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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 |
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| 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 |
| Legendary San Juan River: New Mexico | Chris Bentsen | Chris Bentsen has assembled a 3-ring binder of information from his own fishing trip in March 1999 to the legendary San Juan River near Navaho Dam, New Mexico. Included in this binder is information about getting there, available lodging and guide service |
| Master Fly Tying Guide | Flick, Art | When first printed, this book represented a monumental attempt to bring together a collection of the best known flys from a large number of great fisherman and tyers including Art Flick, Ed Koch, Lefty Kreh, Ted Niemeyer, Carl Richards, Ernest Schwiebe |
| Matching the Hatch | Schwiebert, Ernest | An account of trout stream insects and the artificial flies that best imitate them. This book covers the northeast, Middle West and Rocky Mountain areas. The author deals with 46 May flies, 19 types of stone flies, 20 caddis and other flies |
| Micropatterns | Martin, Darrel | This innovative book is surely the most thorough and detailed investigation of the use of the small fly yet written. Selective trout, in part created by the advanced sophistication of anglers and the increased popularity of tailwaters and stillwater |
| Modern Fresh & Salt Water Fly Fishing | Waterman, Charles F. |
Charles F. Waterman begins by reviewing basic fly-fishing principles,
methods and equipment. But Modern Fresh and Salt Water Fly Fishing is much
more than a review of orthodox tackle and techniques. |
| Muriel Foster's Fishing Diary | Foster, Muriel | As the title implies, this is the fishing diary of Muriel Foster. It spans the periodsof 1913 through 1947. It gives the date, where caught, water, rods, fly, type of fish caught and weight of catch. It has many drawings of the flies used |
| New Streamside Guide | Flick, Art |
"What fly shall I use?" This is the question that most interests ardent
trout fishermen - beginners and expert alike; and this is what Art Flick’s
New Streamside Guide is designed to answer. It is an acknowledged
"practical classic". |
| New Techniques for Catching Bottom Fish | Wilson, Doug & VanderWerff, Fred | This is not a book about flyfishing, but rather about bottom fishing with jigs and lures. It is one of the few how to books on northwest bottom fishing by Fred Vander Werff and Doug Wilson including information, concepts and attitudes |
| Nymph Fishing for Chalk Stream Trout | Skues, GEM | In "Nymph Fishing For Chalk Streams Trout" the author set out in detail the case for the employment of the artificial nymph in the capture of sub-aqueously feeding trout. It was written as an attempt to strike off the fetters imposed on the trout |
| One Man's Steelhean Shangri-La | Wahl, Ralph | Story about the evolution of Ralph Wahl's secret steelhead run on a hidden slough of the Skagit River. For over 40 years the author guarded his precious paradise as he and several close friends developed the art of steelhead fly fishing. |
| Our Vanishing Wilderness | Grossman | A dramatic, first hand account of the ecology of our continent, and the struggle to preserve its vital balances. The author of this book - in a remarkable integration of magnificent photography, painstaking scholarship and first hand observation |
| Pacific Northwest Fly Patterns | Patrick, Roy | This is one of the first locally published books on this subject. The patterns may not be the newest, but they are simply indexed by fly type with a section on British Columbia. This is the companion book to "Tie your own Flies" |
| Patterns of the the Masters, 1989 FFF Conclave | Nelson, David Lincoln | This a collection of the patterns presented at the 1989 Conclave for the Federation of Fly Fishers |
| Patterns of the the Masters, FFF 1990 Conclave | Nelson, David Lincoln | This a collection of the patterns prsented at the 1990 Conclave for the Federation of Fly Fishers |
| Pavlov's Trout | Paul Quinnett | Pavlov's Trout is a first-rate book, and an oddity among fishing books. For one thing, it's interesting. For another thing, it says absolutely nothing about how to catch fish, which may explain the first thing. |
| Popular Fly Patterns | Hellekson, Terry | This book is a very valuable and complete collection of fly patterns and references including more than 800 flys. Most of the well known and many of the lessor known dry flies, nymphs, wet flys and streamers are included. |
| Practical Black Bass Fishing | Sosin, Mark & Dance, Bill | A compact guide to spinning, bait-casting and fly-rodding for large and smallmouth bass. Includes lures. tactics. structure fishing in a crisp and informative style presenting both Sosin and Dance's own secrets and hints plus other successful bass techniques |
