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Hello All,

I am so sick of the continuing winter that I holed myself up in my tying
room, looking through all my stuff.

I am curious about something - do any other roffians have collections of
flies tied by famous tiers? I have a small collection that I am very
proud of but, alas, impresses very few people.

I have examples of tying done by John Gierach, A.K. Best, Art Flick,
Poul Jorgenesen, Ed Schenk, Tom Pero, Dave Paris and Mary Dette. Tried
for a Jimmy Carter, but got no reply.

I have many flies tied by locally famous guys, too - Al Himmel, Nick
Pionessa, Brian Slovinski, Mark Stothard, Carl Coleman, Jay Peck, John
Miller, Charlie Dixon, Fred Brand.

Does any body else out there have a collection?

Pete Collin

Peter A. Collin wrote:
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Does any body else out there have a collection?

I have a Tom Littleton Usual and I used to have a Willi Loehman
midge emerger but I used it until it fell apart. They may not
be famous tiers but those flies should be, they're the creme de
la creme of my fly swap flies.

--
Ken Fortenberry

"Peter A. Collin" wrote in message
...
I am curious about something - do any other roffians have collections of
flies tied by famous tiers? I have a small collection that I am very
proud of but, alas, impresses very few people.

I have examples of tying done by John Gierach, A.K. Best, Art Flick, Poul
Jorgenesen, Ed Schenk, Tom Pero, Dave Paris and Mary Dette.

About 6-7 years ago, many tyers from various parts of world and various
"fame" contributed flies as a fund raiser for ALS on behalf of the late Gary
LaFontainne. I "won" the bidding on the main package of six flies from each
tyer. I have used a few but still have most of those along with all the
flies from the various swaps I have participated in together in a duffle.
One of these days I'll use all some of my woodworking tools and make the
appropriate display case for them. I have a couple of flies that belonged to
John Voelker but if I recall correctly, he did not tie his own flies.

Peter A. Collin wrote:

Does any body else out there have a collection?

Pete Collin

I have very few...

1) flies tied from the couple of ROFF fly swaps.
2) A collection tied by my friend and local fly shop/owner guide Vic
Bergman who is known in Alberta and the Crowsnest region
3) A small collection of flies tied by Robert Cormier, who co-authored
and illustrated the book "Mayflies: An Angler's Study of Trout Water
Ephemeroptera" with Malcolm Knopp. He lived in the Crowsnest Pass, and I
knew him for several years before he passed away.

That's about it. I have a number of flies I hang onto that were given to
me by various other friends.

Tim Lysyk

"Peter A. Collin" wrote

Does any body else out there have a collection?

Sandy Pittendrigh is working on a website with high quality photos of flies
by famous tiers. I'd suggest contacting him and possibly sharing your
collection for that project.

Tim Lysyk wrote:

2) A collection tied by my friend and local fly shop/owner guide Vic
Bergman who is known in Alberta and the Crowsnest region

I met Vic on a fishing trip to that area several years ago - His guide
Leland took me and my friends on a drift. One of the greatest trips I
ever made. I have one fly from his shop that he may have tied - an
imitation of a green drake, with a nifty hackle and wing that I haven't
seen anywhere else.

you are lucky to live in such a beautiful area.

Peter

Peter A. Collin wrote:

I met Vic on a fishing trip to that area several years ago - His guide
Leland took me and my friends on a drift. One of the greatest trips I
ever made. I have one fly from his shop that he may have tied - an
imitation of a green drake, with a nifty hackle and wing that I haven't
seen anywhere else.

you are lucky to live in such a beautiful area.

Peter

Do you have a picture of the green drake?

Vic is is heck of a nice guy. So is Leland. I used to guide for Vic, but
I did walk and wades, never the drift trips. I stopped guiding last
summer, so that I could spend more time fishing myself. Didn't quite
work out that way! I am planning on more time fishing this year. My son
is 10 now and I think he is ready to spend some time on the stream with
me. We have lots of smaller streams that kids would do very well on.

I live in Lethbridge, whcih is about an hour from the Pass, but that is
certainly close enough, and I do consider myself lucky to live here.

Tim Lysyk

On Sun, 15 Apr 2007 12:05:49 -0400, "Peter A. Collin"
wrote:

Hello All,

I am so sick of the continuing winter that I holed myself up in my tying
room, looking through all my stuff.

I am curious about something - do any other roffians have collections of
flies tied by famous tiers? I have a small collection that I am very
proud of but, alas, impresses very few people.

