Yes, Sorry for the typo. It is Rick Takahashi. He contacted me some 2 years ago and asked me to contribute some midge patterns for a book he was doing. So I tied and sent him some patterns, and sortof forgot about the whole thing. Recently he emailed me and told me that the book was ready, so I ordered it, along with Valla's Catskill book. I was *very* pleasantly surprised when I saw both books. The Midge book is an encyclopedia of midge biology, midge tying and fishing, chapters on materials nicely divided into patterns for the various stages. And the Valla Catskill book was just as nice and informative, with lots of photos of the giants of the Catskill flies, their patterns, and the historic waters. Mart ----- Original Message ----- From: Anthony Spezio To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, January 03, 2010 5:40 PM Subject: Re: [VFB] First Edition Fly Fishing Books
Mart, I have not heard of the Midge book. Who is the author, would it be Takahasi'. I have not heard of that name. Tony --- On Sun, 1/3/10, Martin Westbeek <martinwestb...@planet.nl> wrote: From: Martin Westbeek <martinwestb...@planet.nl> Subject: Re: [VFB] First Edition Fly Fishing Books To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Date: Sunday, January 3, 2010, 10:21 AM That is a great book indeed. A must-have if there ever was one. I got it for Christmas, together with Takahasi's Modern Midges Mart ----- Original Message ----- From: Anthony Spezio To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, January 03, 2010 2:58 PM Subject: Re: [VFB] First Edition Fly Fishing Books Peggy, is this the book by Mike Valla. Mike and I are friends and the book is a real good book. Very well done. Tony The Catskill Fly book is great. Peggy B mel hocken wrote: > */Gary/* > */Some good info. I would like to add that newer books may be listed as > first edition but when you look at the print code you find the book to > be a 2nd 3rd or even higher printing. These are not considered a true > first edition. So if you are buying a book be sure to do your research > before paying premium prices for a book which someone says is a first > edition./* > */I have about 400 books in my library. Most are first editions and many > of the newer ones are signed. There are some great modern writers that I > thoroughly enjoy. If anyone is looking for some great off season reading > I highly recommend W.D. Wetherells three books. Gary is the 1992 book > you are refering to Starlight Creek Angling Society?/* > */Regards/* > */Mel/* > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com