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Haven't confirmed it, but heard from a reliable source Dave passed

MV

UPDATE: Straight from Bob Mead--- (via Dave's wife Barb)---Actually Dave passed at 11:54 last night

Ed,
I briefly mentioned Antrim Streamside in the previous issue of Eastern FF Magazine (in my short Willowemoc story)----Same people who were trying to get the Antrim Lodge up and running---

-It's a nice place---for "special occasions" I will stay there------

-Mike

Oh yes indeed---we have a sanctioned materials list, too!

... No bobbins are used although Chase bobbins were around then . Suffer a bit, like the other Catskill-School tiers did LOL-- A complete list of sanctioned tools and materials is being updated. It's a lot of fun-- I'll be checking on that list... maybe us Noll "kids" will get some "considerations?...

It will be a lot of fun----will give us all a reminder of "what we all had to tie with" in 1960's into late 70's---let alone what the "old school Catskill icons" tied with. Those darn Noll kits---how did we all do it! The Indian capes were a bit better than the Indian capes sold today---but nothing ...

Common questions RE: Catskill Heritage Fly Tiers group:

Dues: $00.00
Officers: None
Newsletter: None
Glossy Literature: None
Meetings: When we decide
Meeting places: Staggered around the area--always looking for a place to flop ourselves---

We're planning a gathering in the fall----Just an FYI. The museum has offered their place as a venue---but that will be decided upon in the future, as things progress " Catskill Heritage Fly Tiers" group is a little different in our focus than the "Catskill Fly Tyers Guild." It's not for everyone, d...

Now, we mustn't play with history :lol: "Quill Adams" name is already taken----by Don Martinez. The name he attributed to his Macaw Quill dry fly\. An extensive history of the pattern is found in the Don Martinez chapter of my The Founding Flies \. The Quill Adams---(tied with Macaw quill body) was ...

...and to all my fellow Catskill Heritage Fly Fishers, and their angling friends no matter what waters they fish----ditto....

Thank you, to those who participated (and also to those who tolerated the post :) ) I usually do a couple of these book giveaways every year--here and elsewhere. Once a book is released, the publishers send me about 10 "author copies." I use these as giveaways. -One year, I was checking my shelves f...