Randy Kadish
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Aaron
In addition to the books you mentioned, I like the Practical Stylist by Sheridan Baker. ( Don’t know if it’s still in print.) Sheridan makes good writing easy.
Also, I like Style by Joseph Williams. The book, however, is tough reading, but it has things that I’ve haven’t seen in other books.
A few others are The Golden Book on Writing by David Lambuth; Edit Yourself by Bruce Ross-Larsen; Stein on Writing, by Saul Stein.
For Fiction (and Memoirs) my favorite is The Techniques of the Selling Writer by Dwight Swain.
There are, however, many other good books. One thing I want to add. When a good golfer tries to improve his technique his game intially suffers as it takes time to correctly intergrate the new techniques. (This happened to Tiger Woods.) I think writing is the same.
Randy
Study technique. There are a lot of good books on writing. Read some. Compile a list of things you didn’t know and study them, over and over again.
Revise. Revise. Revise.
If you’re writing for publication have someone read your writing and give you feedback.
Randy
Andrew,
I’ve never heard how overlining a rod can make it faster. It seems impossible to me.
Are you sure they weren’t talking about underlining?
BTW, by coincidence I just received a link to this rod-lining article:
http://www.flymartonline.com/article14.html
Randy
8-weight is fine, especially in the spring. I personally don’t fish clousers. Too much trouble casting them, especially in the wind. They can easily hit and break your rod tip or, even worse, end up in your ear. In addition, casting weigted flies is tiring. I prefer to fish decievers on sinking lines. Because you’re fishing from the shore you can probably get by with a floating line. If you want a sinking line I guess I’d go with an intermediate. I use 6- or 7-foot leaders. You’ll probably want a stripping basket. I wouldn’t go cheap here. I like the Orvis. (IMHO, much better than the L.L. Bean.) Some people like the Hip Shooter.
Randy
In The Ring of the Rise. Frankly, I’m disappointed. Maybe it gets better. I found The Dry Fly and Fast Water much more revealing.
Randy
I think a great 9-weight for the buck is the St. Croix Ultra Legend. It’s a real cannon.
Great for those windy days. Yet the rod lods rather easily. I like it as much as my
$600+ rods, though it doesn’t look quite as nice.Randy
I too have had some shoulder problems. My doctor told me that before I fish I loosen up by doing rotation exercises.
My question is: do you really need a cannon on small streams?
Many years ago I bought a fast rod for small streams. Since then I bought two slower
rods. I never use the fast rod anymore.Anyway, I cast a 5-weight. It is a cannon. I thought, however, the rod looked cheap. I think a
7- or eight-weight would be a great striper or bass rod.Randy
John,
I have an older Superfine. I love it for small streams. I heard the new Superfines are a bit faster;
so you might like one over the other.Randy
I forgot to mention J. H. Hall’s Cover Girl and Other Stories of Fly Fishermen in Maine.
I’ve read several of J. H.’s memoirs in Flyfishing & Tying Journal. I think he’s a very under-appreciated writer.
Randy
One River More by W. D. Wetherell. Much of the action of that book takes place in Vermont. I like anything by Nick Lyons, though he doesn’t write about fishing in New England.
Randy
I believe the Rio Gold, like several very good lines, is a little heavy – 150 grains, I think. This supposedly will help anglers load faster rods, but on longer casts will will also slow those rods down.
The Hardy Mach 2 is 140 grains.
If you can, I’d try different lines and see which one you like best, as each caster is different. Some line companies list the weight of their lines on their websites.
Randy
Well I certainly can’t wait to see it. ::) I don’t even know what story they ran.
Randy
BTW, sometimes you can buy used copies through Amazon, B&N or Peter Callahan.Eric,
There’s no one size that fits all. I’m on the East Coast. In the spring I use an 8-weight, in the fall when stripers are bigger, a 9-weight.
(Using a fly rod I tend to catch smaller stripers. Some anglers even go with a 7-weight)
I also use shooting heads, usually a floating and a sinking. I never cast weighted flies – too many problems; when it’s windy you can easily hook yourself, or break your rod tip if a weighted fly hits it. I use Cortland running line. (It’s low memory.) There are two ways to put a loop connector on. The easiest is to use one of those slide-on braided connectors, but they make it a bit harder to change heads. With 30-foot shooting heads most anglers go up two weights.
Shooting heads, as you can see, can be a bit of pain. To me the best thing about them is the money I save on extra spools. (Besides, I don’t like having to carry extra weight.)
You’ll also need a stripping basket. I like the Orvis.
Randy
There is an old theory that we lighten rods we take away some of their power, in spite of all the new technology. I don’t know if this is true, but years ago the rod of choice in the Best-of-the-West casting tournaments was the Loomis Trilogy. That rod was on the heavy side.
Randy
I recently read Rich Osthoff’s ACTIVE NYMPHING. Rich certainly thinks outside the box when it comes
to nymphing. Yes, many of his techniques have been described elsewhere, but Rich puts them all together; and unifies them which his perspective on catching fish.The book also has a wealth of simple, but essential information, like the best way to put on split shots.
I feel I learned something on almost every page.
Randyflycaster
