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| Title | Author | Review |
| A Book of Trout Flies | Jennings, Preston J. | Introduction to the 1970 edition..."Almost a half century has passed since the British angler John Waller Hills observed, in his vintage A History of Fly Fishing for Trout, that angling has evolved through cycles of innovation and classicism. |
| A Cutthroat Collection | Bruhn, et. al. | A great book written by the famous B.C. Outdoors writer Karl Brahn and others. Cutthroat trout are covered in depth with a wide variety of techniques offered and a multitude of fishing tips. The sea run cutthroat sections are especially interesting |
| A Fine & Pleasant Misery | McManus, Patrick F. | As the editor of Field and stream said "Oh, I know he was good and everyone on the staff kept telling me how funny he was. And there was a constant flow of reader mail demanding more of McManus in Field & Stream. |
| A Fly Fisher's Life | Ritz, Charles | This Book is missing from the Library |
| A History of Fly Fishing For Trout | Hills, John Waller | For the last half century "A History of fly Fishing for Trout" has been jealously treasured by those fortunate enough to have a copy as the definitive work on the literature and development of angling. |
| A Modern Dry-Fly Code | Marinaro, Vincent C. | A Modern Dry-Fly Code has been described as "the best angling work of the last half century" and "the first original American contribution to fly-fishing." It is a towering classic -intense, knowledgeable, and written with exacting care. |
| A Trout & Salmon Fisherman for 75 years | Hewitt, Edward R. |
This was the culminating work of Hewitt’s life, and includes his earlier
classic Telling on the Trout and Secrets of the Salmon with revisions and
updating in keeping with all that he had learned in the interim. |
| Advanced flyfishing techniques | Kreh, Lefty | A practical, illustrated guide, by renowned fisherman Lefty Kreh. Lefty imparts his expertise on advanced fly fishing techniques. Techniques include fly casting , advice on reading trout streams and where they hide. Also advice on choosing a fly |
| American Nymph Fly Tying Manual | Kaufman, Randall | This soft bound book is directed to the fly tier that wants to tie Nymphs. It starts with a quick overview of the entomology of the Nymphs, the tools that are needed and then moves into the patterns. It has a lot of black & white and colored photos |
| An Anglers Astoria | Hughes, Dave | Author Dave Hughes writes about his personal experiences of growing up and fishing his home waters around Astoria Oregon. Dave shares his methods and actual events that provide practical advice for fishing the coastal waters around Astoria |
| Anatomy of a FIsherman | Traveler, Robert | The author readily admits that fishing for trout is as crazy and self-indulgent as inhaling opium, has work beat by a mile and is, if a man can stand it, indecently fun. This is an author who writes of those who fish because they love the act of fishing |
| Angler's Guide to Scottish Waters | None | A complete guide to locations, permits, hotels and boat hire for coarse, game and sea angling throughout Scotland, with articles of interest on the law, weather reports, fish recipes, safety afloat and much more. |
| Bamboo Rod Restoration Handbook | Sinclair, Michael | This book is a wonderfully complete handbook for the restoration of any bamboo rod out there, with the original specifications for many bamboo rods. If you're attempting to restore a bamboo rod, you need this book. It covers guides, stripping, threads |
| Being, Nothingness, and Fly Fishing | Michael Checchio | For Michael Checchio, fly fishing I has been a process of refinement and personal introspection, a journey that included dropping everything and moving to the West to fly fish-particularly the North Umpqua for steelhead. |
| Black's 1997 Fly Fishing | Black, James F. Jr. | The one-stop source of information on anything and everthing that's fly fishing. EQUIPMENT - 1,333 Companies, INSTRUCTION - 81 Flyfishing Schools & 520 Intructors across the U.S., DESTINATIONS - 576 Lodges, Outfitters/Guides, & Fly Tackle Dealers |
| Casting and Fishing the Artificial Fly | Ball, John W. | The author with his forty some years as a fly tier, rod maker, casting instructor and river guide will try to unravel the paradox that every fly caster has between what the instructor says and what he does. |
| Challenge of the Trout | LaFontaine, Gary | A somewhat poetic book, LaFontaine uses companion words to conjures up proper images of each type of fishing water such as "The lure of a Mountain Lake", and " The quiet of the Stream". |
| Complete Book of Fresh Water Fishing | Parsons, P. Allen | This may not be the latest book on the subject, but it does cover the fundimentals from clothing, casting the trouts themselves. He covers all types of flies and conditions. He covers bass, salmon and grayling, pike, panfishe and shad. |
| Complete Book of Western Hatches | Hafele & Huges |
This is an angler’s entomology and fly pattern field guide which introduces
the aquatic insects important in fly fishing the West and helps in the
selection of patterns to match them. This book will help those who seek local knowledge |
| Complete Guide to Lake Fishing | Richey, David |
