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Chris Chapman
Dec 29, 2025, 10:00:53 AM (3 days ago) 12/29/25
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Hello Everyone,
I couldn’t beleive my eyes seeing an email with VFB.
I too miss the swaps although the Most Memorable Swap may have been a bit too ambitious, I was going through some boxes and found the book and enjoyed flipping through.
At the time of the swaps, I just started a family and now both boys are finishing college and low an behold, I have joined a fly tying group in Concord NH where I get to tie in public once a week in the winter.
I look back on how the group with Line’s Ends help, we used the internet with a purpose.
I would like to extend my thanks for all those that taught me so much.
If there is any interest, I would be willing to host another swap as it has been a long time.
If not, no issues but if I can help facilitate, I am ready.
Enjoy the holidays and your loved ones, and keep tying!!
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Nick Runarsson <n.run...@gmail.com>: Dec 28 08:27AM -0800
But now Jester is back. Remember him... the Swedish Redneck?
My doctor and boss and Teresa and everybody around me are at me right
now... WORK LESS... and my body doesn't disagree. I'm back where I was at
2004, when unemployment made me *need an interest* and I found you the
first time... and soon I was in the Fly-Tying Fanatic circus for real. 10
years later I had to take a break, which sadly never ended. But now I start
to feel that interest waking up again and I'm very eager to start tying
again.
I should have done it before we moved, when my tying stations stood there
waiting. Then I wouldn't have packed the boxes like I did. It would have
been on top and the boxes would have been the first reachable ones. Only
God can tell where the stuff can be found right now. There are boxes all
around the house.
But it won't be long now. I wonder if I remember how to do it. Maybe it'll
be EXACTLY as it was when I came here the first time... when you had to
drag me into my first fly swap. LOL
Best Regards,
Nick Runarsson, Sweden
torsdag 22 maj 2025 kl. 21:39:53 UTC+2 skrev BobH:
Hi Nev. you know guys we need to revive the list. So many memories and
swaps. I remember the Michigan members. We had fun at the tying shows. Are
you guys still around? You know the hex hatch is coming. It has been too
long for me.
BobH
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On May 22, 2025, at 2:47 PM, Neville Gosling <nev.g...@gmail.com> wrote:
Yes, I miss Tony and many others in the group who are no longer with us.
Neville (Név) Gosling
Greater Vancouver Canada
On May 22, 2025, at 10:40, 'BobH' via VFB Mail <vfb-...@googlegroups.com>
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Hi Joyce it’s good to see a post from you. Bob Haering here Tony was one of
the greatest. It is really great to see a post from vfb I’m stuck in an ED
waiting for another surgery tonight to clean an infection in my leg. It
figures though it’s prime fishing time here cold or warm water.
BobH
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On May 22, 2025, at 11:03 AM, Joyce M Westphal <joyc...@gmail.com> wrote:
Thank you for this neat pattern. Tony built my wonderful bamboo rod. Joyce
thank
On Wed, May 21, 2025 at 11:07 PM Gary Webb <glwran...@gmail.com> wrote:
Remembering Tony
*White River Demon By Tony Spezio*
*Hook : Streamer 6-12*
*Thread: Fluorescent Red*
*Head: 4 mm plastic silver bead 5 mm for sz 6, 8*
*Weight: 10 wraps of .010 .015 up against the bead*
*Tail: White rabbit fur with several strands of Pearl Krystal
Flash on each side*
*Body: Pearl plastic canvas braid wrapped two times (This allows the
braid to trap air)*
*Hackle: White or Cream saddle*
*Eyes: Dot nail polish or colored UV glue on the head*
*Tie in the rabbit fur tail at the beginning of the bend.*
*Tie in the hackle where the tail was tied in. *
*Tie in the braid at the same point. Wrap it forward and then back to the
tail.*
*Wrap the hackle forward wooly bugger style.*
*Wrap the thread to make a hot spot collar.*
*The trapped air makes the fly more buoyant so it kind of shimmies in a
slow sink.*
*Here is Nick Runarsson's version of Tony's fly:*
https://www.swedneckflyfishing.com/wr_demon.htm
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Henk Verhaar <he...@buroverhaar.nl>: Dec 28 09:09AM -0800
Attaboy. I will be retiring at the end of this year (i’ve already had my
last working day ;-) ) and will be devoting most of my time to fishing,
tying and building bamboo rods… Hoping to see you take up tying for real.
Can’t remember exactly where you are in Sweden, but we’ll be back in Norway
(Hedmark) this summer - barring any unforeseen events…
Henk
On Sunday, December 28, 2025 at 5:27:03 PM UTC+1 Nick Runarsson wrote:
Niclas (Gmail) <n.run...@gmail.com>: Dec 28 06:54PM +0100
Hello Henk!
Oh, I really hope for fishing again too. But I have no great expectations
there. I will settle with tying for now. Today fishing would be too
hazardous. Maybe if this tying resurrection can make me feel a little
better and make my seizures take a step back to where they were before...
when they mostly came nighttime during sleep and with months inbetween.