| Presentations | Borger, Gary | In this book, this very well known author, education and fly fishing instructor, brings his entire "systems" approach to fly fishing techniques to the fly fisherman. Gary Borger is one of the leading proponents of video instruction |
| Prospecting for Trout | Rosenbauer, Tom |
Looking for the secret to catching trout when they aren’t rising? In this comprehensive and readable guide, Tom Rosenbauer shares his vast knowledge of fly fishing when there is no hatch. Written for both the novice and the seasoned angler |
| Quill Gorden | McDonald, John | John McDonald is a fly angler who has written six chapters dealing with his own fishing adventures and nine chapters on various and curious aspects of angling history. He pursues his quarry in the New York Catskills and in Wyoming's Yellowstone |
| Return to the River | Haig-Brown, Roderick L. | "No person sensitive to the grandeur and sweep of the process of living can read this book without being profoundly move." J.J. de la Torre Bueno New York Herald Tribune. The book has fulfilled its promise, It remains one of the finest books ever written |
| Review of Artificial Production of Anadromous and Resident Fish in the | Northwest Power Planning Council | This report includes an historical overview of artificial production of anadromous and resident fish within the Columbia River Basin, a review of the state of the science with respect to effecitiveness of artificial production |
| RisingTrout | Fox, Charles K. | Rising Trout is a compilation of the observations and discoveries about trout. It is a guide to practiced fishing techniques. Most of these observations and discoveries are based on the limestone streams of central Pennsylvania where the author grew up |
| Ross lake - the fish and fisheries | Johnson, James M. | This is a white paper written on Ross Lake in Northern Washington State. It traces the lake levels and access, creel census, angling effort, etc. for the years 1985, 1986, 1987-88. It discusses the environmental description of the lake / tributaries, |
| Saltwater Fishing in Washington | Haw & Buckley | For many years, I have noticed that local libraries and bookstores are well stocked with "how to" fishing books on such diverse topics as favorite English trout flies, East Coast striped bass......Until now there has been very little published |
| Selective Trout | Swisher, Doug | |
| Sex, Death & Flyfishing | Gierach, John | Here is a book on fly fishing that is written in a story form. It is easy reading and informative at the same time. It covers trout, bass, midge fishing as well as covering different locations such as Wyoming, British Columbia. |
| Shad Run | Breslin, Howard | The shad still run up the river every Spring, and the Hudson’s tides flow much as they did in 1788. All else is changed, the town on the east bank, the people, even the documents so bitterly discussed, and the nation it made possible. |
| Shadow of the Salmon | C. Barr Taylor | Shadow of the Salmon is the tale of one fly fisherman’s passionate quest to save the vanishing wild Pacific salmon and its fragile environment. Traveling via bush plane into the Alaskan wilderness to fish the rivers that run red with migrating salmon, |
| Silent Seasons | Chatham, Russell | A variety of writers focus on the central question: why fish? The answers are wildly divergent. Thomas McGuane cites both ,"the longest silence", and the opportunity to encounter a bass which runs with "the solid, irresistible motion of a Euclid |
| Steelhead Country | Raymond, Steve | To be a steelhead fly fisherman, says Steve Raymond at the start of this memorable book, “is to spend hundreds of long days under leaden skies oozing endless rain, to feel the sudden crackle of energy that comes on those wonderful rare mornings |
| Steelhead Fly Fishing and Flies - Soft Bound | Combs, Trey |
This full and brilliant book is destined to become the classic on fly
fishing for steelhead trout. It is the culmination of a lifetime of study
by the world’s finest writer on the species. There are exceptional chapters on the fish itself |
| Tackle Tinkering | Tapply, H. G. |
"This book is a veritable gold mine for the angler seeking useful
information on the care and repair of fishing tackle" , Outdoor Editor’s
Bookshelf. If you have questions about the care and repair of your fishing tackle this is the book |
| The American Fly Tyer's Handbook | Bay, Kenneth E. | This editor uses his book to provide an illustrated, step-by-step description of a unique and favorite fly and has given meticulous directions as to how it is tied. Each author has also provided an introduction or commentary dealing with different aspects |
