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Originally Posted by Flaptail
You never asked me. Ask me how he dissed me about the Arnold Laine piece I did two years ago. Ask me how he had the info from Little Paulie the Fireman about Balston (Tony C. would love to tell you I am sure)
How about pissing off the rangers so bad with cheating on getting on or offand forging permits they came down on us like the SS back in the early 80's. If you had rods on at night and were just sitting in your truck you were harrased, fish or get off.
Read 20 years on the cape and you have read all of his books the others are just remixes. And the fly book is a farce. Want to learn to really saltwater fly fish for stripers read Kenny Abrames or Lou Tabory.
He is way overated. Mike if you were on the beach back then in the 70's and early 80's you would have done just as well. Tony C. was the real deal, still is and even Arnold Laine didn't take as many as Tony did. Frank is a wonderful self promoter buyt he wasn't near the best of the best.
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Steve,
I know the Laine piece ruffled your feathers a bit, but I really evaluate Frank from my own dealings with him. In the past I would fully buy into what my elders told me about him without questioning their motives. Many of my elders, dear as they are to me, tend to be a self serving bunch too. I’m not directing this comment at anyone in particular, its just a collective thought on people I knew past and present. This is mostly due to the fact they were money fishers and likely resented any perceived threats to their livelihood=greed. As for the 70' and 80's stuff, everyone out there stretched the rules as far as they could.
My point is Frank is one of the few authors who combines angling skill and writing skill. I’m not saying he’s the greatest surf man ever, but he was a good one by all accounts.
Glad you chimed in though.
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