I have examples of tying done by John Gierach, A.K. Best, Art Flick,
Poul Jorgenesen, Ed Schenk, Tom Pero, Dave Paris and Mary Dette. Tried
for a Jimmy Carter, but got no reply.

I have many flies tied by locally famous guys, too - Al Himmel, Nick
Pionessa, Brian Slovinski, Mark Stothard, Carl Coleman, Jay Peck, John
Miller, Charlie Dixon, Fred Brand.

Does any body else out there have a collection?

Pete Collin

I have quite a few flies tyed by famous, infamous, and
not-nearly-famous-enough folks, but they aren't in a "collection" as
such. I was lucky enough to have a grandfather, and his father, who
were both fairly well-connected, sporting-wise, and as such, inherited
quite a bit of cool stuff, not the least of which was some of their
passed-on knowledge (mostly pre-1980 or so as to the tangible stuff).
Interesting at least to me, my mother was also a fairly decent caster in
her youth, and a girl, then as now, seems to draw a fair amount of, um,
"treasure." One particularly cool thing in that vein is a set of ties
done on pinclips for ladies, done by some of the Bergman/Burke/etc.
circle, amongst others, in the 50s (IIRC) and given to my mother and
grandmother. Apparently, this was something of a "rage" then. There's
a fairly large group of those in a variety of recipes and styles,
including some full-dress salmons.

As a sorta ROFFian aside, there are some interesting bits from the
original George - Herter. I have somewhere, unless they're lost, a
large span of Herter's catalogs. If you're interested in funky
sporting-related stuff, finding one from the 50s-60s would be an
interesting read, IMO. I remember reading these as a kid and being like
many were with the Sears toy catalogue.

The unfortunate thing is that much of it was treated as what it really
was at the time - fishing/casting equipment/gear - and as such, it isn't
cataloged as a collection. Obviously, things like books, artwork, the
aforementioned "ladies' pins," and rods are easily-determined, but the
"plain ol' using flies" would take a more-knowledgeable viewer than
myself to help determine who may have tyed what.

TC,
R

Larry L wrote:
"Peter A. Collin" wrote

Does any body else out there have a collection?

Sandy Pittendrigh is working on a website with high quality photos of flies
by famous tiers. I'd suggest contacting him and possibly sharing your
collection for that project.

Do you have a link?

Does any body else out there have a collection?

Poul Jorgensen, Kelly Galloup, Toril Korbul, Mike Martinek, Lefty Kreh
and quite a few others. I have a "special box" that I use for these.
Some really nice flies.
Frank Reid

Flytyer37 wrote:
Does any body else out there have a collection?

Poul Jorgensen, Kelly Galloup, Toril Korbul, Mike Martinek, Lefty Kreh
and quite a few others. I have a "special box" that I use for these.
Some really nice flies.
Frank Reid

That would be great to have a Martinek. He is awesome!

About 6-7 years ago, many tyers from various parts of world and various
"fame" contributed flies as a fund raiser for ALS on behalf of the late Gary
LaFontainne. I "won" the bidding on the main package of six flies from each
tyer. I have used a few but still have most of those along with all the
flies from the various swaps I have participated in together in a duffle.
One of these days I'll use all some of my woodworking tools and make the
appropriate display case for them. I have a couple of flies that belonged to
John Voelker but if I recall correctly, he did not tie his own flies.

Years ago I emailed Gary LaFontaine to see if he would trade flies with
me. He is one of the first fishing literary influences I had. Seemed
like a nice guy and figured my chances were good for a reply. Turns out
this was right around when it became public that he was sick. That
would have been a nice part of my collection, and what a loss to fly
fishing. They don't all get to die in thier mid 80's at the wheel of an
airplane!

Pete Collin

"Peter A. Collin" wrote

collection for that project.
Do you have a link?

http://tinyurl.com/279z26

Says "Montana Fly-Tiers" but I feel certain Sandy wants to expand beyond
state lines G

"Peter A. Collin" wrote

Does any body else out there have a collection?

Pete Collin

I have owned flies by many famous tiers ... but I fished 'em all ... most
caught trees

On Apr 16, 9:50 am, "Peter A. Collin"
wrote:
Flytyer37 wrote:
Does any body else out there have a collection?

Poul Jorgensen, Kelly Galloup, Toril Korbul, Mike Martinek, Lefty Kreh
and quite a few others. I have a "special box" that I use for these.
Some really nice flies.
Frank Reid

That would be great to have a Martinek. He is awesome!