| The American Sporting Collector's | Liu, Allen J. |
Here is
the first and only book of its kind - a comprehensive guide to the full
range of American sporting art and accessories, and their ever-increasing
values. The old master craftsmen have all carved their last waterfowl decoys. |
| The Anglers Art 1996 | None | This is a catalog of "the World's Largest Fly Fishing Book Seller" (fly fishing books and videos) that are sorted into the following subjects: Casting, Knots, How to catch Trout - Beginner to Expert, Books by, For and about Women, Spring Creeks |
| The Angler's book on Fly-Tying & Fishing | Goldberg, Howard | "The angeer who makes and fishes his own flies is a complete angelr and for him the satisfactions are great." From the premise, the author progresses into his basic discussion of which flys imitate which insects and how they in turn attract trout. |
| The Art of Tying the Wet Fly & Fishing the Nymph | Leisenring & Hidy | This book has been the standard guide to tying and fishing the wet fly for more than thirty years. It offers complete and lucid instructions on how to select and use each of the many materials and tools (from hackle to hooks to pliers) |
| The Basic Manual of Fly-Tying | Fling, Paul N. & Puterbaugh, Donald L. | This soft bound book takes the fly tier from the basics of the tools, working area, and materials through the lift cycle of the Caddis Fly, Mayfly, Stone Fly and Midge. The book ends with “the insects that we imitate, nymphs and larva, emergers |
| The Bass Fisherman's Bible | Bauer, Erwin A. | If your ever thought about Bass fishing, this book has a lot of information an all aspects of fresh-water bass fishing by one of America’s foremost outdoor-life writers. Includes over 150 photographs and drawings. There is one chapter on fly fishing. |
| The Compleat Angler & The arte of Angling | Walton, Isaak | A native of Stafford, England, Izaak Walton (1593-1683) lived for many years in London, where he kept an ironmongery shop in Fleet Street, and made many distinguished friends, including John Donne. |
| The Compleat Brown Trout | Heacox, Cecil E. | This is the first comprehensive, in-depth study of the brown trout, Salmo
trutta: its origin, distribution, anatomy, life history, diet: the methods
used to manage and propagate it; and the tactics and tackle that have been
developed to fish for it. |
| The Compleate Angler or the Contemplative Man's Recreti | Walton, Isaak | A classic book written about the merits of fishing as a recreational sport. Izaak Walton writes on the innocence, purity and simplicity the act of fishing requires. He discusses the temperament of a good fisherman |
| The Complete Book of Fly Tying | Leiser, Eric | Here at last is a book for fly tiers, beginners and experts alike, that provides foolproof directions for tying all types of flies. In this book even the beginner knows where he is during every step in the process, from the moment he ties in the wax |
| The Complete Book of the Striped Bass | Karas, Nicholas | Wherever the magnificent striper ranges - and that means up and down both coasts and as much as 400 miles inland in some freshwater rivers - spellbound anglers are on the hunt, whether flailing with big surf sticks, jigging from small boats in bays |
| The Digest Book of Fresh Water Fishing | Zwirz, Bob | The art and science of successful angling - for novice and expert alike. This book covers all type of fishing in fresh water including some things on fly fishing. |
| The Dry Fly & Fast Water and the Salmon & the Dry Fly | LaBranche, George M.L. |
La Franche is the American angler who conquered the brown trout when it was
first introduced into American streams from Europe in the late 1880’s. American fishermen, used to brook trout, found the browns exceptionally difficult to catch. |
| The Earth is Enough, Growing up in a world of trout and old men | Middleton, Harry | This a book of a boy growing up on “Trail’s End”, a hardscrabble Ozark farm. There, in an ancient Arkansas farmhouse, under the guidance of two old men, Harry discovered a way of life - a quality of life - that has remainded with him ever since. |
| The Essence of Fly Casting | Kreiger, Mel | In this book, this very well known fly casting instructor presents his basic fly casting and fishing techniques to fly fisherman. Mel Krieger is probably one of the best known flycasting instructors and promoters in the world today. |
| The Essential Fly Tier | Leonard, J. Edson | A basic instructional book on the art and science of fly tying. This book covers everything starting with types of hooks, selection of a vise, and basic equipment. Also in-depth coverage of fly nomenclature, materials, fundamental of tying |
