Thanks, whrlpool.
I'm a little surprised there haven't been more responses-I expected at least a few members to post their narratives of things they'd learned through browsing old topics. The quote I mentioned earlier is from The American Fly Fisher Journal. In that, it says (regarding the modern Fly Tyer Magazine), "...many of the color cover-photographs of absolutely the latest in so-called new and innovative fly patterns are similar, if not identical, to the imitations tied by Keene." I remember reading somewhere, that it could be argued that the only truly new innovation of modern fly fishing, is midge hooks. However, Keene was making & using midge hooks. John Harrington Keene's articles originally appeared in 1885!
Edit:
This post mentions something similar to what I was thinking: “With all the information on the vintage glass and reels and on building glass as well, I'd have a thousand posts within a week on questions needing answered.”
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=6339#p40698So, something I was driving at, was that I occasionally see an old post brought up with something like, “I hate to bring up an old post, but…”
However, I don’t think it should necessarily be regretfully brought up—but more like we’ve got this wealth of information built up—might as well use it!
As mentioned earlier, I was hoping other ‘glass lovers would chime in, with testimonies of how older posts had helped them-because I think many of the topics we’re talking about is inherently relevant to the rest of the glass world.
Here’s one example:
memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=4538“waking up an old thread - just wanted to say thanks, got a new-to-me Fenwick FF856 and it's a clicker.. waxed the ferrule, no luck.
flexed it while listening closely and inspecting for cracks etc, seems to be the stripping guides, never heard of such a thing.. check FFR, and there's the answers.”
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=45354&p=178556&hilit=Ferrule+clicking&sid=a0fa686149daacdd8aebfd38516f552a#p178465 Any other thoughts?