Jimi: Thanks... I'll do that, just go with whatever I have, and if it catches Fish... I'll be "tickled pink" Thanks again, Chuck
----- Original Message ----- From: "Desert Eagle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, June 24, 2005 9:08 PM Subject: Re: [VFB] My Tom Nixon book arrived!! > Chuck, > To set you at ease, most of us, (if not all), fish fly patterns from the > 20's up to now. The only real changes are the materials we now have > available and the assortments of hooks. Each tier add is his own bit of > "Personality" to the flies he, (or Her), ties for their home waters, (and > those they hope to visit). So the books you have are fine, if you don't have > the named materials, compromise with what you do have, who knows, you may > create the next "Chile Pepper" or Copper John". > Tie on my friend, experiment, enjoy and have fun. > Jimi > > > 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 > > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.8.0/27 - Release Date: 6/23/05 >