| The Fly Tier's Benchside Reference to Techniques and Dressing Styles | Leeson, Ted and Jim Schollmeyer | This large-format, hard-cover book is the ultimate fly-tying instruction manual. Wonderfully illustrated throughout in beautiful color photographs, each technique is cross-referenced to similar techniques or slightly different ways of doing the same thing |
| The Fly-Tyer's Almanac | Boyle & Whitlock | This book contains a great deal of valuable information about many aspects of fly-tying. The two editors, Boyle & Whitlock, present the latest patterns and then new flys by fourteen other well-known tyers. It is a valuable collection |
| The Gilly | Davy, Alfred G. | If you had one choice for reading a primer on fly fishing British Columbia this book is it. This book explores fly fishing through the eyes of some of the best fly fisherman in B.C. Everything is explained from the proper fishing pole, leaders, knots |
| The Grasshopper Trap | McManus, Patrick F. | The best-selling author Patrick F. McManus is at it again with his hilarious flair for snubbing the sublime and immortalizing the ridiculous in these tales celebrating life in the great outdoors. |
| The Last Pool | Walden II, Howard T. | This is two books in one; "Upstream and Down" and the fictional "Big Stony" which movingly record a fisherman’s life and dreams - from the drama and delight that attends the catching of a first trout to the image of an “outpost”, a quiet place |
| The Living River | Brooks, Charles E. | This book provides a fisherman’s intimate profile of the Madison River watershed, its history, ecology, lore and angling opportunities. The author, a well known West Yellowstone resident and fisherman, traces the famous Madison |
| The Pleasures of Fly Fishing | Hidy, V.S. "Pete" | Fishermen are a special breed of sportsmen. The pleasures of fly fishing are fully described in this book by an author, who obviously has been "bitten" by the lure of fly fishing and he has carried his camera along to share with others |
| The Practical Angler's Guide to Successful Fishing | Oberrecht, Kenn | Even though this is not a book about fly fishing, there are a lot of good tips on such things such as how to repair or service your fishing equipment to how the fisherman might camp. It is worth looking at for some good tips. |
| The Practical Fly Fisherman | McClane, A.J. | This book describes fly fishing as sort of a way of life with a methods for angling. The chapters include how to cast, fishing a nymph, dry flies upstream and down, stiff hackles and soft, bucktails and streamer flies and the wet fly. |
| The Soft-Hackled Fly Addict | Nemes, Sylvester |
Thousands of trout fishermen are now truly addicted to the soft-hacked fly -
the simple, sober artificial trout fly, presented to America in the author’s
first book on the subject, "The Soft-Hackled Fly", 1975. |
| The Trout Fisherman's Bible | Holland, Dan | This bible is made up of 27 chapters each addressing a subject as follows; Chars, Trout, Life History, Habits, Senses, Trout Food, Flies, Fly Tying, Fly Tackle, Fly Casting, Dry-Fly Fishing, Wet-Fly Fishing, Nymph Fishing, Streamer and Bucktail Fishing |
| The Trout, the whole trout & nothing but the trout | Shingleton, Jack | This is a delightful combination of trout fishing knowledge and nonsense. This is about the whole trout - his characteristics, food preferences, strengths and weaknesses. There are cartoons on every other page to provide the humor and keep us reading |
| The Western Angler (Hard Bound) | Haig-Brown, Roderick L. | Perhaps the finest book ever written on Western trout and Salmon. Superb descriptions of species of trout and salmon including their breeding , feeding and migratory habits. Roderick Haig-Brown was a strong conservationist |
| The Year of the trout | Raymand, Steve | Like Raymond’s earlier masterpiece, THE YEAR OF THE TROUT has a seasonal structure, with sections on essays and narrative appropriate to each of the four seasons. In this new book, however, each of the pieces is related to trout or closely allied salmon |
| Thirty four(34) ways to cast a fly | Lynde, John G. | Many fly fishermen are content with no more than two or three casts - say, overhead, roll and backhand. Others develop a more extensive repertoire by natural ingenuity or by imitation. Very few of us could name, much less describe, more than a dozen |
| This Wonderful World of Trout | Fox, Charles K. | This book records the developments and refinements of fly fishing including: effective imitations, a calendar of aquatic insect, post graduate casting techniques and other fishing essentials. Interwoven in this narrative is the English background |
