Speaking of reports, searching the archives, etc...
In
addition to being a flyfisher I happen to be a web developer (my employers think
it's the other way around ;-)
I have
created a tool for logging my fishing reports. The tool still needs some
work, particularly in the areas of sorting and querying, but is pretty useful as
is. The development of the sorting and querying is going a bit slowly
since there is not a database backend - this was an experimental piece that I
created using XML, XSLT and DHTML - and because I work on it sporadically during
"free" time when I'm not tying flies, reading fishing magazines, searching the
internet for pictures of bugs, writing emails to this group... you get the
idea.
This
tool is on a personal fishing site (http://65.4.181.111/flyfishing) that I
created for kicks, to post pictures of my kids fishing, fishing stories, etc.,
as well as to work on interesting or different ways of doing things in web
development. The tool currently is not accessible to the public because I
have some secret stuff in it - but it would be very easy for me to post a public
version of it.
PLEASE
RESPOND if you are interested in using this tool. If I get enough response
I'll post a public version with my secret spots removed. It would be fun
and interesting to do so because then I could get all kinds of feedback from all
of you flyfishers and make it a better tool as time goes on.
Ok,
I'll shut up now - I'm going to start working on the querying component of the
Fishing Journal.
-tight
lines-
Jim
Speaker
-----Original Message-----
From: PATRICK PETERSEN [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, November 02, 2001 12:00 AM
To: waflyfishers
Subject: where have all the reports gone?
I have noticed over the last year that the reports have become fewer and fewer on the waflyfishers list. Is this due to so many new members asking basic questions on where and what? I personally have contributed a weekly report discussing tactics and locations but have noticed the senior members contributing virtually nothing except for clarification on the regs. I have seen the sport grow in the last ten years to record numbers. That said, perhaps it is possible that many members are tired of seeing the crowds in their favorite fishing holes, myself included. Perhaps waflyfishers could offer a second list to the beginners so not to be bombarded the list with the same old questions and to entice more information from those grungy old fly fishers. I miss seeing the posts of the likes of Leland, Preston, Les J, and others who have fished for years. Fly fishing is so diverse in its methods and fish to fish for and I enjoy reading about most of it including&nbs! ! p; the Yakima even though I never fish there, but lets try not to become just another fishing list, with the same beginner questions over and over. If beginners want to read some information on Washington fly fishing, try the archives. Also, try using your spell check so you do not look like you are illiterate.--- PATRICK PETERSEN
