Ernie and I went off to the second meeting of the of the Surrey Fly Dressers Guild, this year at Effingham Golf Club. There was an excellent talk by Christina Tooley from Chevron Hackles, situated right in the heart of Devon, will be giving a talk about how she raises those very special birds so coveted by fly dressers. Christina's website can be found at www.featherbenders.com.
As usual there was the obligatory raffle. Ernie didn't have any change, neither did John (selling the tickets), so it was done to me to buy for the both of us. A fiver gave us five tickets. During the interval the tickets get drawn. I had 31, 34 and 35, Ernie 32 and 33. The first ticket was no one of ours. The second was 35, I had won, The prize had not been taken by the first winner. A days fishing on the River Avon for Grayling. Finally the last ticket was drawn, number 32, Ernie's. He got a karabiner with a knife blade, a pair of scissors and a nail file with bottle opener.
Didn't we do well.