| Through the fishs eyes | Sosm , Mark& Clark, John | The more a fisherman knows about the behavior of fish, the better his chances of catching them. This is the basic premise of angling author Mark Sosin and ichthyologist John Clark, who collaborated on this truly unique book. |
| Tie your own Flies | Patrick, Roy | In this authentic and carefully compiled work by Roy Patrick, the author presents all the details of the fascinating art of fly tying in a new and intriguing manner. "Tie Your Own Flies" is both a primer and finished treatise for the beginner |
| Till fish us do part | Cook, Beatrice | A woman’s eye view of fishing that will make every fisherman chuckle. Warm hearted, genial, filled with magnificent fishing experiences, it gives a fresh slant on American family life. |
| Trout - Soft Bound | Bergman, Ray |
Now the world’s leading authority on fly-fishing for trout explores the
tackle, basic streamside equipment, and recent innovations in trout-fishing
gear in this handsome paperback edition. |
| Trout - Hard Bound | Bergman, Ray |
Now the world’s leading authority on fly-fishing for trout explores the
tackle, basic streamside equipment, and recent innovations in trout-fishing
gear in this handsome paperback edition. |
| Trout - wildlife series | Stolz, Judith & Schnell, Judith | This is the authoritative reference book on North American trout. This book presents the anatomy and physiology, life cycle, origin, distribution, and management of each of the thirteen species--and numerous subspecies- |
| Trout Fisherman's Digest | Richey, David | This soft bound book tries to cover it all from “How to read a trout stream” to “Trout on Ice”. This covers all type of fishing from Spinning, casting, trolling and fly-fishing. |
| Trout Fishing | Connett, E. V. | A book written in 1940 about fly fishing for trout due to the many requests from the authors friends. The first half of the book deals with proper tackle and its use. Also covered is some observations about trout and their behavior(s). |
| Trout Flies of the West | Schollmeyer, Jim and Ted Leeson | Trout Flies of the West presents over 400 proven patterns contributed by 80 fly shops in the Western United States. Schollmeyer and Leeson solicited trout-fly patterns from shops and lodges throughout the West, from Alaska and the Canadian provinces |
| Trout Tackle, Part 1 | Schwiebert, Ernest | Observations on the essential tools of the fly fisherman’s trade, generously illustrated, including modern fly lines, fly reels, and fly dressings, leaders, knots, and backing, waders, clothing, and streamside equipment |
| Trout Tackle, Part 2 | Schwiebert, Ernest | Observations on the lore and history of fly rods - the hallmark of the fly fisherman’s trade - generously illustrated, including recent data from the author’s masterwork, Trout, on bamboo, fiberglass, and graphite, |
| Tying Bugs & Flies for Bass | Livingston, A. D. |
Lavishly illustrated with over 150 sequence (black and white) photographs,
here is the first comprehensive guide on the art of tying bass and flies - a
great hobby that makes angling more fun and offers the fisherman scope for
his creativity. |
| Tying Strong Fishing Knots | Herzog, Bill | There are over a hundred known quality knots employed for different fish and fishing situations in fresh and saltwater form coast to coast. For most anglers, a half dozen basic knots will get them through the day, from fly fishing for 8" rainbows |
| Windknots 1975 - 1976 | The Windknots is the official publication of the Overlake Fly Fishing Club and has been published monthly since April 1975. Included in each issue are announcements of club activities such as coming programs, Board meting, Frank Chubski Fly Tyers | |
| Windknots 1977 - 1978 | The Windknots is the official publication of the Overlake Fly Fishing Club and has been published monthly since April 1975. Included in each issue are announcements of club activities such as coming programs, Board meting, Frank Chubski Fly Tyers | |
| Windknots 1979 - 1980 | The Windknots is the official publication of the Overlake Fly Fishing Club and has been published monthly since April 1975. Included in each issue are announcements of club activities such as coming programs, Board meting, Frank Chubski Fly Tyers | |
| Windknots 1981 - 1982 | The Windknots is the official publication of the Overlake Fly Fishing Club and has been published monthly since April 1975. Included in each issue are announcements of club activities such as coming programs, Board meting, Frank Chubski Fly Tyers | |
