Thursday, February 10, 2011
Syl & Hazel Nemes
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Sylvester Nemes Dies
By Marshall Cutchin, http://www.midcurrent.com/
February 9, 2011 7:10 AM
Sylvester Nemes, champion of the wet fly and author of the classic The Soft-Hackled Fly and Tiny Soft Hackles: A Trout Fisherman's Guide (updated and revised in 2006), died on February 3, the Bozeman Chronicle reported yesterday. As we noted two years ago in our review of The Soft-Hackled Fly, Nemes "helped create a resurgence in what many fly fishers had dismissed as an arcane method of tying and presenting flies. Prior to this book, soft-hackles had lost favor to the more 'scientific' imitations of dry flies and nymphs. Now few trout shops don't offer at least a few 'spiders,' 'wingless wets' or 'soft-hackle emergers.'"
"Nemes, predictably, [was] a purist. (He once responded to someone who asked 'Do you ever tie your flies as beadheads?' with 'Why don't you just get a spinning rod?') But he demonstrates that all the careful attention to color, materials, and tying techniques that are so important to dry flies and nymphs matter just as much in what looks to be the very simple construction of soft hackles. Soft-hackles, you might say, are only as simple as you want them to be."
February 9, 2011 7:10 AM
Sylvester Nemes, champion of the wet fly and author of the classic The Soft-Hackled Fly and Tiny Soft Hackles: A Trout Fisherman's Guide (updated and revised in 2006), died on February 3, the Bozeman Chronicle reported yesterday. As we noted two years ago in our review of The Soft-Hackled Fly, Nemes "helped create a resurgence in what many fly fishers had dismissed as an arcane method of tying and presenting flies. Prior to this book, soft-hackles had lost favor to the more 'scientific' imitations of dry flies and nymphs. Now few trout shops don't offer at least a few 'spiders,' 'wingless wets' or 'soft-hackle emergers.'"
"Nemes, predictably, [was] a purist. (He once responded to someone who asked 'Do you ever tie your flies as beadheads?' with 'Why don't you just get a spinning rod?') But he demonstrates that all the careful attention to color, materials, and tying techniques that are so important to dry flies and nymphs matter just as much in what looks to be the very simple construction of soft hackles. Soft-hackles, you might say, are only as simple as you want them to be."
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Monday, February 7, 2011
Eastern Fishing & Outdoor Expo, Worcester, MA
Friday, February 4, 2011
Another Good Fly For Trout
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
CFFA Annual Banquet & Expo Featuring Left Kreh
Maneeley's, Saturday, February 5, 2011
65 Rye St., S. Windsor, CT 06074
Expo - 9am to 3pm
$1.00 admission for adults, children 16 years and younger - free
Featuring fly fishing shops, dealers and fly fishing programs and clinics.
Social Hour - 6pm to 7pm
Dinner - 7pm to 11pm, $40.00 per person
Lefty's banquet program will be, "Taking Great Pictures with your Digital Camera". Lefty is a professional photographer and will have some outstanding tips on how to take better pictures.
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