Ted Fry made the front page of the Columbian newspaper (print) in a story by Tom Vogt.
http://www.columbian.com/front-page/
http://www.columbian.com/
If you're ever in the vicinity of Hood River, OR, it would be well worth your while to pay a visit to Ted's shop. It is really more of an archery museum than a shop. Ted is a real storehouse of information on Archery history, and if you can visit his shop when he has time to talk with you, you will enjoy the experience.
Bring money if you do! Lots of good stuff at Raptor.
Proud to call Ted a friend. If you spend enough time around him, you'll get to see his special, secret stalking technique....
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Congrats on the front page Fred, well deserved publicity.
I read the article this am. Never bean in the shop, but ordered from them a time or two. I need to go there some time.
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That Is TOO Cool!! :thumbsup: Congrats!! :archer:
Thanks guys , hard to trust someone you dont know to do a good job on a story, glad it came out well.
JC ya know it took me several years to perfect that style of hunting , next time we get together for a hunt( maybe hogs down in your part of the country) I will show you just how effective that is.
I didnt give it enough time on that hunt for it to develop into a great hunting opportunity.
Matter of fact I think it was because all the noise you were making , something about cactus spines! :bigsmyl:
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Good stuff....congrats Ted!!
Hey Ted
Thats how we do it in Oz when the mercury is bubbling
I think I could hunt that way too
Congatulations to a top bloke
Angelo-------------
HA! Yep, cactus spines sounds about right...only that pic wouldn't be prudent to post.
You lemme know when you want to come down, my place is yours.
Hey way to go Ted, congrats on the good press. You deserve it and more.
Hey, I think I saw Ted use that same stalking technique when we were moose hunting on the Sheenjek River, a bit north of the Arctic Circle.
Dang, he told me it was TOP SECRET!
Very happy to see that Ted. Well deserved and about time. :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Congrats Fred.
Thats cool, would like to read that. See if they mention where Ted sucks you in with a resonably priced bow building class and then proceeds to get you addicted to trying to craft something even close to what he does. Thanks Ted see ya soon
Rik buddy , yep thats the same type of hunting that I showed you in AK , but it worked that time didnt it?
Did you ever thaw out from swimming that cold river?
I did the same thing on a bear hunt in AK ,found a nice spruce log to lean against, woke up and there was a nice black bear that I managed to shoot. Never under estimate the power of a good nap
Ted nice to see GOOD NEWS in the newspaper,cool article and well deserved.
I had the pleasure of hanging around Raptor Archery for a few days a couple years ago and was in archery heaven up in the shop and slept in the loft with cool bows,books etc.And was able to get Ted to take down one at a time the antique Osage & Yew selfbows of longbow design,flatbow & static tip.
By all means stop in to see Ted and his cool shop & archery museum.Also have him let you test drive his HEAVY training bow in the back room !!!
Wow, Ted Fry as an eight year old. That must have been, like, 20 years ago eh?
Thats right Dave! 20 years ago, good answer.
Feel free to stop by anytime folks the one thing I love as much as shooting bows and arrows is sharing the old things that I have found through the years. I have learned a lot by studying these items, one thing I have learned is nothing we are doing now hasnt already been done, we just keep reinventing the wheel. The things that the guys knew in the 20s and 30s would blow you away.
About time you came back out west isnt it Tommy?
Hey Art , you need to get up here as well, seems its about time for another bow building fix isnt it?
Yeah I need a fixXX I"M FeelIn a bbIit JiitterY. Hope you saved the article I'd like to read it, I'll probably stop by next weekend to drop off the things we talked about.
Ted makes some of the best self longbows that I have seen. Hope to do a seminar at his shop with Fred Anderson this spring. Fred had a shoulder operation 2/18/10 your prayers for healing are appreciated. Thank you Ted for all you have done for Archery.
Always expected to see him in the news,how mutch trouble's he in ??? :biglaugh:
But seriously...verry cool and I agree that if you get a chance,stop in-check out his bamboo bow.
Steve , what can I say ?
Thank you! I would have to be at this a couple of more decades to catch up with you and Fred however.
The two of you are the ones we should be thanking for helping keep the spirit alive all those years.
Prayers for Fred, heres to many more years for him behind the bow.
Robert , the only trouble I get into is when Lois comes into the shop and catches me not working, Yikes , here she comes , I better get off Trad Gang and get back to work.