Daaahhhlinggg, Forget the old books. Just print out the VFB posts. Lots cheaper. More $$$ to go fishin'. Or spend it on me, big fella.
Veronica ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chuck Alexander" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, June 24, 2005 7:34 PM Subject: Re: [VFB] My Tom Nixon book arrived!! > 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 > >
