Steeldrifter 0 Report post Posted June 17, 2004 Ok lets have have a bit'o fun here guys and test the knowledge of our membership on the subject of fly fishing/tying Only rules are: 1.Questions have to be about fly fishing or fly tying 2:NO CHEATING so no looking up on the internet for answers...honor system here guys 3:Person with the correct answer is the only person who gets to post the next question. Besides that i'll start off and whoever gets it right will continue with the next question. we'll start off somewhat "easy" Question:What is the name of the book that Dame Juliania wrote in 1496? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mcfly 0 Report post Posted June 17, 2004 Heh, I think that is in every fly fishing book I've read so far. A treatise to fly-fishing with an angle. I can look up the old english if you like.. [edit] I'm 99% sure I'm right so I'll throw a question out there since steeldrifter thinks its ok to spend a few minutes away from the website. If not skip me. Who wrote the Compleat Angler in 1653? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Carlin 0 Report post Posted June 17, 2004 I know there are way too many s's and y's in Juliana's title! fysshyng... Mcfly - That has been in just about every fishing book that I've read! Isaak Walton. I'm going to go on the assumption that I'm correct, and since we're on the topic of books, here's a more difficult one: In what novel did the 'Great Isaak Walton Controversy' take place? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mcfly 0 Report post Posted June 17, 2004 QUOTE Mcfly - That has been in just about every fishing book that I've read! Yeah, they both are. Your right with Isaak Walton Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SDHflyfisher 0 Report post Posted June 17, 2004 hell i know absolutly sqaut about the older books about flyfishing but i knew that Izaak Walton wrote the complete angler Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Steeldrifter 0 Report post Posted June 17, 2004 Jeez away from the site watchin a movie for 2 hours and i catch hell for it Mcfly you are correct it was fishing with an angle but origanly spelled Fyshnge Wyth an Angle .... guess people couldnt spell back then ethier SO i believe Carl's is the current question with Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Steeldrifter 0 Report post Posted June 17, 2004 QUOTE (Carl @ Jun 16 2004, 09:59 PM) In what novel did the 'Great Isaak Walton Controversy' take place? Current question: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Report post Posted June 17, 2004 the complete angler.... or was it the compleat angler..... where most people believe that by angler he meant anglos when the entire prodestant/catholic rip was going through england. steve Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Carlin 0 Report post Posted June 17, 2004 I don't want to be the thread killer, so here is a hint: The book was published in 1983 and was the first book of fiction that Sierra Club Books (est. 1892) ever published. If nobody gets the answer by morning, Google it. And read the dang book people! It's one of the better novels out there and it is about fishing! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Carlin 0 Report post Posted June 17, 2004 Since no one else has answered, the book is The River Why by David James Duncan. A very good book. Here's another one: What was the name of the book written by George Parker Holden, originally published in 1920, that was the first work to go into detail regarding the how-to of bamboo rodmaking? It also features a section on making your own real silk worm leaders (very entertaining reading that!). It's an idyllic book on the art of making split bamboo rods... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Streamside 0 Report post Posted June 24, 2004 QUOTE (Carl @ Jun 17 2004, 01:21 PM) Since no one else has answered, the book is The River Why by David James Duncan. A very good book. Here's another one: What was the name of the book written by George Parker Holden, originally published in 1920, that was the first work to go into detail regarding the how-to of bamboo rodmaking? It also features a section on making your own real silk worm leaders (very entertaining reading that!). It's an idyllic book on the art of making split bamboo rods... The Idyl of the Split-Bamboo A Detailed Description of How to Build a Bamboo Fly-Fishing Rod by George Parker Holden Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Carlin 0 Report post Posted June 24, 2004 Woohoo! I'd just about given up. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fly1 0 Report post Posted June 25, 2004 Hey Streamside I knew you'd get that one. I haven't read that one yet but it's on my to do list. Ken Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Report post Posted June 25, 2004 Jeeze this thread is fizzeling so I'm just going to add one to keep it going. Question: Theodore Gordon was called the father of American dry fly fishing, the Quill gordon was his signature fly. But he also tied streamers. What was his most famous streamer fly? Remember no cheating. Fatman Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Report post Posted June 25, 2004 Bumblepuppy or bumble Puppy. Don't bitch - I'm old and remember inane stuff. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
