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Post by Allrounder on Dec 4, 2004 8:09:32 GMT -5
I know that many of you keep a written record of your fishing trips for future reference so what I would like to know is which of the various commercial 'Fly Fishing Log Books' on sale is generally considered to be the best?  OK - I know a lots of you will suggest that a simple note book with lined pages is a better option because you can devise your own subject headings etc. However, I am conscious that Christmas is just around the corner and as I have decided to start keeping a log again I won't mind if someone buys one for me rather than the usual pair of socks!  Any suggestions? Allrounder ;D |
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Post by ACW on Dec 4, 2004 13:56:58 GMT -5
When I can get my act together I use a Filofax ,it with a hole punch holds photos ,fisheyr maps ,ticket details ,contact phone numbers and of course these days email addresses .
somewhere around the house is an even older A4 lose leaf file with the 70s fishing in it ,some very embarrassing photos there from my big baggging resser days ,Lord I was skinny then .
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Post by calson on Dec 4, 2004 15:06:03 GMT -5
Hi Allrounder.
This is not what you have described, but i think it will be better than what you are after.
I was in a similar position a few years ago, in thinking of a ledger. I did a quite comprehensive (or so i as told) computer course and realised that i could make a ledger using M/Soft Access.
The benefit is that you can store the input on hard drive and save onto floppy each time you do so. You can also print of copies as the season progresses or as one's paranoia sees fit.
At the end of the season, copy save print etc and use the same programme again.
All the best Calson
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Post by richardw on Dec 4, 2004 18:01:26 GMT -5
Don't get something too big and precious. It stops you from writing in it spontaneously. I carry a little spiral bound notebook (Stockwell memobook 5"x3") Fits in a shirt pocket on a hot day, a small waistcoat pocket on a normal day and the zipped pocket inside the lining of my Barbour on a very wet day. The pen clips into the wire spiral and the whole lot fits in a sealable polythene bag.
richard
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Post by alan on Dec 4, 2004 20:36:00 GMT -5
If you want a pretty well produced hard bound book look at the classic library version.
If you want something for useful analysis, set something up on Excel. I did this for over a year and then discovered all sorts of useful information my using the 'charts' analysis and graphs on this programme.
Ultimately, it is down to the type of person you are, and the purpose of your log.
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Post by The Otter Startler on Dec 7, 2004 1:57:53 GMT -5
If you want something for useful analysis, set something up on Excel. I did this for over a year and then discovered all sorts of useful information my using the 'charts' analysis and graphs on this programme. For 5 years I have recorded each trip, weather, barometric pressure, water temp, flies, technique etc etc. All analysis shows only one constant. I'm a rubbish fisherman. It has the following apt verse on the front page: I thought that I would keep a book
And in it I would write,
A note of all the fish I took
The date, the bait, the bite.
Now what I took to be success
Before my book began,
Was but a failure to assess
My memory's élan.
As more I write, so more I wish
My book has never been,
For now I see my worthy fish
Are few and far between.
And though the glory of the past
Lived only in my mind,
It helped to soothe each hopeless cast,
When fortune was unkind
R. Large
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Post by Hambo on Dec 7, 2004 3:23:19 GMT -5
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Post by Allrounder on Dec 7, 2004 13:39:23 GMT -5
Thanks for this, guys! ;D Using Excel or Access is so obvious, I couldn't see it!  I never even considered using a webpage but am considering it now as I have been mightily impressed by the examples I've seen. I've now dropped the idea of suggesting a fishing log book for a Christmas present and instead I am now directing friends and relations towards these reprinted classics of angling literature at Coch-Y-Bonddu books www.anglebooks.com/ie A Man May Fish by Kingsmill-Moore The Fishermans Bedside Book by 'BB' Sea Trout Fishing by Falkus Suddenly I'm looking forward to Christmas again! Allrounder ;D |
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Post by aliferste on Dec 7, 2004 15:11:36 GMT -5
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Post by greenkingfisher on Dec 8, 2004 4:00:00 GMT -5
aliferste
Like your website.
I take it you dont control the adverts for Jamie Oliver books and bargain salmon on e-bay!
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Post by aliferste on Dec 8, 2004 9:45:58 GMT -5
aliferste Like your website. I take it you dont control the adverts for Jamie Oliver books and bargain salmon on e-bay! LOL I had not noticed that. The adverts are picked up by google and are tailored to what I am writing about. In this case the google bot though as I was writing a lot about Jamie Oliver and farmed salmon then that was an appropriate advert. I will change it when I get home from work..... Incidentally if you click on those ads I earn around 10p for each ad. Very good for those out there that actually have websites  |
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Post by greenkingfisher on Dec 8, 2004 10:56:12 GMT -5
You owe me 20p AND I now have a Jamie Oliver book and a sack full of toxic salmon on the way, bargain. |
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Post by aliferste on Dec 8, 2004 11:33:55 GMT -5
Its funny that.....I have had a wee gander and dont see the Jamie Oliver ads... strange !! woo 20p.... ;D edit: do you mean the Jamie Oliver book cover on the actual site? I think you should have a close look at what the cover ACTUALLY says |
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Post by greenkingfisher on Dec 8, 2004 12:06:08 GMT -5
No there's definitely an advert link to Penguin books and Jamie Olivers book.
The image of the book appeared as red cross on a square titled 'w@nker'!!
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Post by aliferste on Dec 9, 2004 2:20:20 GMT -5
Phew fixed the Jamie oliver ads Dont know why you are not seeing that picture, shows up on my comp and others fine....strange |
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I never even considered using a webpage but am considering it now as I have been mightily impressed by the examples I've seen.
