Should I come out and beg.....or....Psst, hey man, you got a quarter? OT

I come now on bended knee. Yep, I'm begging....for flies.

Here's the story. As you know or could have known by now I am renovating the
'shack out back' and my main decor is to be fly fishing, with some
miscellaneous oddball fishing items thrown in.

...and I'd like some flies from ROFF. I have a Green Drake by
Tom L. and some god awfully small midges from Dave PA and one of his
beetles...a little worse for the wear - it has caught a few fish. A Pass
Lake from Wofgang and one of Jonas' green drakes.

....and with you all's permission I intend to display them. But I need a few
more....a bunch more.

--snipped-- story about the really neat table saw I bought...'bought 90
pounds
of iron on which the motor went bad and other humorous items relating to why
I didn't build these shelves my self. -

Over in binaries I posted a pic of two shelves I found at a flea market. I
hope to use those to display the flies. The one on the left has a total of
49 compartments with an overall length of 20 inches by 18 inches high.

30 compartments are suitable for single flies. (2"x2")
10 are 2"x4"
7 are 4"x2" and
2 are 4"x4"

The box on the right has a total of 22 compartments and is 16 inches wide by
12 inches high.

8 compartments are 2 1/2 by 3 1/2
12 are 2 1/2 by 1 1/2
2 are 5 1/2 by 3 1/2

Could you guys help me out? I wish to display the fly and the name (properly
spelled) of the tier... Should ROFF be at the bottom? or
Rec.Outdoors.Fishing.Fly ? and/or the year?

But Wait! That's Not All!

I'd be glad to hand the other one as a special gift at the Penn
Clave...not the trade thing but like the Full Reid's and Blue Rock thing.
'course it probably wouldn't take to kindly to being transported 'every'
year....

....and some might say, " Oh sure, John's keeping the biggest and prettiest
display
for himself..." To that I say, "Yeah." But I'll tell you what I'm gonna do
for no money down, ninety days same as cash and no interest until February
2005...I'll give it to you when I die. No strings attached, well maybe
one...

You must enter the tontine.

Not that any value would be added by my additions but I do have one or two
interesting items. I have one small collection of one dead guy's fishing
stuff except the family I obtained it from has moved and I fear I shall
never have the chance to obtain the former owner's picture and one page bio.

The items will make a neat wall display, huh? I deem the items to be number
one atypical of a modestly successful W.W.II vet. A Southbend bamboo fly rod
here, maybe a Heddon bamboo bait casting there. A 65 year or so old
,muskie/pike ice-fishing rod made right here in Dayton, Ohio.

A rather eclectic collection. I saw the old guys house and contents before
the estate sale, and the items are exactly what I would of expected of an
accountant who had a ponderous, old, block and stone house. Never really
leaving his desk, who lived alone the last few decades....no children. He
left the whole kit and caboodle to his nephew who, unfortunately, had a bad
back and sold it all.

It would have taken all I had to bring the old estate up to snuff, but would
have been worth it many times over. So I made the nephew an offer and bought
all the fishing stuff.

Although I would put all of 'my' junk in the ROFF tontine pile it would be
up to who (or is it whom - where is that old textbook?) ever inherited it to
sort it all out and pick and item or two representative of me. I think a
well worn, non descript vest would be the best. An item or two of necessity,
none of quality, inhabiting the pockets along with pipe cleaners, screens,
rolling machines, a fractured molar and a blood covered slug.

What an explanation that would require! Well, I figure I could get Wayno to
draw up the paperwork for this kind of a thing...after all, it 'is' for the
children, and maybe get some free legal services in the process!

I mean don't you think it would be entirely appropriate for a Cackalackian
(did I spell that right?) to authorize the paperwork donating the body of a
damned Yankee to science?

What do you think? Should I beg for flies? After all, my tontine tradition
might be a shelf, a box of flies and namecards......assembly required....

john

"asadi" wrote...
I come now on bended knee. Yep, I'm begging....for flies.

Join the swap, you moocher.

snip
But Wait! That's Not All!

One of my all time favorite lines. They say it like you've got the phone in your
hand and you just can't WAIT to call that 800 number to get your Ronco
Slicer/Dicer.
--
TL,
Tim
------------------------
http://css.sbcma.com/timj

....I'd tie, but ask those whose seen my wooly buggers about how sloppy they
are....and that's about all I tie....

john

"Tim J." wrote in message
...

"asadi" wrote...
I come now on bended knee. Yep, I'm begging....for flies.

Join the swap, you moocher.

snip
But Wait! That's Not All!

One of my all time favorite lines. They say it like you've got the phone
in your
hand and you just can't WAIT to call that 800 number to get your Ronco
Slicer/Dicer.
--
TL,
Tim
------------------------
http://css.sbcma.com/timj

"asadi" wrote in message
...
I come now on bended knee. Yep, I'm begging....for flies.

Here's the story.

incredibly strange story snipped

Man, that's the most bizarre offer I've ever seen! At first I thought you
were joking, then I remembered you were the one that had your fingertip fly
taken off of Ebay for breaking the rules regarding body parts!

Now, I tell you what, I'll be happy to tie a fly or two to contribute to
your tontine (first I've seen that word), but, I do have some expectations
of outliving most of you old farts, especially with this crazy tontine on
the line! Hell, I may have to sell my motorcycle to lower my risk!

On 9 Jan 2004 14:06:04 GMT, "asadi"
wrote:

[all sorts of tontine stuff snipped]

john



John ol' buddy, I don't have a friggin' idea what you're up to but if
you need some streamers for a display . . . . no problems.

I also have some bent and bashed streamers that come with stories . .

Peter

"Peter Charles" wrote in message
...
On 9 Jan 2004 14:06:04 GMT, "asadi"
wrote:

[all sorts of tontine stuff snipped]

john



John ol' buddy, I don't have a friggin' idea what you're up to

ah, at last we have our old asadi back! after the last 18 months or so
of lucid posts, i feared some rationalization had taken effect on the pride
of the buckeye state.

his friend in the old north state
wayno

So make it the short form.

My friend Steve Stapleton picks something, Bob Colley picks something and
the rest of my fishing items (decorations, knick knacks included) go to ROFF
(Rec.outdoors.fishing.fly) when I die.

...momentarily lucid
john s. baker


"Wayne Harrison" wrote in message
r.com...

"Peter Charles" wrote in message
...
On 9 Jan 2004 14:06:04 GMT, "asadi"
wrote:

[all sorts of tontine stuff snipped]

john



John ol' buddy, I don't have a friggin' idea what you're up to

ah, at last we have our old asadi back! after the last 18 months or
so
of lucid posts, i feared some rationalization had taken effect on the
pride
of the buckeye state.

his friend in the old north state
wayno

On 11 Jan 2004 14:53:24 GMT, "asadi"
wrote:

So make it the short form.

My friend Steve Stapleton picks something, Bob Colley picks something and
the rest of my fishing items (decorations, knick knacks included) go to ROFF
(Rec.outdoors.fishing.fly) when I die.

..momentarily lucid
john s. baker



Just make this date sometime far in the future and you have a deal.

Peter (dying is a **** poor excuse for cancelling a fishing trip)

Peter

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