"Peter A. Collin" wrote in message
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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.