Actually, we were both a couple of poor Yank tyers at the now defunct
Chatsworth Angling Faire in the UK. I introduced him to the Danica
Rotary Vise (later to be bought by Orvis and rebranded the DanVise).
He also gave me one of his first edition "Streamer Fly Patterns for
Trolling and Casting." Will say that that man can drink. There is
one night that I don't really remember. Every time I see him, he asks
if I've gotten "Frank's Fighting Craw" published. He uses it for
smallies up in Maine.
Frank Reid

On Apr 16, 5:37 am, wrote:
On Sun, 15 Apr 2007 12:05:49 -0400, "Peter A. Collin"

wrote:
Hello All,

I am so sick of the continuing winter that I holed myself up in my tying
room, looking through all my stuff.

I am curious about something - do any other roffians have collections of
flies tied by famous tiers? I have a small collection that I am very
proud of but, alas, impresses very few people.

I have examples of tying done by John Gierach, A.K. Best, Art Flick,
Poul Jorgenesen, Ed Schenk, Tom Pero, Dave Paris and Mary Dette. Tried
for a Jimmy Carter, but got no reply.

I have many flies tied by locally famous guys, too - Al Himmel, Nick
Pionessa, Brian Slovinski, Mark Stothard, Carl Coleman, Jay Peck, John
Miller, Charlie Dixon, Fred Brand.

Does any body else out there have a collection?

Pete Collin

I have quite a few flies tyed by famous, infamous, and
not-nearly-famous-enough folks, but they aren't in a "collection" as
such. I was lucky enough to have a grandfather, and his father, who
were both fairly well-connected, sporting-wise, and as such, inherited
quite a bit of cool stuff, not the least of which was some of their
passed-on knowledge (mostly pre-1980 or so as to the tangible stuff).
Interesting at least to me, my mother was also a fairly decent caster in
her youth, and a girl, then as now, seems to draw a fair amount of, um,
"treasure." One particularly cool thing in that vein is a set of ties
done on pinclips for ladies, done by some of the Bergman/Burke/etc.
circle, amongst others, in the 50s (IIRC) and given to my mother and
grandmother. Apparently, this was something of a "rage" then. There's
a fairly large group of those in a variety of recipes and styles,
including some full-dress salmons.

As a sorta ROFFian aside, there are some interesting bits from the
original George - Herter. I have somewhere, unless they're lost, a
large span of Herter's catalogs. If you're interested in funky
sporting-related stuff, finding one from the 50s-60s would be an
interesting read, IMO. I remember reading these as a kid and being like
many were with the Sears toy catalogue.

The unfortunate thing is that much of it was treated as what it really
was at the time - fishing/casting equipment/gear - and as such, it isn't
cataloged as a collection. Obviously, things like books, artwork, the
aforementioned "ladies' pins," and rods are easily-determined, but the
"plain ol' using flies" would take a more-knowledgeable viewer than
myself to help determine who may have tyed what.

TC,
R- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text.

HAve one of these?

http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listi...61721&sr=1-172

George Leonard was an expert on many things, like some other people we
know.
His catalogse were entertaing to say the least. George Lepnard would
take things like the Herters Belgium pattern wrist rocket sling shot
to Africa where he hunted elephants with it. The Elephants most of
the time would die from fright knowing they faced a skilled hunter
with such a weapon.

On 16 Apr 2007 15:04:20 -0700, "Flytyer37" wrote:

On Apr 16, 9:50 am, "Peter A. Collin"
wrote:
Flytyer37 wrote:
Does any body else out there have a collection?

Poul Jorgensen, Kelly Galloup, Toril Korbul, Mike Martinek, Lefty Kreh
and quite a few others. I have a "special box" that I use for these.
Some really nice flies.
Frank Reid

That would be great to have a Martinek. He is awesome!

Actually, we were both a couple of poor Yank tyers at the now defunct
Chatsworth Angling Faire in the UK. I introduced him to the Danica
Rotary Vise

OK fess up...it's a _vice_ AND it rotates...how did you get hurt with
it?

(later to be bought by Orvis and rebranded the DanVise).
He also gave me one of his first edition "Streamer Fly Patterns for
Trolling and Casting." Will say that that man can drink. There is
one night that I don't really remember. Every time I see him, he asks
if I've gotten "Frank's Fighting Craw" published. He uses it for
smallies up in Maine.
Frank Reid

Neat little snippet of FFing.

TC,
R

On 16 Apr 2007 15:20:54 -0700, "BJ Conner"
wrote:

On Apr 16, 5:37 am, wrote:
On Sun, 15 Apr 2007 12:05:49 -0400, "Peter A. Collin"

wrote:
Hello All,

I am so sick of the continuing winter that I holed myself up in my tying
room, looking through all my stuff.

