Saturday at the 2011 Int. Fly Tying Symposium the five hours that I was there it seemed that four of them was either standing
or sitting around talking to friends. I only planned on attending just Saturday, but I really didn't get to see much of the show.
Sunday I headed there early to take a good look at the various style of tyers the show had to offer.
I made it to the last row and once I got a look at all the tyers I was going to head for the door.
I stopped at Wally Nowak's table to look at his salmon / steelhead flies.
He had a computer on the table that was rolling over photos when I caught a glimpse of someone sitting at a desk.
So I just asked the question if that desk in the photo was Roderick Haig-Brown's desk?
You just never know....
Wally looked up from the fly he was tying and for about the next 45 minutes I got into a conversation that was
without a doubt the best one I had in many years.
Started with Haig-Brown (Wally is from British Columbia) we talked about the Campbell River, then he brought up
about baseball (I had a Red Sox golf pull over on) in which he was very knowledgeable all in the span of a few minutes,
so I figured I would hurt his feelings before I took my leave.
This years STANLEY CUP CHAMPIONS Boston Bruins beating that BC team....
That opened up the topic of the National Hockey League that Wally and I got into and tier Mike Martinek (seated in dark shirt) joined in on.
We talked hockey history from 1940's - 50's - 60's - 70's naming players, games, events that we experienced and the players we knew or met.
I cannot express how much I loved it... they were very knowledgeable, We all had Eddie Shack stories, Espo, The Great Bobby Orr, Wally knew Don Awrey personally.
Been a while but I could still name most of the Bruins roster before Orr, and the Stanley Cup teams.
Talking about one Montreal series and I brought up their goaltender from Cornell, and looked at Mike and said don't say it!!!!
But he did say that name.. Ken Dryden, just to hurt my feelings.
I truly hated to leave but I had to get going.
Meeting Wally and Mike was truly an enjoyable experience at this years show.
PS
Notice the name on the Carrie Stevens hooks?
Small world ....
or sitting around talking to friends. I only planned on attending just Saturday, but I really didn't get to see much of the show.
Sunday I headed there early to take a good look at the various style of tyers the show had to offer.
I made it to the last row and once I got a look at all the tyers I was going to head for the door.
I stopped at Wally Nowak's table to look at his salmon / steelhead flies.
He had a computer on the table that was rolling over photos when I caught a glimpse of someone sitting at a desk.
So I just asked the question if that desk in the photo was Roderick Haig-Brown's desk?
You just never know....
Wally looked up from the fly he was tying and for about the next 45 minutes I got into a conversation that was
without a doubt the best one I had in many years.
Started with Haig-Brown (Wally is from British Columbia) we talked about the Campbell River, then he brought up
about baseball (I had a Red Sox golf pull over on) in which he was very knowledgeable all in the span of a few minutes,
so I figured I would hurt his feelings before I took my leave.
This years STANLEY CUP CHAMPIONS Boston Bruins beating that BC team....
That opened up the topic of the National Hockey League that Wally and I got into and tier Mike Martinek (seated in dark shirt) joined in on.
We talked hockey history from 1940's - 50's - 60's - 70's naming players, games, events that we experienced and the players we knew or met.
I cannot express how much I loved it... they were very knowledgeable, We all had Eddie Shack stories, Espo, The Great Bobby Orr, Wally knew Don Awrey personally.
Been a while but I could still name most of the Bruins roster before Orr, and the Stanley Cup teams.
Talking about one Montreal series and I brought up their goaltender from Cornell, and looked at Mike and said don't say it!!!!
But he did say that name.. Ken Dryden, just to hurt my feelings.
I truly hated to leave but I had to get going.
Meeting Wally and Mike was truly an enjoyable experience at this years show.
PS
Notice the name on the Carrie Stevens hooks?
Small world ....
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