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Friday, August 21. 2009

Due in October of 2009 is "The New Scientific Angling" an exciting new book about trout and ultraviolet vision

You and a friend are casting to rising trout on a quiet pool. Your friend is catching them... you are not. Both your flies look the same in size, pattern, and color, but his uses a different dubbing material for the body. The trout are wary and looking for a key invisible to you, an ultraviolet reflection from the fly's body. Your friend's fly contains that UV signature.

In "The New Scientific Angling" we learn that trout see in the near ultraviolet range, as well as our visible spectrum, and what that signifies to the fly fisherman. Using UVA Reflection photography, the author offers views of a trout's world otherwise completely invisible to us.

Examining baitfish, natural flies, artificial flies, and tying materials as a trout sees them in the Ultraviolet, this original research answers longstanding questions about flies, fishing, and the ways of trout.

Filled with visible light and UV reflectance photos, as well as line drawings by Eric Reaves and insightful - if not illuminating - comments by Overmywaders, The New Scientific Angling brings a new world of light to life.

Soon to be available from Amazon.com

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I'll be the first to lay down them hard earned shekels - I insist on an autographed version, so I'll send both book and large crayon...

#1 KBarton10 (Homepage) on 2009-08-21 14:22 (Reply)

Hard earned shekels...who do you think will believe that? Everyone knows that your vast fortune came from selling a brownlined carp stuffed with newspaper to the Getty museum as a poorly-preserved coelacanth.

It better be a very large crayon.

#1.1 Reed on 2009-08-21 14:48 (Reply)

Reed!
I am delighted! I am looking forward to reading your new book!

Bobby

#1.1.1 Bob Skowronski on 2009-08-29 08:59 (Reply)

Bobby,

And I am looking forward to your response to the book.

IMO, curmudgeons make the best, or at least the most interesting, critics, e.g., the Muppetts Show.
: )

Warm regards,
Reed

#1.1.1.1 Reed (Homepage) on 2009-08-29 10:53 (Reply)

Reed,
Congratulations on the book! I am itching to order it right now!

This is going to be the book that finally helps me solve this catching fish problem. I've always thought my failure to catch fish was due to sloppy casting, poor observation skills, susceptibility to the distractions of pipe tobacco and/or pure bad luck. Now I know it's because I haven't been UV Aware! Thanks Reed!

Hmmm...UV Aware = UVA? My sunglasses say they block 100% UVA...I wonder if that's been my problem all along?

Take care,
Nathan

#2 Nathan Kennedy (Homepage) on 2009-09-09 07:25 (Reply)

Nathan,

Yes, your problem must be UVA. At least that is now my excuse. Never again will the fish chortling behind their fins at my casting bother me; I now will force them to accept my fly no matter how badly delivered.

Have a great trip to the West!
Take care,
Reed

#2.1 Reed (Homepage) on 2009-09-09 09:49 (Reply)

I feel smarter after reading this book, but I still don't think I am as smart as a trout after how you describe them in the book.

I really like your writing, nice photos, and the humorous art sprinkled throughout the book.

I am really glad I bought this book, thanks.

#3 Gordon Casada (Homepage) on 2010-06-17 22:37 (Reply)

Gordon,

Thanks for the kind words.
If you can enjoy your fishing just a bit more by appreciating the visual advantages of your quarry, the book is a success.

Warm regards,
Reed

#3.1 Reed F. Curry on 2010-06-18 04:33 (Reply)

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