Just A Real Fast Survey Please Reply

[TroutFearMe]

Well at least there is one positive person about this. I just started writing this book because I work a very mind numbing job ie jewelry sales and I found on slow days it really passes the time and I figured that it would give anglers another avenue to try somthing new. Everything I have learned about trout I have read in a book or from testing new methods and tactics. The only bad part is when you think you have figured them out they do something differant.

[jdmidwest]

Troutfearme, have you read the book that is already out there on fishing the trout parks? You could be beating a dead horse. But if you have extra cash around burning a hole in your pocket, why not buy a new rod?

[Flysmallie]

TroutFearMe, I said your target would be small, but I admire you for writing a book, any book. Success is something that will be determined by you. If you are wanting to make money on this, then you may not find it to be "successful". However, if the joy of writing the book in the hopes of helping others is what you after, then I know you will be succesful.

I've started two books in my life, one fiction and one about fishing, just have never finished them. One was started over 15 years ago.

[Murdoc]

I'm kinda on the fence about a book. I've fished at RR for 40years and what I fish with and am successful with is not good for someone else. For years all I fished with was a 84th ounce black jig. I can tie a jig on someone else's rod and they might catch a couple fish. The presentation the rod action have a lot to do with successful fishing. I'm not sure you can tell someone how to do it. My cousin fished with the same jig for years and he could catch about half the fish I could. I got him to change his rod and that was all it took. I think a book would be a great starting place for a beginner to learn about fishing etiquette. I think that there isn't enough etiquette being used anymore. That would be a great place to start. Just my two cents!!

[davekeim]

TroutFearMe, I always admire anyone who wants to take on a challenge others think may fail. And the key word is "may". I would not advise you one way or the other as to publish this book. And here is why.

My friend and I thought we had a great idea to patent. It was boat dock related. Everyone at his condo wanted some. We decided to consult with a patent lawyer. Bottom line was we were not confident that the product was worth investing $15,000 for an attorney to go through the patent process.

If you think it's a good idea, consult a publishing specialist and base your decision on that.

Signed,

Cardiac

[Greg]

Troutfearme

Just a few other thoughts on the subject:

I think the question of whether or not you could actually turn some $$'s on a project like this would depend on how much it would cost to actually get the book in print. I don't pretend to be an expert but I've heard that with the advent of modern computers and publishing programs it's nowhere near as expensive as it was say 20 years ago. If you could get it up and going for a reasonable startup fee - then why not see if you could get some of the fly shops around MO to carry a few copies and just see how it goes. I'll bet you would sell a fair # of them especially those shops in or close to the parks.

In doing a little research on the aforementioned book - it is 10 years old (1997) and out of print even though there may still be a few copies floating around. The time may be right for a new book on the subject. I remember when I started fly fishing again about 5 years ago - I tried to find that book and could not. I couldn't even find it from any of the used internet book stores or amazon.com

I just looked and it's still not available.

Greg

[TroutFearMe]

All of your feed back is great and please new viewer please post and thank for all of your comments so far please keep them coming

[jdmidwest]

Chuck Tryon's book "Fly Fishing for Trout in Missouri" is still in print I think. It mentions trout parks but includes all of the trout water in the state.

[Randall]

if you really want to do a book on montauk, you might try learning all the parks and writing a book on all of them. it would be a lot bigger, and in my opinion, it would sell better because it would not be as limited, and would be of interest to those who want to hit up more than one park. maybe talk about the winter catch and release, proper manners, the hatcheries and museums, and list lodging and local restaraunts around the areas too.

it would be great for the less experienced crowd wanting to learn to trout fish or plan a fun weekend or several day trip.

[Greg]

I agree with Randall in that a book on fishing all of the parks would probably be more successful than one on just Montauk.

The book I was meaning was not Chuck Tryon's but a book titled "Trout Fishing the Missouri Trout Parks". It only covered the 4 parks. Chuck Tryon's book is a different animal altogether in that is covers pretty much all the trout fishing in MO. It's a good book but being so broad it doesn't really get into the parks in depth.

Greg