On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 23:44:56 -0500, vincent p. norris
wrote:

That said, however, one of the best fishing books ever, IMO is _The Hell
With Fishing_, courtesy of Webster and Zern

I can't seem to locate my copy of that book at the moment, but I
believe Ed illustrated all his books himself, as he also illustrated
his F&S collumns and the Nash ads in sporting mags.

His sketches may look a bit like Webster's, but they're Ed's. I've
watched him sketch people while carrying on a conversation with them.

Out of curiosity, I just googled Ed Zern, and found a site with a
number of his cartoons:

http://www.flyanglersonline.com/lighterside/zern/

vince

I think you'll find that _To Hell With Fishing_ was Webster and Zern.
In fact, I absolutely know that you'll find that, and in the offhand
chance that you somehow manage to "find" otherwise, that source is
wrong...and from that very book, a quote apropos to another part of this
very thread :

"...many fishermen use flies instead of worms. They think it is more
hoity-toity. If worms cost two bits apiece, and you could dig Royal
Coachmen and Parmacheene Belles out of the manure pile, they would think
differently. This is called human nature."

_To Hell With Fishing_, Ed Zern and HT Webster (really)

TC,
R