Rene - I have a personal database that I keep on both my hard drive and a rewritable CD. Haven't lost a pattern in 10 years - i.e. since I started the database. For my own notes, I just follow a template similar to one that can be found on many online sources.
I have looked at the available free software - FlySource, SuperFly, etc. - but the amount of work to transfer the 1500+ patterns on my database seems to be a daunting task. So, I staick with my own process. It works for me. -- Joe Fusco, Sr. Member of The Missouri Trout Fishermen's Association and The Virtual Fly Box REMEMBER CANCER IS A WORD NOT A SENTENCE Reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Dec 9, 2007 12:10 PM, Rene Zillmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > How do you all archive (write down) your fly pattern? > > I myself have a file and a filing box, where I store printed recipes. > These are mostly copies or printouts from websites, I visited. > > But what with patterns, we 'invent' or learn from friends? I started to > write my own little doc or pdf files, where I write down these > information. I feel, that it is not sufficient, to have these > information of electronic media like a hard drive. disk drives may crash > or the information might get unavailable due to software changes. > > And: How exact do you write down the information? Including tying steps > ot just the plain material lists? > > Rene >
