A shout out to my fellow Roffians

W. D. Grey wrote:
In article , jeff
writes

jh wrote:

nice to hear from you Jeff- I haven't been fishing or Roffing much
lately either. Maybe next year the weather and schedules will be more
favorable.
John H


see john...this is where the names can get a might confusing. jeffc
lives in raleigh...i live in greenville. he's the skilled
fisherman...i'm the stumbler/grumbler-fish-til-they-surrender
fisherman. i know he's been west a time or two, though i only recall
his visit to the henrys fork gathering. so, you've probably fished
with both of us (assuming of course that you are john h from missoula)
at some point on that trip, but with me more since we fished at rock
creek and the gallatin/madison/yellowstone areas. i'm the one who
showed you fawn lake's allure...g

anyway, again assuming you're that john...i too hope you'll get your
priorities straight and that both of us jeffs will see you next year. g

jeff


I think you're the Jeff Miller who signed my ROFF 99 Fall Ball Cap

indeed i am... born of betty jane bailey miller in west runton, shire of
erpingham, norfolk county, england those many years ago...and the proud
author of the signature that has found its way to my favorite welsh
trout fisherman.

.... isn't it about time you found your way over to this side of the
pond? i expect we might even be able to get wayno dislodged briefly
from his femme focus and his effort to "change" all of guilford and
rowan counties should you accept our open invitation to sample fishing
in the colonies.

hope the hat wears well, and the ink in my signature adds to the warmth
intended with all the others. it was the best of times...

jeff

"jh" wrote in message
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Ahh Fawn lake- now that was a trip. IIRC Jeffc has a cherry rod case
i built for one of the raffles- Rock Creek I think.

Dang straight, I'm proud to own it, it's a gem.

Did have a couple really nice floats on the Bitterroot, and one
exceptional float on the Blackfoot- same float we did on the Rock
Creek Clave- but it was much cooler and the Salmon flys were out in
force :-)

Fishing Rock Creek that year was one of the best trips I've ever been on.

"jeff" wrote in message
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jeffc wrote:
For one reason or another, I haven't been fly fishing much in the past 3
years. I do miss it, and I also miss the ROFF trips.

This is a little sappy, but I do occasionally daydream of trips past and
fishing exploits with some of my ROFF friends. It does make me feel good
to know it's out there, whenever I can make it again.

sept 29-oct 13 in graham county...?

Not probable, but possible. And that's enough to give me something to think
about.... :-)

"jeffc" wrote in message
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"jh" wrote in message
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Ahh Fawn lake- now that was a trip. IIRC Jeffc has a cherry rod case
i built for one of the raffles- Rock Creek I think.

Dang straight, I'm proud to own it, it's a gem.

As Dave said, it was actually Henry's Fork Clave, but I did go to Rock Creek
as well.

In article , jeff
writes
I think you're the Jeff Miller who signed my ROFF 99 Fall Ball Cap


indeed i am... born of betty jane bailey miller in west runton, shire
of erpingham, norfolk county, england those many years ago...and the
proud author of the signature that has found its way to my favorite
welsh trout fisherman.

I've only met Riverman (Myron) so he'll have to tell you what sort of
scoundrel I am :-)

... isn't it about time you found your way over to this side of the
pond? i expect we might even be able to get wayno dislodged briefly
from his femme focus and his effort to "change" all of guilford and
rowan counties should you accept our open invitation to sample fishing
in the colonies.

If that were only possible, but I'm afraid not :-( Lovely of you to
suggest it -
I'm a little scared of Wayno - I'm Tea Totaller y'see :-)

hope the hat wears well, and the ink in my signature adds to the warmth
intended with all the others. it was the best of times...

That HAT take pride of place - I may have to return it for Wayno to sign
it for me some day.

The best of wishes from South Wales

jeff

--
Bill Grey

"W. D. Grey" wrote in message
...

If that were only possible, but I'm afraid not :-( Lovely of you to
suggest it -
I'm a little scared of Wayno - I'm Tea Totaller y'see :-)

ha ha. I showed up for the first time at a clave in NC thinking I might get
the crap kicked out of me, but they just gave a big swig of some moonshine
in a Mason jar, and everything seemed OK after that.

"W. D. Grey" wrote

That HAT take pride of place - I may have to return it for Wayno to sign
it for me some day.

i would be honored to do so. and you have nothing to fear from me.
that is, unless you are careless in your monitoring of the local
divorcees...

The best of wishes from South Wales
--
Bill Grey

and the same from yr obt svt in the old north state,

wayno

In article , Wayne Harrison
writes

"W. D. Grey" wrote

That HAT take pride of place - I may have to return it for Wayno to sign
it for me some day.

i would be honored to do so. and you have nothing to fear from me.
that is, unless you are careless in your monitoring of the local
divorcees...

The best of wishes from South Wales
--
Bill Grey

and the same from yr obt svt in the old north state,

wayno



Hiya Wayne hope you are well!
--
Bill Grey

Hi, Bill. How is Ann and the boys?

I believe that everyone at the clave signed your hat, Bill. I mailed
several hats after that clave and they were all signed by lots of
folks. Of course it is easy to forget wayno. He's usually in a
corner sleeping it off. d;o)

Be well.

Dave

In article , Dave LaCourse
writes
Hi, Bill. How is Ann and the boys?

Hi Dave,

We're all getting older and the "boys" is singular now - only Geraint
aged 8 is left. Gwilym had to be put to sleep due to what we think was a
brain tumour - that was three yeas ago. For those who don't know,
Geraint and Gwilym are Labrador retrievers :-)

Anne is fine except for a dodgy knee which prevents her coming on hill
walks (hikes) with me.

I believe that everyone at the clave signed your hat, Bill. I mailed
several hats after that clave and they were all signed by lots of
folks. Of course it is easy to forget wayno. He's usually in a
corner sleeping it off. d;o)

AFAIC make out the names a

Bill Crowe
Ken Fortenberry
Jeff Miller
Charlie (Choc?)
Dave LaCourse
Daytripper
Louie Laplac { :-) }
I.J (Indian Joe ?)
Wayne Knight
Waldo
Tom Brown
Steve Zimmerman

What a great collection of signatures - thanks again everyone.

Be well.

Dave


Hope you, Joanne and Henry are doing well also.
--
Bill Grey