Nice Recognition of JC!
Hi Folks,
I've just finished reading Arlen Thomason's book Bug Water which I highly recommend to anyone interested in good aquatic insect pictures both above and below the surface. Arlen knows his stuff. His writing style, while informative and factual, is entertaining and easily understood. The definite Western bias should interest many FAOLers.
While reading his material on fish vision, I came across a very familiar name to all of us. Thomason was discussing the use of the "slant tank" to help the angler see and photograph bugs and flies exactly as the fish sees them leaving the mirror section of their vision and entering Snell's window. The following is a quote from pages183-184.
"During the first half of the twentieth century, how an insect or fly looks to a fish received minimal perceptive attention from fly fishing authors.---------Then in 1976 Pennsylvania angler Vincent Marinaro published In the Ring of the Rise, which included a section called "What the Fish Sees and Does Not See." Marinaro's book depicted the use of slant tanks as tools for the underwater visualization of bugs and flies on the surface. Other than an article later posted by his protege, Jim Birkholm (aka J. Castwell) on the website Fly Anglers Online slant tanks seem to have been little noticed---a surprising situation in light of their utility and ease of use."
I thought that was a very nice recognition of JC's work and friendship with Vince. My apologies in advance if someone else has already posted this information. 8T
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