I am curious about something - do any other roffians have collections of
flies tied by famous tiers? I have a small collection that I am very
proud of but, alas, impresses very few people.

I have examples of tying done by John Gierach, A.K. Best, Art Flick,
Poul Jorgenesen, Ed Schenk, Tom Pero, Dave Paris and Mary Dette. Tried
for a Jimmy Carter, but got no reply.

I have many flies tied by locally famous guys, too - Al Himmel, Nick
Pionessa, Brian Slovinski, Mark Stothard, Carl Coleman, Jay Peck, John
Miller, Charlie Dixon, Fred Brand.

Does any body else out there have a collection?

Pete Collin

I have quite a few flies tyed by famous, infamous, and
not-nearly-famous-enough folks, but they aren't in a "collection" as
such. I was lucky enough to have a grandfather, and his father, who
were both fairly well-connected, sporting-wise, and as such, inherited
quite a bit of cool stuff, not the least of which was some of their
passed-on knowledge (mostly pre-1980 or so as to the tangible stuff).
Interesting at least to me, my mother was also a fairly decent caster in
her youth, and a girl, then as now, seems to draw a fair amount of, um,
"treasure." One particularly cool thing in that vein is a set of ties
done on pinclips for ladies, done by some of the Bergman/Burke/etc.
circle, amongst others, in the 50s (IIRC) and given to my mother and
grandmother. Apparently, this was something of a "rage" then. There's
a fairly large group of those in a variety of recipes and styles,
including some full-dress salmons.

As a sorta ROFFian aside, there are some interesting bits from the
original George - Herter. I have somewhere, unless they're lost, a
large span of Herter's catalogs. If you're interested in funky
sporting-related stuff, finding one from the 50s-60s would be an
interesting read, IMO. I remember reading these as a kid and being like
many were with the Sears toy catalogue.

The unfortunate thing is that much of it was treated as what it really
was at the time - fishing/casting equipment/gear - and as such, it isn't
cataloged as a collection. Obviously, things like books, artwork, the
aforementioned "ladies' pins," and rods are easily-determined, but the
"plain ol' using flies" would take a more-knowledgeable viewer than
myself to help determine who may have tyed what.

TC,
R- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text.

HAve one of these?

http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listi...61721&sr=1-172

I don't think so. I haven't seen it, but I have _a lot_ of books in 4
locations. I know I have the cookbooks and the tackle-making books, and
it wouldn't surprise me that my GF would have had them all. I'll try to
remember to look for it.

George Leonard was an expert on many things, like some other people we
know.
His catalogse were entertaing to say the least. George Lepnard would
take things like the Herters Belgium pattern wrist rocket sling shot
to Africa where he hunted elephants with it. The Elephants most of
the time would die from fright knowing they faced a skilled hunter
with such a weapon.

Ever seen the gen-u-wine Herter's Snipe, Quail, or Dove Calls (got some,
still in the boxes)? Hell, maybe they actually do work, but dove
hunting musta been different in the 40s and 50s...I think "here,
dovey-dovey" would work as well. I've wondered if they were a joke (a
snipe call, even for actual snipe?), just a stupid idea, or what. OTOH,
I have a Herter's travel tying set-up that is marked "Herter's" but is a
really nice and well-made/finished Thompson A (it really looks
hand-honed - not a tool mark or sharp edge to be found) with matching
bobbin rest and pretty slick holders that the stems fit through AND came
with my favorite bobbin - the Herter's Bullet. Supposedly, this rig was
for traveling on trains, and get this, planes..."um, that? It's
CD...er, duck's ass...and that? A bodkin....gee, you TSA folks sure are
picky...can _I_ get this 54-pound wooden chest full of clanking metal
stuff into the overhead? Why would I? That's the porter's job...oh,
boy...my luggage, please..."

TC,
R

Neat little snippet of FFing.

It was kinda fun. I was a "very" poor GI, tying for Bowtyer fur. My
Griffin 3ARP vise crapped out right in the middle of an 10 hour
marathon day of tying at the Bowtyer booth. The screw tightening the
jaws stripped.
I went down to the Danica booth, told them my problem and they sold me
the Danica vise at cost. It would be good advertising for them. I
had a blast with it. It was my first rotary.
Later that day, Mike came by. He liked my flies and was really
interested in the vise. I showed him how strong it was by throwing it
out into the middle of the walk way. Picked it up, tied a size 26
fly, then a 4/0 crawdad. Long story short, he went up and bought one
and ended up using it in most of his videos.
I think I sold more vises for Danica in those two days than the
material I used for tying.
Frank Reid