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,
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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