your attention a submission to the most > current issue of Fly Tyer magazine. In the section First Wraps - Fly > Tyers Tips is a letter from H Kanemoto describing a dubbing twist > method that sounds very much like one that our own Don Ordes has been > touting for the last couple of years here on the list. In the article > credit for the technique is given to Royce Dam. I certainly don't > doubt Dr Kanemoto's integrity as he states that the technique he > describes was learned from Royce personally. > > It is just my contention that credit be given to the deserved > innovator of the technique...DonO! > > As a fly tyer with 40 years of experience under my belt and one who > avidly seeks new techniques via the media, DonO's presentation of > "rope-dubbing" was a new one to me when he first mentioned it on the > VFB list well over two years ago. I'm confident that he developed the > procedure long before he ever mentioned it on our mail list. > > It's my feeling that Fly Tyer magazine needs to be made aware of an > injustice being done. I suspect that an influx of emails and letters > from all of "DonO Supporters" may encourage them to give credit where > credit is due. > > A call to arms to all VFBers...;^) Do it now while fresh in your minds. > > email: David Klausmeyer, Editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > snail mail: Abenaki Publishers, Inc, ATTN: Editorial Dept, PO Box > 4100, Bennington, VT 05201 > > > I have never really given much credence to laying claim to fly design > or technique because we all strive to improve patterns for our own > geographic purposes. That's why we tie...to innovate...to > improve...and of course to catch fish. But... > > ... as yet another example of someone "claiming" credit, I offer as > evidence the recent submission to "Flyfishing & Tying Journal" in > their Patent Patterns feature. The now known as "Ritter's Caddis" is > a pattern that I developed over 25 years ago to entice those fussy > native trout of the Battenkill River in New York. My "DTWC" or Deer & > Turkey Wing Caddis was designed with the premise that caddis are > almost always in a state of movement. It was my feeling that a few > fibers of deer hair over the wing of a standard Turkey Wing Caddis > pattern would simulate movement when viewed by a feeding trout. I can > actually document reference to my DTWC in personal fishing journals > from the 1980's as well as from the many friends that I tied it for > back then. It has also been a published pattern in the Virtual Flybox > for over six years. > > keep tyin'...byard >
