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- Annotations
- Fly tying and patterns 19th century 20th century 21st century
- Fly fishing entomology and other prey studies
- Fly fishing anthologies
- Fly fishing stories and memoirs
- Fly fishing poetry
- Fly fishing humor
- Fly fishing art and artists
- Fly fishing fiction
- Geographic, regional and specific waters fly fishing guides
- Fly rods and fly casting
- See also
- Notes
This annotated bibliography is intended to list both notable and not so notable works of English language, non-fiction and fiction related to the sport of fly fishing listed by year published. Although 100% of any book listed is not necessarily devoted to fly fishing, all these titles have significant fly fishing content. Included in this bibliography is a list of fly tying, fly tackle, regional guides, memoirs, stories and fly fishing fiction related literature. - For readability, the bibliography is contained in three separate lists. For classic general texts, history of fly fishing and fly fishing library collections see: Bibliography of fly fishing
- For species related fly fishing literature see: Bibliography of fly fishing (species related)
AnnotationsAnnotations may reflect descriptive comments from the book's dust jacket, third party reviews or personal, descriptive and qualitative comments by individuals who have read the book. Some older works have links to online versions in the Internet Archive or Google Books. Fly tying and patterns{{main article|Fly tying|Artificial fly}}19th century- {{cite book |last=Soltau |first=G. W. |title=Trout Flies of Devon and Cornwall |publisher=Edward Nettleton |location=Plymouth, England |year=1847 |url=https://archive.org/download/troutfliesofdevo00soltrich/troutfliesofdevo00soltrich.pdf}}
- {{cite book |last=Blacker |first=William |title=Blacker's Art of Fly Making |publisher=Geo Nichols |location=London |year=1855 |url=https://archive.org/details/blackersartoffly00blacrich}}
{{quotation|style=font-size:smaller|William Blacker (the Irishman who operated a tackle shop at 54 Dean Street, Soho, London) was acknowledged as one of the best trout and salmon fly dressers of this day. His fly dressing methods are described and illustrated in his book The Art of Fly-making which first appeared in 1842 and was reissued in 1843 and again in 1855|Alec Jackson|The American Fly Fisher.[1]}}- {{cite book |last=Pritt |first=Thomas E. |title=North Country Flies |publisher=Sampson, Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington |location=London |year=1886 |url=https://archive.org/download/northcountryflie00pritrich/northcountryflie00pritrich.pdf}}, According to Dr. Andrew Herd in The Fly, Pritt's work was the first comprehensive attempt to codify the completely different North Country school of fly tying using soft hackle wet flies.[2]
- {{cite book |last=Shipley |first=Malcolm A. |title=Artificial Flies and How To Make Them |publisher=Spangler & Davis |location=Philadelphia |year=1888 |url=https://archive.org/download/artificialfliesh00shiprich/artificialfliesh00shiprich.pdf}}
- {{cite book |last=Theakston |first=Michael |title=British Angling Flies |publisher=William Harrison |location=London |year=1888 |url=https://archive.org/download/fliesanglingbritl00thearich/fliesanglingbritl00thearich.pdf}}
- {{cite book |last=Ogden |first=James |title=Ogden on Fly Tying |publisher=Sampson, Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington |location=London |year=1887 |url=https://archive.org/download/ogdenonflytyinge00ogderich/ogdenonflytyinge00ogderich.pdf}}
- {{cite book |last=Marbury |first=Mary Orvis |title=Favorite Flies and Their Histories |publisher=Houghton and Mifflin Company |location=Boston and New York |year=1892 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5cpAAAAAIAAJ}}
- {{cite book |last=Hale |first=John Henry |title=How To Tie Salmon Flies |publisher=Sampson, Low, Marston & Company Ltd. |location=London |year=1892 |url=https://archive.org/download/howtotiesalmonfl00halerich/howtotiesalmonfl00halerich.pdf}}
- {{cite book |last=Kelson |first=George M. |title=The Salmon Fly and How to Dress It |publisher=Wyman & Sons |location=London |year=1895 |url=https://archive.org/download/salmonflyhowtodr00kelsrich/salmonflyhowtodr00kelsrich.pdf}}
{{quotation|style=font-size:smaller|The Salmon Fly enjoys a unique position in the literature of fly dressing since it brought order and system to the classification of salmon flies and the methodology of salmon fly dressing.[3]}}- {{cite book |last=Walker |first=Charles Edward |title=Old Flies in New Dresses-How to dress Dry Flies with the wings in the natural position and some new Wet Flies |publisher=Lawrence and Bullen Ltd. |location=London |year=1897 |url=https://archive.org/download/oldfliesinnewdre00walkrich/oldfliesinnewdre00walkrich.pdf}}
20th century- {{cite book |last=Pryce-Tannatt |first=T. E. |title=How To Dress Salmon Flies-A Handbook for Amateurs |publisher=Adam and Charles Black |location=London |year=1914 |url=https://archive.org/download/howtodresssalmon00prycrich/howtodresssalmon00prycrich.pdf}}
- {{cite book |last=Gregg |first=E. C. |title=How To Tie Flies |year=1940 |publisher=A. S. Barnes and Company |location=New York |isbn= }}
- {{cite book |last=Leonard |first=J. Edson |title=Flies-Their Origin, Natural History, Tying, Hooks, Patterns and Selection of Dry and Wet Flies, Nymphs, Streamers, Salmon Flies for Fresh and Salt Water in North America and The British Isles including a dictionary of 2200 patterns |year=1950 |publisher=A.S. Barnes and Company |location=New York}}
- {{cite book |title=How to Make Tube Flies |author=Veniard, John |year=1960 |publisher=E. Veniard Ltd. |location=Thornton Heath }}
- {{cite book |title=Tube-Flies and How to Make Them |year=1962 |author=Clegg, Thomas |publisher=S. & E. G. Messeena |location=Leamington Spa }}
- {{cite book |last=Shaw |first=Helen |title=Fly-tying—Materials, Tools and Techniques |year=1963 |publisher=The Ronald Press Company |location=New York |isbn= }}
- {{cite book |title=Modern Tube Fly Making |author=Clegg, Thomas |year=1965 |publisher=Tom C. Saville |location=Nottingham }}
- {{cite book |last=Bates |first=Joseph D. |title=Streamer Fly Tying & Fishing |location=Harrisburg, Pennsylvania |publisher=Stackpole Books |year=1966 }}
- {{cite book |last=Cross |first=Reuben R. |title=The Complete Fly Tier |year=1971 |publisher=Freshlet Press |location=Rockville Centre, New York }}
- {{cite book |last=Jorgenson |first=Poul |title=Dressing Flies For Fresh and Saltwater |year=1973 |publisher=Freshlet Press|location=Rockville Center, New York |isbn=0-88395-022-7 }}, introduction by Charles K. Fox, illustrations by the author, 8 color plates and numerous b/w photographs by Irv Swope, index.
