What's your favorite fly fishing book?

"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
news
...you *do* find the occasional gem in the rough. Although not
related
to fly fishing (except for a few knots), the book "Hook, Line &
Sinker", by
Gary Soucie, is an example of such a book.

Thanks, Doug. I'll be looking for it.

Wolfgang

"Wolfgang" wrote in message
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"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
news
...you *do* find the occasional gem in the rough. Although not
related
to fly fishing (except for a few knots), the book "Hook, Line &
Sinker", by
Gary Soucie, is an example of such a book.

Thanks, Doug. I'll be looking for it.

Wolfgang



Buy 5. 4 to give away as gifts. :-) It's that good.

"Russell" wrote in message
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Wayne Knight wrote:


IMO, the Curtis Creek Manifesto is a cute read, it's the last book
anyone
should read for learning to fly fish.

Well, it's not the book Wolfgang would write. It says a lot in few
words.

Russell

Oh, yeah - :-)

If I WERE ever to write a book (an extremely unlikely undertaking for
someone with my attention span) I believe I would do so with the
expectation that someone might some day read it.......hence, I would
not write like I do here.

Wolfgang

"Doug Kanter" wrote...
"Tim J." wrote...

snipped everything but the OE tutorial

Ya know, it's easy to set up OE so it does NOT discard messages you've read.
Tell it to "watch" the conversations you're interested in. Then, sort the
messages so the watched threads are always at the top of the list. Those
threads will be red. When there are unread messages in those threads, they
subject headers will be BOLD red. When you expand those threads, the unread
messages will be bold, while the ones you've read will be in normal type.
It's really a very uncluttered way of managing things.

See, here's the thing: You may have been interested in the bickering, but I
wasn't so why would I watch the thread? Then, when I see a random reply out of
the blue, I think I might be missing something and I'd like to know the context.
These here newsgroups are funny that way - the messages appear on ALL
subscribers 'puters whether or not they have the "watch" flag set. Hence, it is
just more courteous to include enough of the original message so we *all* know
WTF is going on.
--
Your skill-impaired friend,
Tim
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http://css.sbcma.com/timj

"Tim J." wrote in message
...

"Doug Kanter" wrote...
"Tim J." wrote...

snipped everything but the OE tutorial

Ya know, it's easy to set up OE so it does NOT discard messages you've
read.
Tell it to "watch" the conversations you're interested in. Then, sort
the
messages so the watched threads are always at the top of the list. Those
threads will be red. When there are unread messages in those threads,
they
subject headers will be BOLD red. When you expand those threads, the
unread
messages will be bold, while the ones you've read will be in normal
type.
It's really a very uncluttered way of managing things.

See, here's the thing: You may have been interested in the bickering, but
I
wasn't so why would I watch the thread? Then, when I see a random reply
out of
the blue, I think I might be missing something and I'd like to know the
context.
These here newsgroups are funny that way - the messages appear on ALL
subscribers 'puters whether or not they have the "watch" flag set. Hence,
it is
just more courteous to include enough of the original message so we *all*
know
WTF is going on.
--
Your skill-impaired friend,
Tim

OK, fine! :-) But, if you set up OE the way I told you, it would be
graphically clear that some of this thread had gone off a cliff of its own,
while the rest had stayed on the subject of books. I'm really trying to
help, Tim. :-)

"Doug Kanter" wrote...
"Tim J." wrote...

"Doug Kanter" wrote...

snipped everything but the OE tutorial

Ya know, it's easy to set up OE so it does NOT discard messages
you've read.
Tell it to "watch" the conversations you're interested in. Then, sort
the messages so the watched threads are always at the top of the
list. Those threads will be red. When there are unread messages
in those threads, they
subject headers will be BOLD red. When you expand those threads,
the unread messages will be bold, while the ones you've read will
be in normal type.
It's really a very uncluttered way of managing things.