Now, when they come way more often, where I stand and all around the clock,
standing by the waterline is Russian roulette for me.
Fishing is thrilling for sure... but for some, the thrill is more than you
want from it. LOL
/Nick
Jack Harford <jharfo...@gmail.com>: Dec 28 01:17PM -0500
Hi VFBers
I was a late comer to this esteemed group invited by Al Fish. Al and I tied
together some and he introduced me to Sowbug and several of you. Al passed
in 2022 but memories of Al, and Tony and Joyce and others remain. Here's my
special Christmas fly, the Rudolph
Tight Lines in 2026
Jack
Neville Gosling <nev.g...@gmail.com>: Dec 28 11:26AM -0800
It is good to hear from you Nick and Henk
I am still here but haven't fished or tied a fly for several years - not because I don’t want to but because I have fairly severe diabetes that makes driving an issue plus I don’t have a fishing partner that lives near me and it is not safe for me to fish alone. I am in the slow process of downsizing my fishing tackle as I just turned 80. Unfortunately two of my previous fishing partners have passed away and others have moved to another Province (state).
I attended the SowBug in March 2011 and met several VFB’ers there including both Tony Spezio, Alan Fish, Rick Zieger and many others.
Rick Still posts his daily sunfish flies and has almost singlehandedly kept the VFB going. Thank you Rick
Nev Gosling
Greater Vancouver
British Columbia, Canada
Niclas (Gmail) <n.run...@gmail.com>: Dec 28 09:06PM +0100
VFB roundup at Sowbug Roundup 2006. My first public tying. Talk about a
start with a rush...
[image: IMG_1249.JPG]
Neville Gosling <nev.g...@gmail.com>: Dec 28 12:18PM -0800
Gosh, that photo brings back memories, It would be nice to have all the names.
Neville (Nev) Gosling
Greater Vancouver
BC Canada
Niclas (Gmail) <n.run...@gmail.com>: Dec 28 10:06PM +0100
Names to *most *of the faces can be found on the Sowbug 2006 and 2008
pictures here:
https://www.swedneckflyfishing.com/sowbug2006_photos1.htm
https://www.swedneckflyfishing.com/sowbug2008_photos1.htm
Rick Zieger <rdzi...@yahoo.com>: Dec 28 09:10PM
That picture brings back many memoires. Glad to see some names again.Rick
On Sunday, December 28, 2025 at 02:07:20 PM CST, Niclas (Gmail) <n.run...@gmail.com> wrote:
VFB roundup at Sowbug Roundup 2006. My first public tying. Talk about a start with a rush...
Den sön 28 dec. 2025 kl 20:26 skrev Neville Gosling <nev.g...@gmail.com>:
It is good to hear from you Nick and Henk
I am still here but haven't fished or tied a fly for several years - not because I don’t want to but because I have fairly severe diabetes that makes driving an issue plus I don’t have a fishing partner that lives near me and it is not safe for me to fish alone. I am in the slow process of downsizing my fishing tackle as I just turned 80. Unfortunately two of my previous fishing partners have passed away and others have moved to another Province (state).
I attended the SowBug in March 2011 and met several VFB’ers there including both Tony Spezio, Alan Fish, Rick Zieger and many others.
Rick Still posts his daily sunfish flies and has almost singlehandedly kept the VFB going. Thank you Rick
Nev Gosling
Greater Vancouver
British Columbia, Canada
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Rick Zieger <rdzi...@yahoo.com>: Dec 28 09:13PM
Thanks for the names.Rick
On Sunday, December 28, 2025 at 03:06:35 PM CST, Niclas (Gmail) <n.run...@gmail.com> wrote:
Names to most of the faces can be found on the Sowbug 2006 and 2008 pictures here:https://www.swedneckflyfishing.com/sowbug2006_photos1.htmhttps://www.swedneckflyfishing.com/sowbug2008_photos1.htm
Den sön 28 dec. 2025 kl 21:18 skrev Neville Gosling <nev.g...@gmail.com>:
Gosh, that photo brings back memories, It would be nice to have all the names.
Neville (Nev) GoslingGreater VancouverBC Canada
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<jba...@betadigm.com>: Dec 28 03:38PM -0600
I haven’t been very active w/ any regard to fly fishing. I’m still a member of FFI & the tying guild, but I haven’t tied in a couple of years & only fished a few times. I don’t remember the last time I was @ Sow Bug, but Tony kept trying to get me to take over his station to tie.
I was talked out of retirement 5 years ago & I was regional director for the Central Region of Ambucs the last two years, which took up a lot of my time, but I’m back to being a “has been” for Ambucs & I’ve been digging out tools & materials for spring.
J
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But now Jester is back. Remember him... the Swedish Redneck?
My doctor and boss and Teresa and everybody around me are at me right now... WORK LESS... and my body doesn't disagree. I'm back where I was at 2004, when unemployment made me need an interest and I found you the first time... and soon I was in the Fly-Tying Fanatic circus for real. 10 years later I had to take a break, which sadly never ended. But now I start to feel that interest waking up again and I'm very eager to start tying again.