- {{cite book |last=Schwiebert |first=Ernest |authorlink=Ernest Schwiebert |title=Nymphs-A Complete Guide to Naturals and Imitations |year=1973 |publisher=Winchester Press |location=New York |isbn=0-87691-074-6 }}
- {{cite book |last=Nemes |first=Sylvester |title=The Soft-Hackled Fly-A Trout Fisherman's Guide |publisher=Chatham Press |location=Greenwich, Connecticut |year=1975 |isbn=0-8117-1670-8 }}
- {{cite book |last=Slaymaker |first=S. R. II |author2=Harvey, George |title=Tie a Fly, Catch a Trout |publisher=Harper & Row Publishers |location=New York |isbn=0-06-013983-8 }}, the year is divided into two seasons—the season for tying flies and the season for angling with them. Sam Slaymaker writes with equal relish about tying flies by the fireplace and trying them out on the stream.
- {{cite book |last=Livingston |first=A. D. |title=Tying Bugs and Flies for Bass |publisher=J. B. Lippincott Company |location=Philadelphia and New York |year=1977 |isbn=0-397-01187-3 }}, a comprehensive period guide to tying bugs and flies for bass. Very well illustrated.
- {{cite book |author=Bates, Joseph D. Jr. |title=Streamers and bucktails, the big-fish flies |publisher=Knopf |location=New York |year=1979 |isbn=0394415884}}
- {{cite book |author=Wulff, Lee |authorlink=Lee Wulff |title=Lee Wulff on Flies |publisher=Stackpole Books |location=Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania |year=1985 |isbn=0811722058}}
- {{cite book |last=Fogg |first= W.S. Roger |title=A Handbook of North Country Trout Flies |publisher=Old Vicarage Publications |location=Congleton, UK |year=1988 |isbn=0-947818-11-1}}
- {{cite book |last=Best |first=A. K. |title=Production Fly Tying |year=1989 |publisher=Pruett Publishing Company |location=Boulder, Colorado |isbn=0-87108-781-2 }}, one of the most comprehensive treatments of techniques for tying all types of flies for commercial quality.[4]
- {{cite book |last=Wakeford |first=Jacqueline |title=Fly Tying Tools and Materials |year=1992 |publisher=Lyons & Burford Publishers|location=New York |isbn=1-55821-183-7 }}, Loaded with color photographs and descriptions of the natural materials such as fur, hair and feathers used in fly tying.[5]
- {{cite book |last=Steeves |first=Harrison R. |author2=Koch, Ed |title=Terrestrials-A Modern Approach to Fishing and Tying with Synthetic and Natural Materials |publisher=Stackpole Books |location=Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania |year=1994 |isbn=0-8117-0629-X}}
- {{cite book |last=Hughes |first=Dave |title=Wet Flies: Tying and Fishing Soft-Hackles, Winged and Wingless Wets, and Fuzzy Nymphs |year=1995 |publisher=Stackpole Books |location=Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania |isbn=0-8117-1868-9 }}, begins with comparisons between subsurface flies and the insects they resemble. Complete materials lists and step-by-step instructions for tying soft-hackled flies, wingless wets, traditional winged wets, and fuzzy nymphs are included.
