Paul—I actually owe you an email, but wanted to jump in here and ask if I could include the Kick Haul in my next book? I’d credit you of course, and am hoping you could provide some extra drone footage on which I could base some more complex drawings. You have proven once again that you are genius-l...

Paul Arden wrote: ↑Fri Mar 24, 2023 8:42 am Hey Jason! How are you?

Cheers, Paul

Still have a bit of a bum shoulder (line arm, fortunately). But also have an eager 10-year-old who is tying herself a heap of flies and expects me to take her places where she can use them. So, I have some additional motivation!

So tight. Being SL I should have seen that coming sooner rather than later. Anyway, place the camera to get the image you need, or move your position so the camera can see what you need it to see. Just don’t shoot a nearly side-arm cast from the side and then say, “look how tight my loops are!” Look...

Thanks, Lasse! And those two shots show something else that is actually interesting, minus the quotes. The side-arm shot—while not allowing the loop to be seen clearly from top to bottom (fly leg to rod leg)—is still revealing in terms of what the line is doing as the loop unrolls. So, could be a us...

FWIW, the slow-mo video used to create the illustrations in my last book was shot with two iPhones (2017 vintage). As Lasse pointed out clearly, the keys are the right light and background. In addition, there are some inexpensive apps out there in both the “i” and “a” operating system worlds that ca...

G I V, T F T. S, JB Thanks for that! Maybe I need to do a pocket sized edition. Would be a great way to force me to get a bit more serious about being succinct and cutting everything to the core. You could just use the first letter of each word for the ultra elite, it would also save on trees and ba...

Send me your iPad/tablet/laptop and I’ll scratch my signature into the screen. Enter Y for yes, N for no.

Walter wrote: ↑Mon Jun 20, 2022 11:59 pm Can I get mine personalized?

FWIW, it’s possible that I may have done a find/replace on excessive acronyms. If that’s good news to you, then we’ll both be happy.

RSalar wrote: ↑Mon Jun 20, 2022 10:47 pm Ebook with links that explain the acronyms. Great idea! I’m in

Graeme—You’re not the first to bring that up. I may be able to help with that later this year.

Graeme H wrote: ↑Mon Jun 20, 2022 10:17 pm I would pay again for an eBook version Jason. I’d love to carry mine around on my iPad.

Cheers,
Graeme

Thanks for that! Maybe I need to do a pocket sized edition. Would be a great way to force me to get a bit more serious about being succinct and cutting everything to the core.

nicholasfmoore wrote: ↑Mon Jun 20, 2022 8:45 pm It’s my favourite book, Jason. I take it everywhere.