I should have done it before we moved, when my tying stations stood there waiting. Then I wouldn't have packed the boxes like I did. It would have been on top and the boxes would have been the first reachable ones. Only God can tell where the stuff can be found right now. There are boxes all around the house.
But it won't be long now. I wonder if I remember how to do it. Maybe it'll be EXACTLY as it was when I came here the first time... when you had to drag me into my first fly swap. LOL
Best Regards,
Nick Runarsson, Sweden
torsdag 22 maj 2025 kl. 21:39:53 UTC+2 skrev BobH:
Hi Nev. you know guys we need to revive the list. So many memories and swaps. I remember the Michigan members. We had fun at the tying shows. Are you guys still around? You know the hex hatch is coming. It has been too long for me.
BobH
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On May 22, 2025, at 2:47 PM, Neville Gosling <nev.g...@gmail.com> wrote:
Yes, I miss Tony and many others in the group who are no longer with us.
Neville (Név) Gosling
Greater Vancouver Canada
On May 22, 2025, at 10:40, 'BobH' via VFB Mail <vfb-...@googlegroups.com> wrote:
Hi Joyce it’s good to see a post from you. Bob Haering here Tony was one of the greatest. It is really great to see a post from vfb I’m stuck in an ED waiting for another surgery tonight to clean an infection in my leg. It figures though it’s prime fishing time here cold or warm water.
BobH
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On May 22, 2025, at 11:03 AM, Joyce M Westphal <joyc...@gmail.com> wrote:
Thank you for this neat pattern. Tony built my wonderful bamboo rod. Joyce
thank
On Wed, May 21, 2025 at 11:07 PM Gary Webb <glwran...@gmail.com> wrote:
Remembering Tony
White River Demon By Tony Spezio
Hook : Streamer 6-12
Thread: Fluorescent Red
Head: 4 mm plastic silver bead 5 mm for sz 6, 8
Weight: 10 wraps of .010 .015 up against the bead
Tail: White rabbit fur with several strands of Pearl Krystal Flash on each side
Body: Pearl plastic canvas braid wrapped two times (This allows the braid to trap air)
Hackle: White or Cream saddle
Eyes: Dot nail polish or colored UV glue on the head
Tie in the rabbit fur tail at the beginning of the bend.
Tie in the hackle where the tail was tied in.
Tie in the braid at the same point. Wrap it forward and then back to the tail.
Wrap the hackle forward wooly bugger style.
Wrap the thread to make a hot spot collar.
The trapped air makes the fly more buoyant so it kind of shimmies in a slow sink.
Here is Nick Runarsson's version of Tony's fly:
https://www.swedneckflyfishing.com/wr_demon.htm
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Michael Bliss <flyfi...@gmail.com>: Dec 28 03:55PM -0700
This post and picture is a warm blanket. Some of those in the picture have
gone now. I am still tying and fishing but less so than before. Thanks
for good memories.
Mike Bliss
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Byard Miller <bya...@gmail.com>: Dec 28 04:00PM -0700
Good to hear from you folks. Hope all had a great Christmas and best wishes for a bright new year.
keep tyin' … byard
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On Dec 28, 2025, at 3:56 PM, Michael Bliss <flyfi...@gmail.com> wrote:
This post and picture is a warm blanket. Some of those in the picture have gone now. I am still tying and fishing but less so than before. Thanks for good memories.
Mike Bliss
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That picture brings back many memoires. Glad to see some names again.
Rick
On Sunday, December 28, 2025 at 02:07:20 PM CST, Niclas (Gmail) <n.run...@gmail.com> wrote:
VFB roundup at Sowbug Roundup 2006. My first public tying. Talk about a start with a rush...
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Den sön 28 dec. 2025 kl 20:26 skrev Neville Gosling <nev.g...@gmail.com>:
It is good to hear from you Nick and Henk
I am still here but haven't fished or tied a fly for several years - not because I don't want to but because I have fairly severe diabetes that makes driving an issue plus I don't have a fishing partner that lives near me and it is not safe for me to fish alone. I am in the slow process of downsizing my fishing tackle as I just turned 80. Unfortunately two of my previous fishing partners have passed away and others have moved to another Province (state).
I attended the SowBug in March 2011 and met several VFB'ers there including both Tony Spezio, Alan Fish, Rick Zieger and many others.
Rick Still posts his daily sunfish flies and has almost singlehandedly kept the VFB going. Thank you Rick
Nev Gosling
Greater Vancouver
British Columbia, Canada
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Niclas (Gmail)
Dec 31, 2025, 5:57:00 PM (13 hours ago) 12/31/25
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Hi Chris,
I will be up for a swap again. Not yet though, as all my stuff is still packed down. But my tying break is over, as of this coming year. I haven't tied a fly in 10+ years, but now I can feel the inspiration rise again... and all I need downstairs now is some space to set up my tying room. Teresa just loves this idea. This year will be the year I re-learn how to relax by a desk without keyboards and monitors. 😂
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