Absolutely...or at least nylon is authentic to the 20th c. "The Treatyse of Fyshynge wyth an Angle" (anon. 1496, in The Book of St. Albans, attr. Dame Juliana Berners) and Isaak Walton (1654, The Compleat Angler), amongst others, would have me dye and plait strands of horse tail. No thank you! I will delay my debut as a HIA (historically informed angler) for a later date and more proximal venue.
Eugene At 05:02 PM 8/10/2006, Sean Smith wrote: >Not only is nylon completely authentic but one eliminates all traces of >gut afterward! >s > >On Aug 10, 2006, at 11:41 AM, EUGENE BRAIG IV wrote: > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Caroline Usher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: Thursday, August 10, 2006 10:06 am > > Subject: [LUTE] Francesco da Milano > > > >> Francesco's birthday is coming up - Aug. 18. What will you be doing? > > > > Fishing on a remote lake in Ontario. > > > > Eugene To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
