Let me say one more thing about Bruce. He is an accomplished woodsmith and made his own tying table - which he brought with him. Matter of fact, he brought so much of his tying room that the Mayflower moving van just backed up to the door of the s-o-w-b-u-g and dropped the back down and plugged everything in!
All joking aside, Bruce has it together! Really efficient tying chests, compartmentalized hook keepers, a compulsive person's dream! That's why I kept buggin him for the "special" stuff! I knew he had to have it somewhere! You gotta meet him at one of the shows! Doc ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bruce P. Whittle, DVM" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, March 31, 2003 10:47 PM Subject: Re: [VFB] S-O-W- B-U-G - NEED REPORT - PLEASE Pt. 4 > Dr. Doug, > I was going to e-mail you privately but decided I had better set the record > straight on a public forum. First of all, thank you for the kind words. > Second of all, I am no brain surgeon!!! Third, I was only smiling because > I was away from work!?! Doug is a great guy himself as were the other VFB > members. I was glad to meet Jimi, Rene, and Mark. I had already met Tony > because he got me started going to shows in the first place about 4 years > ago. I guess I should blame him for giving me an excuse to take two long > weekends off a year to "play"! I wish more VFB members could have been > there. Next year Byard is just going to have to charter a bus and pick > people up as he winds his way across the country on the way to Mountain > Home! Oh, and bring your wooden boat so we can all fish the White. Thank > you to Tony and the other members of the North Arkansas Fly Fishers for > putting on this great show. Glad to meet the members that were there and > hope to see more of you next year. > Bruce Whittle > ---------- > From: Dr. Doug Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [VFB] S-O-W- B-U-G - NEED REPORT - PLEASE Pt. 4 > Date: Monday, March 31, 2003 7:16 PM > > Bruce Whittle - > Mr. Fly tier hisself! He is a large animal vet with the precision of a > brain surgeon! Really nice guy! Put up with me on several occasions > asking for a special hook. > Smiled a lot. > > His son, Brandon, tied right at his dad's side. That young man will be a > force to be reckoned with soon! Trout are already whispering his name in > the back eddies of the White River. > >