- {{cite book |last=Hughes |first=Dave |title=Trout Flies-The Tier's Reference |publisher=Stackpole Books |location=Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania |year=1999 |isbn=978-0-8117-1601-7 }}
21st century- {{cite book |author1=Jaroworski, Ed |author2=Popovics, Bob |title=Pop Fleyes-Bob Popovic's Approach to Saltwater Fly Design |publisher=Stackpole Books |year=2001 |isbn=0811712478 |location=Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vfld0adgGYUC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Bob+Popovics&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi8m_3QjL3SAhXC7YMKHYo4AyEQ6AEIITAB#v=onepage&q=Contents&f=false}}
- {{cite book |author=Flower, Rob |title=Australia Trout Food, Trout Flies and How to Fish Them |year=2001 |publisher=Australian Fishing Network |location=South Croydon, Victoria |isbn=186513015X }}
- {{cite book |title=Hairwing & Tube Flies for Salmon & Steelhead: A Comprehensive Guide for Anglers & Flytyers |author=Mann, Chris |publisher=Stackpole Books |year=2004 |isbn=9780811731768 }}
- {{cite book |last=Soucie |first=Gary |title=Woolly Wisdom |year=2006 |publisher=Frank Amato Publications |location=Portland, Oregon |isbn=1-57188-352-5 }}, everything you wanted to know about fishing and tying Woolly Worms, Woolly Buggers and the like. The comprehensive reference on the subject.[6]
- {{Cite book |last=Clouser |first=Bob |title=Clouser’s Flies |publisher=Stackpole Books |location=Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania |year=2006 |isbn=0-8117-0148-4 }}, the comprehensive treatment of tying and fishing the Clouser Minnow by the inventor of the fly, Bob Clouser.[7]
- {{cite book |title=The Tube Fly |author=Sawada, Ken |publisher=Sawada, Inc. |location=Tokyo, Japan |year=2006 |isbn=9784916020512 }}
- {{cite book |title=Tube Flies Two: Evolution |authors=Mandell, Mark; Kenly, Bob |publisher=Frank Amato Publications |isbn=9781571884015 |year=2007 }}
- {{cite book |last=Herd |first=Andrew |title=Trout Fly Patterns 1496-1916 |year=2012 |publisher=Medlar Press |location=Ellesmere, Shropshire |isbn=9781907110139}}
- {{cite book |last=Valla |first=Mike |title=The Founding Flies-43 American Masters Their Patterns and Influences |publisher=Stackpole Books |location=Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania |year=2013 |isbn=9780811708333}}
- {{cite book |author=Chicone, Drew |title=Feather Brain-Developing, Testing, & Improving Saltwater Fly Patterns |year=2013 |publisher=Stackpole Books |location=Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania |isbn=9780811711968}}
- {{cite book |author=Klausmeyer, David |title=101 Favorite Saltwater Flies-History, Tying Tips and Fishing Strategies |publisher=Skyhorse Publishing |location=New York |year=2015 |isbn=9781632205384}}
- {{cite book |title=Australia’s Best Trout Flies-Revisited |editor1=Crosse, Malcom |editor2=Keam, Rick |publisher=J.M.& K. Crosse |location=Hobart, Tasmania |year=2016 |isbn=9780994415929}}
Fly fishing entomology and other prey studies- {{cite book |last=Halford |first=Frederic M. |title=Dry Fly Entomology |publisher=Vinton & Co |location=London |year=1897 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DsECAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA315&dq=Halford&as_brr=1#PPR1,M1}}
- {{cite book |last=Rhead |first=Louis |authorlink=Louis Rhead |title=American Trout Stream Insects |publisher=Frederick A. Stokes |location=New York |year=1916 |url=https://books.google.com/books/pdf/American_Trout_stream_Insects.pdf?id=VzMCAAAAYAAJ&output=pdf&sig=eavehqFJONuMazrfvv-4kRliaak}}
- {{cite book |last=Mosely |first=Martin E. |title=The Dry-Fly Fisherman's Entomology |publisher=George Routledge and Sons Limited |location=London |year=1921 |url=https://archive.org/download/dryflyfishermans00moserich/dryflyfishermans00moserich.pdf}}
- {{cite book |last=Jennings |first=Preston J. |title=A Book of Trout Flies |year=1935 |publisher=Crown Publishers, Derrydale Press |location=New York |isbn= }}, Jennings was probably the first American Fly Fishing writer to tie the entomology of trout stream insects to the artificial flies and how to fish them in this 1935 seminal work.[8]
- {{cite book |last=Schwiebert |first=Ernest G. Jr. |title=Matching The Hatch-A Practical Guide to Imitation of Insects Found On Eastern and Western Trout Waters |publisher=The MacMillan Company |location=Toronto, Canada |year=1955}}, Matching The Hatch was the first American book to cover fly imitation from a transcontinental perspective and is widely read and reprinted. According to Paul Schullery, Matching The Hatch set the standard for fly entomology and tying studies for the late 20th Century.[9]
- {{cite book |last=Richards |first=Carl |author2=Swisher, Doug |title=Selective Trout-A Dramatically New and Scientific Approach to Trout Fishing on Eastern and Western Rivers. |publisher=Crown Publishers |location=New York |year=1971 }}
{{quotation|style=font-size:smaller|And probably the most far-reaching of all American fly-fishing books since World War II, Doug Swisher and Carl Richard's Selective Trout (1971) elevated our thinking not only in fly-fishing theory, but also, through its wonderful photographs of insects, in our basic understanding of what the flies really imitated.|Paul Schullery|The Rise, 2006[10]}}- {{cite book |last=LaFontaine |first=Gary |title=Caddisflies |publisher=Lyons Press |location=New York |year=1989 |isbn=0-941130-98-3 }}
