Rene: it is the "Commonsense Fly Fishing" by Roy Ovington, published in harrisburg PA UAS in 1983... It might just be the style of that author like you say, Chuck
----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, June 27, 2005 9:55 AM Subject: Re: [VFB] My Tom Nixon book arrived!! > Chuck, > what book was it, the one with the barb down? > There are different casting styles 'in the market', the old traditional > english style, the US style, the austrian. I think the Austrian Style > had the barb down. I'm not sure, maybe our friend Hans W. will chime in > and clarify...) > Rene > Chuck Alexander schrieb: > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
