This also brings out a question I have... When I cast my flyrod..I'll try to explain it since I didn't know if we are allowed to put in attachments to emails here.. When I stop at the 1 o'clock postion, before the line loads and starts to cast back forward.. If you took a snap shot of the line at that point, it would look like a long shanked fish hook with the gape and barb pointing UP.. But in one of those books I checked out at my local library, in that same snap shot (in the drawing in the book), the line looks like a long shank hook with the gape and the barb pointing towards the ground, right before the line loads, straightens out, and comes forward with the cast..(In other words, in the book, the line loads from an under then over position, but I load mine from an over then under position) Make sense??? Am I casting wrong???? Thanks in advance to anybody who may be able to answer this.., Chuck
----- Original Message ----- From: "Chuck Alexander" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, June 27, 2005 8:52 AM Subject: Re: [VFB] My Tom Nixon book arrived!! > Ken: I know what you mean... Before the days of color Glossy, the > Illustrator (if different from the author) played just as big (if not bigger > in cases of how to books) a roll as the author...One had to be able to > convey through drawings, what the other was trying to say...You're > right,some of the old B&W drawings in different boooks of different topics I > have, and amazing.. Chuck > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ken Staples" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, June 27, 2005 8:18 AM > Subject: Re: [VFB] My Tom Nixon book arrived!! > > > So as I've had a little time to browse through the books I got I'm > pretty impressed. These books are all from 1950 - 1968. They have > great descriptions and drawings. The photos range from alright to good > but the gems are the drawings. A couple of these books have drawings > that are so good it immediately becomes clear what they're talking > about. In fact I think many of the drawings impart a better > understanding of things than some of the more modern books I have > where they're full of color photos. I especially like the drawings in > Tom Nixon's & J. Edison Leonard's books. Very precise and detailed. > > Ken > > On 6/27/05, Chuck Alexander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Yeah, it looks like I got TONS to learn.. But you are right.. Each author > > will bring out something the others didn't etc.. Or explain things that > you > > can understand better than another author might be able to etc.... Good > > think I am an Avid reader huh????.. I LOVE to read things like this.. Non > > fiction.. I hardly ever read fiction anyway, cause I figure that if I > can't > > "learn" something from a book, it ain't worth my time to read it.. Course > in > > fishing books, when they talk about the size that got away, that probably > IS > > mostly "fiction" huh???? ROFL.... Thanks, Chuck who sometimes stretches > his > > fish tales too LOL > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "mark romero" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Sunday, June 26, 2005 11:47 PM > > Subject: Re: [VFB] My Tom Nixon book arrived!! > > > > > > > Chuck, all fly fishing/tying books are worth something.....at least in > > terms > > > of the fact that you'll find in them something you can learn from. > You've > > > got years of homework to do. Embrace that. mark > > > > > > >From: "Desert Eagle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >Reply-To: <[email protected]> > > > >To: <[email protected]> > > > >Subject: Re: [VFB] My Tom Nixon book arrived!! > > > >Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2005 20:08:18 -0600 > > > > > > > >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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