- {{cite book |last=Richards |first=Carl |title=Prey: Designing and Tying New Imitations of Fresh and Saltwater Forage Foods |year=1995 |publisher=Lyons and Burford Publishers |location=New York |isbn=1-55821-332-5 }}
Fly fishing anthologies- {{cite book |editor=Van Dyke, Henry |editor-link=Henry van Dyke |title=A Creelful of Fishing Stories |publisher=Charles Scribner's Sons |location=New York |year=1932 }}
- {{cite book |last=Taverner |first=Eric |author2=Moore, John |title=The Anglers Weekend Book |publisher=Seely Service & Co. Ltd. |location=London |year=1935 }}, contains a useful bibliography entitled Angling Writers & Their Works
- {{cite book |editor=Walden, Howard T II. |title=Angler's Choice-An Anthology of American Trout Fishing |publisher=The MacMillan Company |location=New York |year=1947 }}, contains 30 stories by many noted American anglers including: La Branche, Connett, Hewitt, Bergman and Jennings. Angler's Choice is considered by Arnold Gingrich as the first American fishing anthology devoted solely to trout.[11]
- {{cite book |author=The Theodore Gordon Flyfishers |title=American Trout Fishing |editor=Arnold Gingrich |editor-link=Arnold Gingrich |year=1996 |publisher=Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. |location=New York }}, American Trout Fishing is the trade press edition of the Gordon Garland, a compilation of stories and history about American Trout fishing and is dedicated to Theodore Gordon. Noted fly fishing authors—Lee Wulff, Roderick Haig Brown, Ernie Schwiebert, Dana Lamb, Joe Brooks and many other contributed to this work.[12][13]
- {{cite book |editor1=Wetmore, Jeff |editor2=Jones, Allen Morris |title=Flylines-The Best of Big Sky Journal Fishing |publisher=Bangtail Press |location=Bozeman, MT|year=2001 |isbn=0-9653336-5-5 }}, loaded with outstanding essays, stories and poems by many of the greats in the sport to include: George Anderson, Russell Chatham, John Holt, Nick Lyons, Datus Proper and Charles Waterman.
Fly fishing stories and memoirs- {{cite book |last=Van Dyke |first=Henry |title=Fisherman's Luck |publisher=Charles Scribner's Sons |authorlink=Henry van Dyke |location=New York |year=1899 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hTgCAAAAYAAJ}}, a man of immense social standing, the Reverend Van Dyke's Fishersman's Luck is a classic of Victorian recreational literature-John Schullery[14]
- {{cite book |last=Sherrington |first=H. T. |title=Trout Fishing Memories and Morals |publisher=Houghtin Mifflin |location=Boston |year=1920 |url=https://archive.org/download/troutfishingmemo00sherrich/troutfishingmemo00sherrich.pdf}}
- {{cite book |last=Aho |first=Juhani |title=Lohilastuja ja kalakaskuja |publisher=WSOY |location=Finland |year=1921 |url=http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/13769 |language=Finnish}}
- {{cite book |last=Walden |first=Howard T. |title=Upstream and Down |publisher=The Derrydale Press |location=New York |year = 1938 }}
- {{cite book |last=Traver |first=Robert |title=Trout Madness-Being a Dissertation on the Symptoms and Pathology of This Incurable Disease by One of Its Victims |year=1960 |publisher=St Martin's Press |location=New York }}
- {{Cite book |last=Hoover |first=Herbert |authorlink=Herbert Hoover |title=Fishing For Fun - And To Wash Your Soul |year=1963 |publisher=Random House Inc. |location=New York }}
{{quotation|style=font-size:smaller|Herbert Hoover, thirtieth President of the United States, is a modern Izaak Walton. He values fishing for the solitude it brings and it theapeutic values to modern man as respects both body and spirit. The present tract is written in the Izaak Walton tradition and perpetuates the tradition of the wily "fresh water trouts" and their ability to outwit man.|Justice William O. Douglas of the United States Supreme Court[15]}}- {{cite book |last=Lamb |first=Dana Stors |title=Not Far From The River |publisher=Barre Publishers |location=Barre, Massachusetts |year=1967 }}, one of Lamb's early works, stories telling in lyric style about Atlantic Salmon fishing.
- {{cite book |last=Miller |first=Alfred W. |title=Fishless Days, Angling Nights-Classic Stories, Reminiscences, and Lore About Fishing and Camping by Sparse Grey Hackle |publisher=Crown Publishers Inc. |location=New York |year=1971 }}
{{quotation|style=font-size:smaller|Nowhere else can you get the sidelights on Gordon, LaBranche, and Hewitt that this book gives you, along with the evocative prose that lets you relive, vicariously, some of the most extraordinary fishing and fishing companions of the last five decades. Sparse Grey Hackle was Alfred Miller's pseudonym for these writings which were originally only available as a private publication of the Anglers Club of New York|Arnold Gingrich|The Fishing in Print, 1974.[16]}}- {{cite book |last=Lamb |first=Dana Stors |title=Where Pools Are Bright and Deep |year=1973 |publisher=Winchester Press |location= |isbn=0-87691-110-6 }}, one of many books by lyric fly-fishing writer Dana Lambs. Where Pools Are Bright and Deep is another great piece of fly-fishing poetry and story telling.
- {{cite book |last=Haig-Brown |first=Roderick |authorlink=Roderick Haig-Brown |title=A River Never Sleeps |edition=Revised |year=1974 |publisher=Crown Publishers Inc. |location=New York |isbn= }}, a classic by Canadian author Haig-Brown first published in 1946.
