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Smile I have a spare copy of "The Ten Thumbed Beginners Guide to Fly Tying" by Hugh McDowell that turned up with some bulk stuff I ordered from Trademe, I am sure that I have a couple of vices lying around that might suit someone that wants to get into fly tying. P.M. Me if you want them !!!Big smile
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Nice gesture mate!Thumbs Up
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Agreed Kev, Great Gesture. It could become a collectors item that one, although there were so many reprints it may take a while, a tribute to the useful information in the book. Hugh was a legend and a damn fine bloke and angler. 

I knew him from about the age of 15, I'm 50 now. He was a hard taskmaster, it seems in the early days I was just a "trumped up little ****" and he seemed to criticize everything I tied... but he made me strive harder and harder to get his approval. It took about 20 years, but the day he paid me a compliment I was over the moon. Later, after Hugh's death Tony Entwistle, who knew him better than me, confided he had a fair measure of respect for me, he just knew being hard on me would help and it did.

Rest In Peace old mate... and someone snap up that book! It's a cracker.

This photo is of the last time I saw Hugh, Peter Carty and I called into see him at Ngongataha home, he knew he didn't have long, but his famous Irish wit was as strong as ever.



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Thanks for your interesting comments Clark, that book started me off tying, an interest that I have had for some time now, and will have for life.
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