See, here's the thing: You may have been interested in the bickering, but
wasn't so why would I watch the thread? Then, when I see a random reply
out of
the blue, I think I might be missing something and I'd like to know the
context.
These here newsgroups are funny that way - the messages appear on ALL
subscribers 'puters whether or not they have the "watch" flag set. Hence,
it is
just more courteous to include enough of the original message so we *all*
know
WTF is going on.

OK, fine! :-) But, if you set up OE the way I told you, it would be
graphically clear that some of this thread had gone off a cliff of its own,
while the rest had stayed on the subject of books. I'm really trying to
help, Tim. :-)

Arrrrrrrrggggggggghhhhhhhhh. I *DO* have it set up that way! Don't you
underst....

Wait just a minute! Wolfgang, is that you?
--
TL,
Tim
------------------------
http://css.sbcma.com/timj

"Tim J." wrote in message
...

"Doug Kanter" wrote...
"Tim J." wrote...

"Doug Kanter" wrote...

snipped everything but the OE tutorial

Ya know, it's easy to set up OE so it does NOT discard messages
you've read.
Tell it to "watch" the conversations you're interested in. Then,
sort
the messages so the watched threads are always at the top of the
list. Those threads will be red. When there are unread messages
in those threads, they
subject headers will be BOLD red. When you expand those threads,
the unread messages will be bold, while the ones you've read will
be in normal type.
It's really a very uncluttered way of managing things.

See, here's the thing: You may have been interested in the bickering,
but
wasn't so why would I watch the thread? Then, when I see a random
reply
out of
the blue, I think I might be missing something and I'd like to know
the
context.
These here newsgroups are funny that way - the messages appear on ALL
subscribers 'puters whether or not they have the "watch" flag set.
Hence,
it is
just more courteous to include enough of the original message so we
*all*
know
WTF is going on.

OK, fine! :-) But, if you set up OE the way I told you, it would be
graphically clear that some of this thread had gone off a cliff of its
own,
while the rest had stayed on the subject of books. I'm really trying to
help, Tim. :-)

Arrrrrrrrggggggggghhhhhhhhh. I *DO* have it set up that way! Don't you
underst....

Wait just a minute! Wolfgang, is that you?

No, I'm not Wolfgang! If it's set up that way, you can see....never mind.
Would you like me to type up the proper settings for you, so this doesn't
happen again?
-Doug, not Wolfgang :-)

"Tim J." wrote in message
...

"Doug Kanter" wrote...
"Tim J." wrote...

OK, fine! :-) But, if you set up OE the way I told you, it would
be
graphically clear that some of this thread had gone off a cliff of
its own,
while the rest had stayed on the subject of books. I'm really
trying to
help, Tim. :-)

Arrrrrrrrggggggggghhhhhhhhh. I *DO* have it set up that way! Don't
you
underst....

Wait just a minute! Wolfgang, is that you?

Hm......hard to say. Tall, athletic blond guy? Sort of Norse God
look to him?

Wolfgang

"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
...

No, I'm not Wolfgang! If it's set up that way, you can see....never
mind.
Would you like me to type up the proper settings for you, so this
doesn't
happen again?
-Doug, not Wolfgang :-)

Wellllll......let's not be hasty......certainly SOUNDS like me.

Wolfgang
who ya just gotta watch every minute!

"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
...
If you saw my post last week, looking for comments on beginner's fly
fishing
outfits, you know I'm about to take a class. I offered my 14 yr old son
the
opportunity to join me. He said he wants to learn, but not from a class.
"You taught me how to fish - how about you teach me to use a fly rod?"
Sometimes, arguing with a 14 yr old is like ****ing into the wind. He
will,
however, take a book to the bathroom for his daily "one hour on the
throne".
Anyone got a favorite book which explains tippets, knots, casting ideas,
etc?


If by chance your son is a Boy Scout, suggest that he takes the Fly Fishing
Merit Badge. http://www.tu.org/conservation/youth/boy_scout_mb.asp
http://www.bsaflyfishing.com/bsreqs.html
Ron