- {{cite book |last=Lamb |first=Dana Stors |title=Beneath The Rising Mist |year=1979 |publisher=Stonewall Press|location= |isbn=0-913276-27-8 }}, Beneath the Rising Mist is a collection of stories and articles written by a top lyric fishing writer, Dana Lamb. Most of the stories are about Atlantic Salmon fishing.
- {{cite book |last=Waterman |first=Charles F. |title=Mist on the River-Remembrances of Dan Bailey |year=1986 |publisher=Yellowstone Press |location=Livingston, Montana |isbn=0-9617253-0-3 }}, a comprehensive look at a Fly Fishing legend: Dan Bailey and his evolution into one of the most well known fly shop owners in Montana.
- {{cite book |last=Gierach |first=John |authorlink=John Gierach |title=Trout Bum-Fly Fishing as a Way of Life |year=1986 |publisher=Pruett Publishing |location=Boulder, Colo. |isbn= 0-87108-715-4 }}, Trout Bum is Gierach's first and best book.
{{quotation|style=font-size:smaller|Gierach is so laid back he almost vanishes from sight and maybe this is the secret of his writing. These are stories, pure and simple, most of them come from nowhere and go to nowhere and they are about the sort of things we all do, so they seep into your soul and never quite leave you, the way all good writing should. Unlike many writers, Gierach's style and storylines transfer effortlessly from one continent to another and the book has sold well all over the world|Dr. Andrew Herd|A Fly Fishing History[17]}}- {{cite book |last=Gierach |first=John |authorlink=John Gierach|title=A View From Rat Lake |year=1988 |publisher=Pruett |location=Boulder, Colo. |isbn=0-87108-743-X }}
- {{cite book |last=Schwiebert |first=Ernest |title=A River For Christmas and Other Stories |year=1988 |publisher=Stephen Green |location= |isbn= }}
- {{cite book |last=Gierach |first=John |authorlink=John Gierach |title=Sex, Death and Fly Fishing |year=1990 |publisher=Simon and Schuster |location=New York |isbn=0-671-70738-8 }}, For anyone who loves fly-fishing or is looking to begin, John Gierach offers an entertaining view of the sport. Written in a series of witty essays that are inspiring, humorous, and educational, this book will transport you to real rivers and lakes in the company of one of the great writers of fly-fishing literature.,.[18][19]
- {{cite book |last=Gierach |first=John |authorlink=John Gierach |title=Where Trout Are As Long As Your Leg |year=1991 |publisher=Lyons and Buford |location=New York |isbn= 1-55821-098-9 }}
- {{cite book |title=Woolly Worms and Wombats-A Sidelong Glance At Flyfishing Downunder |author=Dawson, Chris |year=1994 |publisher=Johnson Printing Company|location=Boulder, Colo. |isbn=1555661211}}
- {{cite book |last=Ritz |first=Charles |authorlink=Charles Ritz |title=A Fly Fishers Life-The Art and Mechanics of Fly Fishing |publisher=MJF Books |location=New York |isbn=1-56731-264-0 }}, this is the 1996 reprint of Charles Ritz (Ritz Hotels) 1959 memoir of his fly-fishing experiences. A fascinating read. Acknowledged as one of the great classics on the art of fly fishing. In 1973, Arnold Gingrich in Joys of Trout calls A Fly Fishers Life one of the top thirty outstanding fishing books printed since 1496.[20]
- {{cite book |last=Gierach |first=John |authorlink=John Gierach |title=Standing In A River Waving a Stick |year=1999 |publisher=The Lyons Press |location=Guilford, Connecticut |isbn=1-55821-999-4 }}
- {{cite book |last=Babb |first=James R. |title=Crosscurrents: A Fly Fisher's Progress |year=1999 |publisher=The Lyons Press |location=New York |isbn=1-55821-946-3 }}, foreword by Ted Leeson. Based on the author's columns in Gray's Sporting Journal. Begins "Oh my. Another collection of navel-gazing essays from a baby boomer who got hold of a fly rod and a word processor and thought Eureka, I've found myself. And wants to share."
- {{cite book |author=Wulff, Lee |authorlink=Lee Wulff |title=Lee Wulff-Bush Pilot Angler |publisher=Down East Books |location=Camden, Maine |year=2000 |isbn=0892724803}} Posthumously published journal of his flying and fly-fishing off the coasts of Labrador and Newfoundland in the 1940s and 1950s.
- {{cite book |last=Swegman |first=Ron P. |authorlink=Ron P. Swegman |title=Philadelphia on the Fly: Tales of an Urban Angler|year=2005 |publisher=Frank Amato Publications|location=Portland, Ore. |isbn=1-57188-361-4 }}, an urban angler reveals a surprising fact: good fishing—and adventure—can be found a bike ride away within the city limits of the nation's first capital. A tale told in poetic prose, this is a practical, lyrical, all-American fish story.
- {{cite book |last=Landerman |first=Richard |title=The Fly Rod Chronicles-A Collection of Essays on the Quiet Sport of Fly Fishing|year=2007 |publisher=Sortis Publishing |location=Gilbert, Arizona |isbn=978-0-9772025-2-2 }}, author Richard Landerman takes random, everyday musings and weaves them together with humor and substance using the common thread of fly fishing. A great read that most baby-boomers will identify with[21]
Fly fishing poetry- {{cite book |last=Hoadley |first=James H. |title=Speckled Trout-Fishing Lines and Other Verses |year=1920 |publisher=Theo T. Schulte |location=New York |isbn= |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CaYZAAAAYAA}}
- {{cite book |last=Piper |first=Harry |title=Ballad of a Bighorn Guide-Poems with Fins |publisher=Xlibris |location=Eugene, Ore. |isbn=978-1-4415-3856-7 |year=2009}}
Fly fishing humor- {{cite book |last=Ford |first=Corey |authorlink=Corey Ford |title=You Can Always Tell A Fisherman-But You Can't Tell Him Much |year=1958 |publisher=Henry Holt and Company |location=New York |isbn= }}, a compilation of short stories first published by Corey Ford in Field and Stream. Jokingly labeled: The Minutes of the Lower Forty Shooting, Angling and Inside Straight Club.
