I got up to 181 books not counting any Art of Angling Journals or magazines. Those are the ones I actually have in the book shelf. I won't chase down the ones I have spread around the house in different stages of reading. My husband has a few more but I'm not allowed to touch his. :) If they're any good they get confiscated. I try to avoid any action that would have him digging through my book shelf reminding him of where his money is spent. I had to donate some of the books I had to UFT when he got a little upset about the piles I was still sorting through from buying a friends collection. I still wonder if some of those might have been really good if I had had a chance to read them. :) Our tax lady actually told me that since I teach fly tying I could write these off as a business expense. My husband almost choked. If we go down that road I'm sure we would have the IRS knocking at my door. VBG How many years can you be in the red anyway? Deb -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Delaney Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2005 12:35 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [VFB] Hackle ???/buying books
Just in my office there are 28 boks on fly fishing and fly tying with another 25 on general fishing. then at home there are the books that I continually consult, abnouyt another ten or so...and I've only bought one book (Harrison Steeve's book)since I bought the 3rd edition of Tom Nixon's "Fly Fishing & Fly Tying for Bass and Panfish" in the fall of 2002. Much o my collection has been garnered at garage sales and at library book sales where they were selling books being replaced or no longer carried on the shelves due to low interest. (Both the Calcasieu Parish library system and the McNeese library have such sales every year). Mark Delaney
