Zach Matthews
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The only filter which is still relevant on a day to day basis today is a circular polarizer. Almost all older filters simply cast the shot in a slightly different color, which is easier to do now in photoshop.
Circular polarizers look like venetian blinds on a minuscule level; they only let in light which is bouncing in one direction, rather than scattered. As a result they make skies bluer and cut glare off water significantly.
There are many other things filters can do and a lot to be said about how to use them, but as you asked for the brief explanation, there it is.
Zach
Awesome job. Was that same spot featured on one of the TheFlyFishingDVD.com films? I think it was.
Zach
PS this one maybe?
That’s a great tip, Catch, and sorry again for getting your last name misspelled in the piece.
I honestly didn’t know glitter even came in different sizes.
CE –
Art Scheck’s book, “Fly Rod Building Made Easy” will very simply and clearly set out everything you need to know to wrap a bamboo rod.
Hey C.E. –
I’m not sure who is currently the head fly guide at Gaston’s and I am certainly not trying to disparage that outfit, but they are primarily known for bait and spin fishing rather than fly.
Hey Mark –
Constructive criticism; I am not going to dog a guy for getting out and trying to create something and give back to the sport.
(1) Horizontal indicator nymphing or whatever you want to call it is a very basic technique. You see this a whole lot in articles in print. In my experience, an editor will typically ask for a section like this in a destination article. The idea is that your reader needs to know something about how to fish a given location, even though the location is the actual story. I have a more or less standard couple paragraphs on this kind of fishing that I plug in to most of my tailwater articles because it applies just about anywhere. So, my advice would be to have your buddy try to condense what he is saying into no more than about 600 words. That will arm him for writing a destination piece, and concision is almost always good writing.
(2) The indicator itself is the more interesting subject because it is new. While personally I am not a big fan of that bulky an indicator, I did have to fish one just like that a while back in Arkansas when I ran out of balloons, and I got a number of wild slashes on it. I think it looks a bit like a big caddisfly. I’d be interested in that indicator primarily *if it had a hook in it*, which is something your buddy might consider trying.
(3) As another writing tip, your buddy needs to appreciate the difference between a “how to” piece (which is what this is), a “destination” piece, and a “me n Joe” piece. Those are three distinct genres of writing in the outdoor world that all have some similarities; you can plug and play their components into each other but you need to be careful not to overkill. If I were editing this piece I would probably cut the first few paragraphs (which are “me n Joe” writing), and I would encourage your buddy to move to the meat of the subject a bit faster. I’ve had editors call that kind of lengthy warm up “wheel spinning.” It doesn’t advance the story and it eats up word count. Words are precious; in print because there’s limited space, and online because there’s limited attention span. Further, “me n Joe” blow-by-blow writing that recounts every little detail of a day on the water does not make for especially scintillating reading, *unless something unusual happens.* You can structure a piece as “same old-same old” then throw the reader for a loop with a big surprise (like, say, a plane crash or a sudden storm). But if you just follow up with nothing, the reader thinks “I do all that too; what was the point.” Never build dramatic tension without paying it off.
Good luck to your friend. I think he is on the right track and doing a good thing here.
Zach
Whoa, great tip Bill!
http://regalsportingtechnologies.com/index.php/Regal-Oar-Locks.html
$80 a pair does not seem at all unreasonable, either.
Zach
Probably because that new website went live at 1PM today and you were perusing a work in progress. If you send them an email pointing out that you had trouble, I am sure they will fix it.
Zach
BT –
I noticed when I bought my most recent set of tires that some of the new tread designs have the look of modern art.
Seems like you could have rigged up a sleeve of pure brass tubing, which would accept the oarlock, then on the other end of the sleeve you could tap in a screw fitting, and fit a brass rod to plug into the original oarlock foot receiver.
You’d probably need a machine shop to hook you up but I think it’d be pretty doable.
Zach