- {{cite book |last=Hartley |first=J. R. |authorlink=J. R. Hartley |author2=Russell, Michael |title=Fly Fishing--Memories of Angling Days |publisher=Stanley Paul & Co. |location=London |isbn=0-06-018232-6 |year=1991 }}
- {{cite book |last=Hartley |first=J. R. |authorlink=J. R. Hartley |author2=Russell, Michael |title=J.R.Hartley Casts Again: More Memories of Angling Days |publisher=Stanley Paul & Co. |location=London |isbn=0-09-177437-3 |year=1992 }}
Fly fishing art and artists- {{cite book |last=Schaldach |first=William J. |title=Fish By Schaldach-Collected Etchings, Drawings and Water Colors of Trout, Salmon and Other Game Fish |year=1937 |publisher=J. B. Lippincott and Company |location=Philadelphia |isbn= }}, Schaldach was an artist-angler. This work contains 60 reproductions of his art. Many of his illustrations adorned other Fly Fishing literature, to include fly fishing articles in Esquire magazine.[22]
- {{cite book |last=Read |first=Stanley E. |title=Tommy Brayshaw-The Ardent Angler-Artist |year=1977 |publisher=University of British Columbia Press |location=Vancouver, BC |isbn=0-7748-0089-5 }}, Brayshaw was a conservation minded angler in British Columbia who is best known for his illustration of Roderick Haig Brown books. Contains twenty-two color plates and 28 inked drawings[23]
Fly fishing fiction- {{cite book |last=Slosson |first=Annie Trumbull |title=Fishin' Jimmy |year=1889 |publisher=Anson D. F. Randolph Co |location=New York |url=https://archive.org/details/fishinjimmy00slosmiss }}, Annie Trumbull Slosson (1838–1926) was an important short story writer who epitomized the American local color movement that flourished after the Civil War and ended at the beginning of the twentieth century.[24]
{{quotation|style=font-size:smaller|The loveliest of all her simple narratives is that which I have chosen to stand near the end of this book,--a kind of benediction on anglers.|Henry Van Dyke|A Creelful of Fishing Stories, 1932[25]}}- {{cite book |last=MacDougall |first=Arthur R. |title=Under A Willow Tree |year=1946 |publisher=Coward-McCann, Inc. |location=New York }}, Dud Dean stories about angling, hunting and camping in the wilds of Maine.[26]
- {{cite book |last=Detweiler |first= M. David |title=The Guide and The CEO |year=2001 |publisher=Stackpole Books |location=Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania |isbn=0-8117-0705-9 }}, The Guide and the CEO us a superbly told story about the relationship that develops between a trout bum-guide and a hard-as-nails Wall Street mogul.
Geographic, regional and specific waters fly fishing guides- {{cite book |last=Newland |first=Rev. Henry |title=The Erne, It Legends and Its Fly-fishing |location=London |publisher=Chapman and Hall |year=1851 |url=https://archive.org/download/erneitslegendsit00newlrich/erneitslegendsit00newlrich.pdf}}
- {{cite book |last=Back |first=Howard |title=The Waters of the Yellowstone with Rod and Fly |year=1938 |publisher=Dodd & Mead|location=New York |isbn= }}, memoirs of Howard Back's two visits to Yellowstone National Park in 1936 and 1937. Wonderful insights into what fly fishing the park was like in the 1930s. Reprinted in 2000.[27]
- {{cite book |last=McDermand |first=Charles |title=Waters of The Golden Trout County |publisher=G. P. Putnam and Sons |location=New York |year=1946 }}, a very descriptive work of the Golden Trout waters of the southern Sierra Nevada Mountains in California.
- {{cite book |last=MacDowell |first=Sly |title=Western Trout |year=1948 |publisher=Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. |location= New York |isbn= }}
- {{cite book |last=Bradner |first=Enos |title=Northwest Angling |publisher=Binfords & Mort Publishers |location=Portland, Ore. |year=1969 }}, interesting chapters on fly tying for Northwest trout, fly-fishing for Steelhead, Salmon, Sea-run Cutthroat trout and Shad.
