This brings up a question I have had since I checked out some library books Tuesday, but haven't gotten to read them yet.. Three of the books are circa 1970's... Is Flyfishing, type flies, rods, lines, leader and/or tippet material.. etc stayed the same enough for these books to be good for a newbie like myself??? Or should I buy the new books to learn the latest stuff??? And if it has changed a lot, how do I tell which is still in use and which is not, without putting out a ton of money on all new books???Thanks in advance to anybody who can answer this.. Chuck who is goin fishing the next THREE days in a row iffen it don't storm Woooooooooooooo Hoooooooooooooooooo
----- Original Message ----- From: "Ken Staples" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, June 24, 2005 7:57 PM Subject: [VFB] My Tom Nixon book arrived!! And all I can say is wow... In my mind I was expecting a book of patterns (kind of like stewart/allen's flies for bass & panfish). Boy was I wrong. What an awesome book! He has a ton of great information in there!! Looks very well written as well. I can't wait to really get into it. Have to finish "Fisherman's Coast" first though. It was in great shape as well. It's a first edition (1968); looks like first printing (no note of a subsequent run). Along with it I also got 4 other books: Flies by J.Edison Leonard 1960 America's Favorite Fishing - Angling for Panfish by F.Philip Rice 1964 Fishing Flies and Fly Fishing by William F. Blades 1951 The Dry Fly and Fast Water by Geo M.L. LaBranche 1967 They all look pretty interesting as well. Needless to say I'm pretty pleased with this ebay purchase! Just wanted to share. Ken
