On Dec 11, 7:48 pm, Jeff Marso brachycentrus@hotmaildotkom wrote:
"Larry L" wrote :





"Scott Seidman" wrote

I'm actually not this way with most books.

I didn't think you were ... or worded better .. I knew I was, to a
degree, misreading you when I tapped out my reply.

It's just the phrase struck me, and not really as it applies to
fishing books, but to all our culture and our reverence for books.
Every stupid thing ever thought has been published in a book ... and
then again on ROFF G. The first semester in an honors program at
college my son was required to take a course designed to make more
careful in their choices of sources of information ... I thought that
was a great idea.

Hughes is one of my favorite modern authors ... well presented,
documented and helpful ...never inflexible or "my way is the one right
way".

IMO Hughes seems to be the same way in person. I've attended a couple of
tying sessions at shows with him as the lecturer and enjoyed them
immensely. I've recently acquired a book on soft hackles put out by Frank
Amato Publications by Allen McGee that looks informative and useful. More
info at:http://tinyurl.com/35x5u2

As always YMMV.

one of the JM's

There is a serious danger to reading these books. I end up wanting to
tie about every pattern they rave about. I just ordered the materials
to tie a soft-hackle army (even some of Hughes "variations" like the
Hare's Ear Spider et. al.). I gotta lay off the books for awhile!