Post by luckybalbowa on Sept 12, 2006 6:30:38 GMT
I was guided to this site for information and leads for a project I am doing.
So, I am wrapping up my undergrad work here at BYU this semester. As a history student, the requirement to graduate is to defend a thesis paper. It will be about a 30-40 page article. Fortunately we have a professor who specializes in sports history and I get to pick a topic in that general field.
A year ago I built my first spey rod and learned to cast it. Caught the bug pretty bad for a guy who is living in Utah. In my learning process I grabbed at any info in reach on Spey rodding. Not much was found about the sport from an historical point of view. This leaves the topic wide open for me to explore and to produce a thesis paper on.
Finally I am going to get the chance to write a college level paper on something I really love and enjoy. Primarily the focus will be on the modern history of spey rodding and the various social aspects that are attatched to the sport, studying things like innovations (and the innovators themselves), common practices, advantages, and various other sub-topics.
Being a relative noob to spey rodding, I would appreciate some help from those of you who have experience. I'm looking for resource materials, contact info, etc etc. those of you who would like to see this project get the best possible effort and can help.
In a few weeks a spey rodding survey will be posted for research purposes, so look for that as well.
Thanks in advance to those willing to contribute.
So, I am wrapping up my undergrad work here at BYU this semester. As a history student, the requirement to graduate is to defend a thesis paper. It will be about a 30-40 page article. Fortunately we have a professor who specializes in sports history and I get to pick a topic in that general field.
A year ago I built my first spey rod and learned to cast it. Caught the bug pretty bad for a guy who is living in Utah. In my learning process I grabbed at any info in reach on Spey rodding. Not much was found about the sport from an historical point of view. This leaves the topic wide open for me to explore and to produce a thesis paper on.
Finally I am going to get the chance to write a college level paper on something I really love and enjoy. Primarily the focus will be on the modern history of spey rodding and the various social aspects that are attatched to the sport, studying things like innovations (and the innovators themselves), common practices, advantages, and various other sub-topics.
Being a relative noob to spey rodding, I would appreciate some help from those of you who have experience. I'm looking for resource materials, contact info, etc etc. those of you who would like to see this project get the best possible effort and can help.
In a few weeks a spey rodding survey will be posted for research purposes, so look for that as well.
Thanks in advance to those willing to contribute.