Nostalgia has prompted me to tell and retell the naming contest of Lady G�s $ Gill aka Mrs�s G�s $ Gill.
It all started at the First Pond Boss Conference in Atlanta Georgia when I donated a few of my little spin flies for door prizes.
They went over so big that I got literally dozens of requests from attendees to purchase these flies that I told everyone I did not sell flies � only gave them away � that got me in a heap of trouble!
Theo Gallus suggested a fly naming contest:
http://forums.pondboss.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Main=6465&Number=61616#Post61616 Dec -2005
George:
NOW - they need a gnarly fly name like "wooly booger" or "rat-faced Mcdougal."
So ... (drumroll) ... I hereby announce the
NAME GEORGE's SPINNING FLY COMPETITION!
Winner to be picked by George, unless all the entries are off-color in which case he should have his wife help (or did I get that backwards?).
My entry: "Whirly-Gilled Glazener"
(Okay, I know that's pretty lame - but how would it look if I thought up the contest and then walked away with 1st Place?) :rolleyes:
Many suggestions were made for names and Mrs. G selected the $ Gill fly that was named by Eric West, who won a couple of the flies.
I sent Theo a couple and each participant also received a fly.
I was tired of tying that bug!
After the Atlanta conference I donated a few $ Gill flies for the following PB conferences silent auctions.
OK, Fast Forward:
I said I wasn�t going to tie any more of these flies since too much effort for old eyes and shaky fingers but got to reminiscing about the SDSU caps Dave Willis always sent me for my efforts, I decided to donate six more $ Gill flies in Dr. Willis memory with proceeds going to the SDSU Jesse West Foundation.
I have tied up six $ Gill flies for the upcoming Pond Boss Conference.
Ignore the bad tyin� job � they aren�t presentation quality due to old eyes and shaky bingers, but I am shamelessly promoting them to raise as much money as possible!
Mr. Lusk is going to auction these flies one at a time in order to win each at the highest bid price.
This is PB history guys, so get out your wallets � there ain�t gonna be no more!
Looking forward to seeing my old friends and meeting new ones at the �ice breaker�.
George Glazener