Fishing a lake is one of angling’s greatest challenges. Unlike a river,
whose broken currents can be read for clues to fish hides, a placid lake
poses a riddle that defeats most anglers. This book explains the modern methods |
| Dances with Trout | John Gierach |
"Fly-fishing is solitary, contemplative, misanthropic, scientific in some
hands, poetic in others, and laced with conflicting aesthetic
considerations. It's not even clear if catching fish is actually the
point." |
| Dark Waters | Chatham, Russell | Chatham is interested in looking at life "from the side, where I sit". That point of view sees the sport life as a way of life, a moral pursuit done for the love of the natural world; the point is knowledge, not the kill. |
| Designing Trout Flies | Borger, Gary | In this book, this very well known author, education and fly fishing instructor, brings his entire "systems" approach to fly tying to the amateur sports fly fisherman. Gary Borger is one of the leading proponents of video instruction |
| Dressing Flies for Fresh and Salt Water | Jorgensen, Paul | This is another great book that takes you from the very basic of the hook, tools, methods of tying and materials used to tie both fresh and salt water flies. It has very good drawings and photos to help even the newest through the most expert of tyers |
| Dry Fly Fishing | Halford, F. M. | This book is a reprinting of one of the first books written specifically about dry-fly fishing, but F.M Halford, who was one of the first if not the most well published authors in the late 19th century in England. |
| Exciter Fishing | Olson, Fred | This book deals with catching migratory fish - salmonid - such as trout, salmon and char. The author's contention is that hunger does not stimulate a take, rather other responses such as: sight, scent, hearing, tracking or perhaps sheer ill temper |
| Fiberglass Rod Making | McClain, Don | This book has been designed for easy reference, a manual that will give you a step by step lesson in rod making. The first section is an explanation in building fishing rods. Read it through to familiarize yourself with the procedure, tools |
| Fisherman's Bible | McNally, Tom | This soft bound book is a collection of all type of fishing on all types of equipment and covers Ice fishing, Surf Fishing, Trolling and more...The complete Coho Story, 150 Bass Fishing tips and Knot-Tying from A to Z. |
| Fishin' Holes | Conways, Jim | This author and fisherman hosted "The Outdoor Sportsman" show for many years during which he traveled and fished over 50,000 miles each year. In this book, he brings together his 30 year’s of fishing experiences to bring the reader his favored 21 fish |
| Fishing | Bates Jr., Joseph D. | Massive coverage on every aspect of fishing techniques and tackle. Complete chapters on spinning, spin casting , bait casting, fly fishing and trolling. Other chapters include fresh water lures, baits, flies, hooks, leaders and lines. |
| Fishing Bamboo | Gierach, John | Fishing Bamboo is an attempt to answer some of the most commonly asked questions about split bamboo fly rods: Who fishes them and why do they do it? Are they really better than graphite? Who makes them? Who sells them? Why do they cost so much? |
| Fishing for Fun | Hoover, Herbert | Former President Hoover introduces a book on the joys and agonies of fishing. This book is a mosaic of the author's thoughts over a lifetime of fishing as addressed before such audiences as the Gridiron Club, the Bohemian Club, the Key Largo Anglers |
| Fishing in America | Waterman, Chares F. | This 250 page liberally illustrated book reminded me of the Sears Catalog of fishing history in America. When I started thumbing through the well illustrated pages I had a tough time putting it down. It is filled with interesting facts and history |
| Fishing Secrets of the American | Misc. | |
| Fishing Secrets of the Experts | Evanoff, Vlad | There are so many game fish found in both fresh and salt water that it is almost impossible for any one angler to have an intimate and extensive knowledge about each one of these fish. |
| Fishing the Dry Fly as a Living Insect | Wright Jr., Leonard M. | Here is that rarity among fishing books: one that presents a dramatic new theory. It is no mere summary of current practice and common knowledge. Rather it launches a new method of dry-fly fishing based on year of observation and many seasons |
| Fishing the Nymph | Quick, Jim | This book is built for fireside reading to introduce you to nymph fishing as a exciting new way of improving your angling results. The results of this book are the result of material read and absorbed by the author and personally tested. |
| Fishing the San Juan | Bentsen, Chris | OFFC Member Chris Bentsen has assembled a binder of information that he collected during a 1998 fishing trip to the San Juan River. Contains maps, guide information, lodging, car rental, hot spots on the river, flies to use. |
| Fishing with Ray Bergman | Bergman, Ray | During his twenty-six years as Angling Editor of Outdoor Life, the late Ray Bergman wrote about every aspect of fresh-water fishing. His monthly columns and his articles were goldmines of angling adventures and concrete advice and were as widely read |