- {{cite book |last=Brooks |first=Charles E. |title=The Living River-A Fisherman's Intimate Profile of the Madison River Watershed--Its History, Ecology, Lore and Angling Opportunities |publisher=Nick Lyons Books |location=New York |year=1979 |isbn=0-385-15655-3 }}
- {{cite book |last=Brooks |first=Charles E. |year=1984 |title=Fishing Yellowstone Waters |location=Clinton, N.J. |publisher=New Win Publishing Inc. |isbn=0-8329-0353-1 }}, this is an excellent source of information for fly fishing in Yellowstone National Park. An extensive amount of information, combined with detailed hatch information, makes this a great guidebook to have for anyone planning on fly fishing in Yellowstone National Park.[28]
- {{cite book |last=Brooks |first=Charles E. |title=The Henry's Fork |year=1986 |publisher=Winchester Press |location=Piscataway, N.J., |isbn= 0-8329-0425-2 }}
- {{cite book |author=Repine, Jim |author2=Wulff, Lee |author2-link=Lee Wulff|title=How to Fly Fish Alaska |publisher=Frank Amato |location=Portland, Ore. |year=1988 |isbn=0936608684}}
- {{cite book |last=Hughes |first=Dave |year=1992 |title=The Yellowstone River and its Angling |location=Portland, Ore. |publisher=Frank Amato Publications |isbn=1-878175-23-8 }}
- {{cite book |last=Probasco |first=Steve |title=River Journal: Yakima River: Volume 6
|year=1994 |publisher=Frank Amato |location=Portland, Ore. |isbn=1-878175-75-0 }}- {{cite book |last=Walinchus |first=Rod |author2=Travis, Tom |year=1995 |title=Fly Fishing The Yellowstone River |publisher=Pruett Publishing| location=Boulder, Colo. |isbn=0-87108-861-4 }}, probably the most comprehensive work every published on fishing the Yellowstone River from the park waters all the way to Big Timber.
- {{cite book |last=Probasco |first=Steve |title=River Journal: Big Hole |publisher=Frank Amato Publishers |location=Portland, Ore. |year=1995 |isbn=1-57188-006-2 }}
- {{cite book |last=Holt |first=John |title=Montana Fly-Fishing Guide-East |year=1996 |publisher=The Lyons Press |location=Guilford, Connecticut |isbn=1-58574-529-4 }}, comprehensive, stream by stream guide to fly fishing in Eastern Montana. Contains extensive descriptions of tributaries and secondary waters.
- {{cite book |last=Mathews |first=Craig |author2=Molinero, Clayton |year=1997 |title=The Yellowstone Fly-Fishing Guide-A authoritative guide to the waters of Yellowstone National Park |location=Guilford, Connecticut |publisher=The Lyons Press |isbn=1-55821-545-X}}
- {{cite book |last=Sajna |first=Mike |title=Days on the Water-The Angling Tradition in Pennsylvania |year=1999 |publisher=University of Pittsburgh Press |location=Pittsburgh |isbn=0-8229-4039-6 }}, from a wade through the chilly waters of early April to his last muddy trek in late October, Mike Sajna remembers the days in one season of America's oldest sport—fly fishing. His territory: the streams, dams and runs of the three major river systems in Pennsylvania—the Ohio, the Susquehanna, and the Delaware.
{{quotation|style=font-size:smaller|... journalist Sadja provides an engaging history of sport fishing in Pennsylvania.|Explore Pennsylvania History[29] }}- {{cite book |last=Edrington |first=Bill |title=Fly Fishing the Arkansas: An Angler's Guide and Journal |year=2003 |publisher=Xlibris Corporation |isbn=1-4134-3522-X }}, a very nicely written, comprehensive but concise guide to fly-fishing the upper Arkansas River from Leadville to Royal Gorge Colorado.
Fly rods and fly casting- {{cite book |last=Wells |first=Henry P. |title=Fly Rods and Fly Tackle |publisher=Harper & Brothers |location=New York |year=1885 |url=https://archive.org/download/flyrodsflytackle00wellrich/flyrodsflytackle00wellrich.pdf}}
- {{cite book |last=Holden |first=George Parker |title=The Idyl of Split-Bamboo - A Carefully Detailed Description of the Rod's Building |publisher=Stewart and Kidd Company Publishers |location=Cincinnati, OH |year=1920 |url=https://archive.org/details/idylofsplitbambo00holdiala}}
- {{cite book |last=Robinson |first=Gilmer G. |title=Fly Casting |publisher=A. S. Barnes & Co |location=New York |year=1942 }}
- {{cite book |last=Smedley |first=Harold H. "Dike" |title=Accuracy Fly Casting |year=1949 |publisher=Ziff-Davis Publishing |location=Chicago-New York |isbn= }}, illustrated fly casting guide by Winner of National, Great Lakes, Midwest, Michigan and New York Fly Casting Championships.
