Friday's Tyers Fly Tiers of Pittsfield Preserve Lore
The Friday's Tyers, a longtime Pittsfield fly tying group, meet Fridays in winter to tie flies swap stories and plan trips. Founding members and local educators recall the club’s pre affiliation activity while members like Pat Leahy and Homer Ouellette share favorite lures the Muddler Minnow and Queen Bess, and express concern over Vermont flood damage to famed trout waters including the White River.
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Bill MacWilliams
BJ White
Henry Horn
Pat Leahy
Dan Coffey
Bill Perreault
John Marshall
Dalton
Roy Strout
Hebron
Maine
Pittsfield High School
Bill Monks
Menands
N.Y
Tyers
Paul Quellette
Pittsfield
Mass
Paul
White River
Vermont
Homer’ Ouellette’s
John P. Leahy
Pittsfield High Science Department
Pat
Homer
Local Tyers Discuss Flies and Lures At Pittsfield Meet
Friday’s Tyers group in Pittsfield shared fly patterns and tying tips. Bill MacWilliams favors furnace hackle for early season trout, while Ben Pastore swears by a Rat-Yace MacDougal. Presenters praised deer hair flies and classic patterns like the Royal Coachman.
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Ben Pastore
Yace MacDougal
Henry
Honest Hank
Bill Macwilliams
Pittsfield
Alac
Paul Delasco
Mac
Marietta
Adams
Cahill
Ed Hover
Tyers
Bill White
Homer Ouellette
Bill
Sino-Soviet split nears a lurid climax in 1960s rhetoric
Washington dispatch notes growing signs of a decisive Sino-Soviet rift. Khrushchev and Mao clash over Suslov and Wilcox, with Red Flag and Suslov cited as flashpoints. Eastern European satellites show tepid support as Budapest conference looms March 30. Troop movements toward the Chinese frontier are reported, reinforcing the tense forecast of a potential break in party and state relations.
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Red Flag
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Communist Party
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Suslov
Central Committee
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Mao and Co
Europe
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Budapest
Rome
Constantinople
Hitler
Helicopter Era Dawning Says Hughes Official
In a chat with Porter, Hughes Tool Co aircraft division head David Hopper notes a boom in personal and business rotorcraft. He cites 1963 helicopter deliveries, the new Hughes 300, growing export sales, and the potential for urban heliport integration amid regulatory gaps and ease of operation.
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Rea E. Wopper
Hughes Tool Co
Porter
Hopper
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Detroit
Buffalo
Atlanta
Washington, D.C
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