| Fishless Days, Angling Nights | Sparse Grey Hackle AKA Alfred Miller | This book is a delightful collection to short stories, reminiscences and lore about fishing and other experiences related to fishing and life in general. It is good light reading for these long winter evenings when we’ve tied enough flies to take care |
| Float Tube Fly Fishing | Meyer, Deke | This is an ideal book for beginning and experienced float tubers. The new comer will see why float tubing is so much fun and how simple it is. The author gives pointers about shopping for a float tube, advice on fins and waders, and step-by-step instructions |
| Floating Flies | Halford, F.M. | In this reprint of his 1886 book, Mr. Halford again demonstrates why he is held in such high regard as one of the earliest and best fly-fishing authors. In this book, the author again addresses the single issue of tying and using dry flies. |
| Fly Dressing Material | Veniard, John | John Veniard provides as complete a picture as possible of the feathers and furs both exotic and prosaic that make up the raw material of the creative contemporary fly tier. Everything from tools to desirable materials is covered including tips |
| Fly Fisher's Guide To Washington | Thomas, Greg | The book is divided into six sections covering the northwest, the Olympic Peninsula, the southwest, the Columbia Basin Lakes, the northern Washington lakes, and eastern Washington rivers. It has over 70 detailed river and lake maps with river miles |
| Fly Fishing | Michalok, David | The author has written this book for the purpose of adding to the fishing knowledge and techniques of all fly fishermen, novice to expert. The author demonstrates that fly fishermen, by becoming aware of the almost absolute dependence upon instincts |
| Fly Fishing Always | Wolverton, Mike & Barbrara | As the editor of Field and stream said “Oh, I know he was good and everyone on the staff kept telling me how funny he was. And there was a constant flow of reader mail demanding more of McManus in Field & Stream. |
| Fly Fishing British Columbia | Bruhn, Karl |
Destined to become an instant classic, this unique book presents the
distilled knowledge of dozens of top fly fishing experts in a format rarely
achieved in fly fishing literature. |
| Fly Fishing Desert & High Arid Lakes | Probasco, Steve | Throughout the west there are thousands of desert and high arid lakes and water impoundments. These offer much of the finest large-trout fishing to be found in the United States. Because of their fertility many grow trout to dream size. |
| Fly Fishing Digest | Wallace, Bill | Here is another paper bound book that covers the waterfront of fly-fishing. It starts with Learning to fly cast in 30 minutes, latest fly patterns, new methods to get all fresh water fish, Old myths exploded, Best fly fishing spots I the U.S., Canada, |
| Fly Fishing for Bonefish | Brown, Dick |
No brand of fly fishing challenges anglers more than stalking bonefish on
tropical saltwater flats. Fly Fishing for Bonefish offers a definitive profile of this elusive fish and thoroughly dissects the skills needed to catch it. |
| Fly Fishing for Trout, A Guide for Adult Beginners | Talleur, Richard W. |
"Fly-fishing looks like fun...but it’s just too complicated for me". Not true! Sure, fly-fishing is a little more of an art than worm-dunking, but it’s also easy, or at least it can be. |
| Fly Fishing Heresies | Wright Jr., Leonard M. | This book is filled with somewhat nonconformist fly fishing techniques. It is a hard-core how to do it book which include unorthodox topics with titles such as: classic dead-drift method of fly fishing is usually dead wrong! |
| Fly Fishing in Salt Water | Kreh, Lefty | "Fly Fishing in Salt Water is the most complete and comprehensive work on this subject: it will become the saltwater fly fisherman’s bible. Everyone who does, or who plans to, fly-fish in salt water should have a copy of this superbly written book" |
| Fly Fishing New Zealand's South Island | Bowler, Robert and Jana | Rob and Jana Bowler have fly fished and lived in New Zealand since 1978. Their intimate knowledge and love of New Zealand influenced the founding of New Zealand Personalized Itineraries, a travel consulting service which organizes itineraries to both |
| Fly Fishing Stillwaters for Trophy Trout | Rickards, Denny |
For 30 Years, Denny Rickards has fished, guided, studied and unraveled the
mysteries of catching trophy trout, on flies, in hard fished public
stillwaters, one of the most difficult challenges in the western United
States and Canada. |
| Fly Fishing Strategy | Swisher, Doug & Richards, Carl | In this book, Doug Swisher, one of the more prolific and well known fly fisherman of our time, presents, with his co-author Carl Richards and illustrator Dave Whitlock, the many bright, insightful and innovative fly fishing techniques |
| Fly Fishing Through the Midlife Crisis | Howell Raines | Fly Fishing Through the Midlife Crisis is part sporting autobiography and parat guidebook to life's middle passage. It is filled with the author's love for fly fishing - "this disciplined, beautiful and unessential activity" |
| Fly Patterns for Stillwaters | Rowley, Philip |
Many fly fishermen find lakes to be vast, intimidating bodies of water.
