Re: My mentor

feeds@kickapps.com (gillbuster) — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 19:01:55 PST

That so cool... Memories are great and to look back in time at pictures is precious... Tying deer hair bass bugs seem to be a piece of history especially in the Bassin heyday of the 50's and 60's...I am sure Gene is in a place fishing deer hair bassbugs somewhere and still fussing about your tying loosely tied bass bugs... They were perfectionist but damn good fishermen... great vintage picture

My mentor

feeds@kickapps.com (B52 bugger) — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:32:05 PST

Here is a photo of my mentor, late Gene Landurand of Fall River, MA. He taught me how to tie deer body bass bugs. He would yell at me if the bugs were pack too loosy. He said you can tell a trout fisherman at his atempt to tie bass bugs, the hair is not pack tight. I was twelve years old tieing bass bugs. This Gene with a 7 pound Largemouth caught on his deer hair frog, the date July5, 1961. His rod Orvis Shooting Star, Pflueger Medalist Reel, Cortland 333 GAF fly line. Check out Plymouth Valiant. Those were the days.