| Windknots 1983 - 1984 | The Windknots is the official publication of the Overlake Fly Fishing Club and has been published monthly since April 1975. Included in each issue are announcements of club activities such as coming programs, Board meting, Frank Chubski Fly Tyers | |
| Windknots 1985 | The Windknots is the official publication of the Overlake Fly Fishing Club and has been published monthly since April 1975. Included in each issue are announcements of club activities such as coming programs, Board meting, Frank Chubski Fly Tyers | |
| Windknots 1986 | The Windknots is the official publication of the Overlake Fly Fishing Club and has been published monthly since April 1975. Included in each issue are announcements of club activities such as coming programs, Board meting, Frank Chubski Fly Tyers | |
| Windknots 1987 - 1988 | The Windknots is the official publication of the Overlake Fly Fishing Club and has been published monthly since April 1975. Included in each issue are announcements of club activities such as coming programs, Board meting, Frank Chubski Fly Tyers | |
| Windknots 1989 | The Windknots is the official publication of the Overlake Fly Fishing Club and has been published monthly since April 1975. Included in each issue are announcements of club activities such as coming programs, Board meting, Frank Chubski Fly Tyers | |
| Windknots 1990 | The Windknots is the official publication of the Overlake Fly Fishing Club and has been published monthly since April 1975. Included in each issue are announcements of club activities such as coming programs, Board meting, Frank Chubski Fly Tyers | |
| Windknots 1991 | The Windknots is the official publication of the Overlake Fly Fishing Club and has been published monthly since April 1975. Included in each issue are announcements of club activities such as coming programs, Board meting, Frank Chubski Fly Tyers | |
| Windknots 1992 | The Windknots is the official publication of the Overlake Fly Fishing Club and has been published monthly since April 1975. Included in each issue are announcements of club activities such as coming programs, Board meting, Frank Chubski Fly Tyers | |
| Windknots 1993 - 1994 | The Windknots is the official publication of the Overlake Fly Fishing Club and has been published monthly since April 1975. Included in each issue are announcements of club activities such as coming programs, Board meting, Frank Chubski Fly Tyers | |
| Windknots 1995 | The Windknots is the official publication of the Overlake Fly Fishing Club and has been published monthly since April 1975. Included in each issue are announcements of club activities such as coming programs, Board meting, Frank Chubski Fly Tyers | |
| Windknots 1996 | The Windknots is the official publication of the Overlake Fly Fishing Club and has been published monthly since April 1975. Included in each issue are announcements of club activities such as coming programs, Board meting, Frank Chubski Fly Tyers | |
| Windknots 1997 | The Windknots is the official publication of the Overlake Fly Fishing Club and has been published monthly since April 1975. Included in each issue are announcements of club activities such as coming programs, Board meting, Frank Chubski Fly Tyers | |
| Windknots 1998 | The Windknots is the official publication of the Overlake Fly Fishing Club and has been published monthly since April 1975. Included in each issue are announcements of club activities such as coming programs, Board meting, Frank Chubski Fly Tyers | |
| Windknots 1999 | The Windknots is the official publication of the Overlake Fly Fishing Club and has been published monthly since April 1975. Included in each issue are announcements of club activities such as coming programs, Board meting, Frank Chubski Fly Tyers | |
| Windknots 2000 | The Windknots is the official publication of the Overlake Fly Fishing Club and has been published monthly since April 1975. Included in each issue are announcements of club activities such as coming programs, Board meting, Frank Chubski Fly Tyers | |
| Windknots 2004 | The Windknots is the official publication of the Overlake Fly Fishing Club and has been published monthly since April 1975. Included in each issue are announcements of club activities such as coming programs, Board meting, Frank Chubski Fly Tyers | |
| WindKnots 2005 | The Windknots is the official publication of the Overlake Fly Fishing Club and has been published monthly since April 1975. Included in each issue are announcements of club activities such as coming programs, Board meting, Frank Chubski Fly Tyers | |
| Wyoming Fishing Guide | Knapp, Ken | If you are considering going to Wyoming for a fishing trip, this is the book for you. It has a comprehensive guide to fishing each county in Wyoming, Maps , Guest Ranches, Tackle Shops, Guide Services, Lodges and Outfitters. |