Trout are fussy, the waters are tough to read, and any number of food items
could be on the menu. So what do you do? |
| Fly Rodding for Bass | Livingston, A. D. | This author works from the premise that increasing numbers of fishermen are going after bass with a fly rod and tackle. This book includes several chapters on various types of rods and equipment available and other gear suitably available for bass fishing |
| Fly Tackle | Henkin, Herman | Fly Tackle is the only book to break through the myths, misinformation, and confusion surrounding the enormous variety of fly-fishing gear available today. Its pages are packed with solid information to help you avoid making costly mistakes when buying |
| Fly Tying Materials | Leiser, Eric | Here is a book all flytiers have been waiting for! It is the first book of its kind and reveals facts never before published. It is a thorough and imaginative treatment of all the materials needed by the flytier: the feathers, fur, hooks, synthetics |
| Fly Tying Methods | Martin, Darrel | In his introduction to this book, one of the great American masters, Dave Whitlock, indicates this book is a "rare masterpiece of fly-tying literature." The author presents , with scope and precision, a discussion of the best tools and materials |
| Freshwater Fishing | Orvington, Ray | The author, who is a well known and respected author and fisherman, effectively describes and illustrates the various steps involved both fly, bait and spin casting sport fishing. He provides step-by-step guidance on how to master the various techniques |
| Going Fishing | Farson, Negley | Negely Farson has traveled both hemispheres and narrates personal stories about some of the best fishing spots in the world. Surf-Casting in New Jersey, Fishing for Rainbow Trout in Chile, River fishing in Norway and some British Columbia fishing |
| Great Rivers & Great Hatches | Meck, Charles & Hoover, Greg | Have you ever wondered just which hatches rise off the Batten Kill in Vermont? Or maybe you dream of fishing Michigan’s Au Sable, or the North Platte in Wyoming, or the Metolius in Oregon. Great Rivers - Great Hatches is your one source |
| Hatches | Caucci, Al & Nastasi, Bob | If you are a fisherman who wants to utilize every moment of time on a stream increasing your potential to share that trout, this is a great book and will assist you. Knowing what types of insects are flying about and being fed upon by trout |
| Herter's Catalog 1975 | Herters Inc. | This is a catalog of hunting and fishing equipment published in 1975. It may not be the most current catalog, but it is fun to look through. |
| Hooked on Flies - Confessions of a Pattern Inventor | Black, William C. | This is a "how to" type of book intended for those who read about fly-tying, those who enjoy fly-tying and those who would like to experiment and design their own flys. If you have ever wondered, "how the heck did they name or even invent this fly?" |
| How to Find Fish and Make Them Strike | Bates Jr., Jopseph D. | This is not a book on fly-fishing, but it does deal with the same problem of where to find fish. This fishing book deals with basic principles: How do you find fish? How do you provoke them to strike a lure or bait? |
| How to Fish the Pacific Coast | Cannan, Ray | The purposes of this book are many: To bring the saltwater angler up to date and supply answers to the perplexing questions that beset the beginner; to clarify the confusion of the common names of fishes; to advance the art of oaken angling |
| How to Tie Flies | Gregg, E.C. | Practical instruction on tying flies for the beginner. This book covers the fundamentals and the author believes these primary skills can be used to tie most styles of flies. Hundreds of standard patterns are described in this book with good illustration |
| How to Tie Freshwater Flies | Bay, Kenneth E. | At Last-a step-by-step, fully illustrated guide that will enable you to tie usable flies in a matter of hours and to attain real proficiency-enough to tie 95 percent of all the freshwater flies you will ever need-in only a few evenings. |
| Idaho Fishing Guide - Hook, Line & Sinker | Zimowsky, Pete | Fishing in Idaho ain't easy. I've been roaming the state's rivers and lakes for nearly 30 years and sill have a lot to learn. Ah, but what a place to learn. Idaho has 16,000 miles of streams, about 239,000 acres of reservoirs |
| Index to Videos & Books | ||
| International Fishing Guide | McClane, A.J. | In this book, the former fishing editor for Field and Stream magazine outlines the many fine places around the world where the now numerous globe trotting anglers can plan a sportsman’s vacation. This volume is now a bit dated |
| John Day River, Drift and Historical Guide | Campell, Arthur | This guide not only relates the history, but also points out to the drifter where and when it occurred. It is a fascinating chronicle of over 115 miles of river geography and history. Every event of any significance has been described and placed |
| Lake Fishing with a Fly | Cordes & Kaufman | This soft bound book tteaches the fisherperson the basics of reading lakes, retrieve & presentation techniques, special fishing considerations, origins and forms of lakes, physical and chemical characteristics of lakes, biological characteristics |