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