I'm sure that 40 was going to post this link...

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





(and let's not leave out the
other "The Hell With...." books)...heck, it was probably an instant
classic...

TC,
R

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

I think you'll find that _To Hell With Fishing_ was Webster and Zern.......
_To Hell With Fishing_, Ed Zern and HT Webster (really)

I have no reason to doubt your word; and besides, I scrounged up
several of Zern's books still in my possession. (When you have four
kids who frequently return to visit the Old Folks, hanging onto books,
tools, and other property is a problem. Since they all remember Ed
fondly from the year he spent here, hanging on to his books is even
more difficult).

I found that my blanket statement was incorrect. _A Fine Kettle of
Fish Stories_ was illustrated by John McDermott.

_Hunting and Fishing from A to Zern_ is, as the title suggests, a
larger collection of Zerniana (300+ pages) and some of the stories are
illustrated by Tom Webster and some by Zern.

All the illustrations in _Are Fishermen People?_ are by Zern.

So it's a mixed bag, which I had forgotten in the years since I last
read those books.

vince