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???
That's a loaded question. Without knowing the books, it is
hard to answer that. In general, flyfishing hasn't changed that
much - the techniques, the terminology, etc. But where the
fiberglass rod was the 'thing' in the 70's, people have either gone to
graphite (the majority) or gone back to bamboo (the rich guys)*.
The lines have changed - they're much slicker now and don't
require the tedious care the old lines used to need.
Flies have not changed.......but there a ton of flies used now
that were not available in the 70's. And there's also a ton of
tying materials that weren't available in the 70's.
On the other hand, there are some books written in the 70's that
are classics and haven't been 'surpassed' by new books. Joe
Bates' "STREAMERS AND BUCKTAILS" comes to mind.
You can't go wrong by reading the old books.
Allan
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Allan Fish
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