- {{cite book |first=Everett |last=Garrison |author2=Carmichael, Hoagy |year=1977 |title=A master's Guide to Building a bamboo fly rod |publisher=Martha's Glen Publishers |location=New York |isbn= 0-8117-0352-5 }}
- {{cite book |last=Wulff |first=Joan |title=Joan Wulff's Fly-Casting Techniques |year=1987 |publisher=Nick Lyons Books |location=New York |isbn=0-941130-38-X }}
- {{cite book |last=Gierach |first=John |authorlink=John Gierach |title=Fishing Bamboo-One Man's Love Affair with Bamboo Fly Rods |year=1997 |publisher=The Lyons Press |location=New York |isbn=1-55821-591-3 }}, Noted angling author John Gierach's musings about Bamboo fly rods—why he fishes and collects them.[30]
See also- Annotated bibliography
- Fly fishing
- Fly tying
Notes1. ^{{cite journal |last=Jackson |first=Alec |date=Summer 1982 |title=Blacker's Art of Fly Making, 1855 - The peculiar and eccentric production of a milestone book |journal=The American Fly Fisher |volume=9 |issue=3 |pages=12–19 |id= |url= |accessdate= }} 2. ^{{cite book |last=Herd |first=Dr. Andrew |title=The Fly |publisher=Medlar Press |location=Shropshire, UK |year=2003 |isbn=1-899600-19-1}} 3. ^{{cite journal |last=Jackson |first=Alec |date=Summer 1980 |title=Salmon Systematics-A review of Two Editions of George Kelson's Monumental Book on Salmon Flies and Salmon Fishing |journal=The American Fly Fisher |volume=7 |issue=3 |pages=24–28 |id= |url= |accessdate= }} 4. ^Sisk, Toney J., Wayward Fly Fishing Book Reviews 5. ^Nelson, Bryant (December 6, 1992), [https://www.nytimes.com/1992/12/06/sports/outdoors-insightful-reading-on-hunting-and-fishing-to-pass-the-winter.html?sq=Nick+Lyons&scp=11 "OUTDOORS; Insightful Reading on Hunting and Fishing to Pass the Winter"], The New York Times book review 6. ^Sisk, Toney J. Wayward Fly Fishing Book Reviews 7. ^Petti, Bob, Global Fly Fisher Book Reviews 8. ^{{cite book |last=Gingrich |first=Arnold |title=The Fishing In Print-A Guided Tour Through Five Centuries of Angling Literature |pages=282 |year=1974 |publisher=Winchester Press |location=New York |isbn=0-87691-157-2 }} 9. ^{{cite book |last=Schullery |first=Paul |title=American Fly Fishing-A History |year=1996 |publisher=The Easton Press |location=Norwalk, Connecticut |pages=85–99, 199–200 |isbn= }}. 10. ^{{cite book |last=Schullery |first=Paul |title=The Rise-Streamside Observations on Trout, Flies and Fly Fishing |publisher=Stackpole Books |location=Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania |year=2006 |pages=105 |isbn=978-0-8117-0182-2 }} 11. ^{{cite book |last=Gingrich |first=Arnold |title=The Fishing In Print-A Guided Tour Through Five Centuries of Angling Literature |year=1974 |publisher=Winchester Press |location=New York |page=334 |isbn= }} 12. ^{{cite book |last=Serviente |first=Barry |title=Angler's Art Catalog |year=1996 |pages=95–96 |location=Plainfield, Pennsylvania |publisher=The Anglers Art }} 13. ^{{cite book |last=Gingrich |first=Arnold |title=The Fishing In Print-A Guided Tour Through Five Centuries of Angling Literature |year=1974 |pages=317–18 |publisher=Winchester Press |location=New York |isbn= }} 14. ^{{cite book |last=Schullery |first=Paul |title=American Fly Fishing-A History |year=1996 |publisher=The Easton Press |location=Norwalk, Connecticut |page=127 |isbn= }} 15. ^{{Cite book |last=Hoover |first=Herbert |title=Fishing For Fun - And To Wash Your Soul |pages=DJ |year=1963 |publisher=Random House Inc. |location=New York }} 16. ^{{cite book |last=Gingrich |first=Arnold |title=The Fishing In Print-A Guided Tour Through Five Centuries of Angling Literature |pages=318–319 |year=1974 |publisher=Winchester Press |location=New York |isbn= }} 17. ^Dr. Andrew Herd, A Fly-fishing History 18. ^Bie, Tom, Rodholders: John Gierach {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100313165015/http://midcurrent.com/articles/books/gierach_profile.aspx |date=2010-03-13 }} 19. ^Lehmann-Haupt, Christopher (April 1, 1991), [https://www.nytimes.com/1991/04/01/books/books-of-the-times-fly-fishing-and-other-essentials.html?sq=John+Gierach&scp=3 "BOOKS OF THE TIMES; Fly-Fishing and Other Essentials"], The New York Times book review 20. ^{{cite book |last=Gingrich |first=Arnold |title=The Joys of Trout |year=1973 |page=186 |publisher=Crown Publishers, Inc. |location=New York |isbn=0-517-50584-3 }} 21. ^{{cite news |date=October 21, 2007 |title=Veteran Fly Fisherman Authors 'The Fly Rod Chronicles' Essays on The Quiet Sport of Fly Fishing |url=http://www.newswiretoday.com/news/25003/ |publisher=Sortis Publishing |via=Newswire}} 22. ^{{cite book |last=Gingrich |first=Arnold |title=The Joys of Trout |year=1973 |pages=85–87 |publisher=Crown Publishers, Inc. |location=New York |isbn=0-517-50584-3 }} 23. ^Haig-Brown, Roderick L., Tom Brayshaw in {{cite book |last=Starkman |first=Susan B. |author2=Read, Stanley E. |title=The Contemplative Man's Recreation: A Bibliography of Books on Angling and Game Fish in the Library of The University of British Columbia |year=1970 |pages=15–20 |publisher=The Library of the University of British Columbia |location=Vancouver, Canada |isbn= }} 24. ^The Mellen Press Book Review 25. ^{{cite book |editor=Van Dyke, Henry |title=A Creelful of Fishing Stories |publisher=Charles Scribner's Sons |location=New York |year=1932 }} 26. ^Fiction Set In Maine, Waterboro Public Library 27. ^Birkholm, Deanna Lee, Fly Anglers Online Book Reviews 28. ^Globe Pequot Press 29. ^ExplorePAHistory.com Pennsylvanians and the Environment Bibliography 30. ^Wood, Vreeland, Fly Fishing Resources Book Reviews
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