Fly and Fish Fotos

I find retirement to be a classic double edged sword, parts of it are
wonderful, parts rather dreadful. The dreadful parts all have a common
theme ... boredom. Hobbies that I could never find enough time to pursue
back when I was working long hours have failed to fill up nearly as much
time as I would have guessed and projects around the house have never been
something I've done with pleasure.

Along with the stardard suggestions about financial preparation, I'd
strongly suggest planning for plenty to do as part of retirement. This
will certainly take more than I expected until I got there.


To add to my own list of "things to do" I've decided to lay out a book of
photos and thoughts using inDesign. I doubt it will ever make it to
printing but if it does I'm thinking any small proceeds would go to some
conservation organizations I know to be doing good work.

I've done some research and most "self publishing" is a scam,
true 'vanity publishing' But, if one does all the layout oneself, gets
your own ISBN, and contracts your own printing from a .pdf, copies can be
produced for a sum that allows for some 'profit' if you can peddle a few.

ANYway, I have some formal training in design, made my living a couple years
via photography and have worked in print shops ( all these things many, many
years ago ) so I think I can get a reasonable product produced
..... but
... each year as I travel alone I'm vividly aware of how hard it is to
produce interesting photos of flies ( real and arty-fishal ), and fish.
Most shots I see seem to define cliche, my own especially.

Got any links to what you think are exceptional photos of fish or flies?
I'd love to see them to get ideas ... and I'd bet that most here would enjoy
the break from more normal ROFFian faire.


Oh, and another thing. In YOUR opinion, how much "guy waving a stick" and
" guy with big fish" and "guy looking into fly box" type shots does a book
about fly fishing need to have? MY pleasures I associate with fly
fishing are mostly tangents to fishing .... i.e. ..... the fact that trout
live in some wonderful places, but I DO perceive this as a "fly fishing"
project and wonder if my taste will be too "tangential" for other anglers

"Larry L" wrote in message

I've never tackled a project of quite that scope, but I've written a few
published articles, and I have found that my best work is that which was
driven by an emotional state from beginning to finish, and then edited
analytically for grammar and flow after the emotions have ebbed.

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Bob La Londe
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"Bob La Londe" wrote


I've never tackled a project of quite that scope, but I've written a few
published articles, and I have found that my best work is that which was
driven by an emotional state from beginning to finish, and then edited
analytically for grammar and flow after the emotions have ebbed.

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good advice, I'm sure ...

I encourage you to do it, Larry. What do you have to lose? Do it.

My retirement has been anything but boring. Oh, it's been boring at
times, but more typically I'm longing for a little down-time to myself,
with nothing to do but read a book, without an endless parade of people
of various sorts making demands on my attention.

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Cut "to the chase" for my email address.

"rw" wrote


I encourage you to do it, Larry. What do you have to lose? Do it.



I met a Doug A, camped at Point of Rocks in Sept. An ex-lawyer forced
into retirement by health issues, he was in his first year as an all
summer troutbum. We had a fair amount in common and chatted several times.
He, too, was worried about keeping busy off season and mentioned the idea
of doing a book with the proceeds going to a worthy cause. I've had many
people try to get me to "write a book" over the years and have published a
few articles in doggie mags with a circulation approaching 600 g and I've
sold some prints of photos as "art". The book I envision won't be much
writing, mostly photos. The idea of doing it for a cause was the added
motivation that moved me to actually do something .... I doubt I can make
enough to justify the time "for the money" but maybe enough to justify it as
a "donation"

Sadly, the original files of most of my photos from the last six years were
deleted and only the, useless for hardcopy, low-res versions I e-mailed home
survive. So, I'll have to start from square one

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You are fortunate to have plenty to keep you busy and ... even people to
bug you, too .... maybe :-)
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All dog trainers I know unplug their telephone after a certain hour and are
sick of being bothered by people .... dog owners are a total PIA and will
call every day and talk for hours about Fido ... if you let them .... ( and
this call comes AFTER 10 hours actually doing the work of training )

Post retirement, I have very little contact outside my immediate family,
largely because while working I never had any time for anything but work
and the people that I worked for. But they were never "friends" in a
normal sense ... it being nearly impossible to really be friends with
clients, the money changing hands demands distance.

Anyway, retired, off-season, and down here in the last house on a dead end
rural road I sometimes get bored enough to read ROFF ... kinda screams out
for help don't it G

I will work on the project and thank you, rw, for your encouragement.