Re: Village Idiot
Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2012 10:55 pm
haha, now that's a stickler!
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Re: Village Idiot
Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2012 11:40 pm
This photo made me do a double take! Loved it. Quite funny. That ones needs to be in a book. You must eat a lot of fruit is all I can say! Your photos are top notch too. Awesome work.
Re: Village Idiot
Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2012 3:03 am
Lance, the tier in the photo, the person working on his first-ever attempt to tie a fly (for a special occasion), is the late Alan Bramley.gingerdun wrote:Hans, That is a great fly-tying portrait. That gentleman is truly happy. Looking forward to hearing more.
Lance
Alan was the owner and ceo of the (then) leading hookmaker firm Partridge of Redditch.
Cheers,
Hans W
PS The Polish fly hook I referenced earlier in the thread was an Alan invention, where he sent out samples to friends on April Fools - it is a normal shaped hook with an eye at one end, a point at the other - so far, so normal - and a barb pointing the other way...
Re: Village Idiot
Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2012 4:09 pm
Hans,
The Polish fly hook would have been perfect!
The Polish fly hook would have been perfect!
Re: Village Idiot
Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2012 6:19 pm
I think I resemble that remark.
Re: Village Idiot
Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2012 7:34 pm
Don't think there's a smiley big enough for this one! 
You're starting to scare me.
You're starting to scare me.
Re: Village Idiot
Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2012 8:33 pm
Don't laugh too much folks! This fly will be perfect when we start pushing flies thru the current instead of pulling or leading them thru! Very funny stuff indeed! Please keep us fed!
Dougsden
Dougsden