Bibliography of fly fishing (fly tying, stories, fiction) explained

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)

Annotations

Annotations 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

See main article: Fly tying and Artificial fly.

19th century

• Book: Ronalds, Alfred . The Fly-Fisher's Entomology . Longman, Orme, Brown, Green and Longmans . London . 1836 .
• Book: Blacker, Willaim . Blacker's Art of Fly Making. George Nichols . London. 1842., reprinted in 1855
• Book: Soltau, G. W. . Trout Flies of Devon and Cornwall . Edward Nettleton . Plymouth, England . 1847 .
• Book: Blacker, William . Blacker's Art of Fly Making . Geo Nichols . London . 1855 .

• Book: Wade, Henry . Rod-Fishing in Clear Waters By Fly, Minnow and Work With a Short and Easy method to the Art of Dressing Flies . 1860 . Bell and Daldy . London . 132 .
• Book: Halford, F. M. . Frederic M. Halford . Floating Flies and How to Dress Them. A Treatise on the Most Modern Methods of Dressing Artificial Flies for Trout and Grayling with Full Illustrated Directions and Containing Ninety Hand-Coloured Engravings of the Most Killing Patterns Together with a Few Hints to Dry-Fly Fishermen. . 1886 . Sampson, Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington . London .
• Book: Pritt, Thomas E. . Yorkshire Trout Flies . Goodall and Suddick . Leeds . 1885 .
• Book: Pritt, Thomas E. . North Country Flies . Sampson, Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington . London . 1886 ., 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.^[1]
• Book: Ogden, James . Ogden on Fly Tying . Sampson, Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington . London . 1887 .
• Book: Shipley, Malcolm A. . Artificial Flies and How To Make Them . Spangler & Davis . Philadelphia . 1888 .
• Book: Theakston, Michael . British Angling Flies . William Harrison . London . 1888 .
• Book: Theakston, Michael . Walbran, Francis M. . British Angling Flies . Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington . London . 1888 .
• Book: Shipley, M. A. . Artificial Flies and How To Tie Them . Press of Spangler and Davis . Philadelphia, PA . 1888 .
• Book: Marbury, Mary Orvis . Favorite Flies and Their Histories . Houghton and Mifflin Company . Boston and New York . 1892 .
• Book: Hale, John Henry . How To Tie Salmon Flies . Sampson, Low, Marston & Company Ltd. . London . 1892 .
• Book: Kelson, George M. . The Salmon Fly and How to Dress It . Wyman & Sons . London . 1895 .

• Book: Walker, Charles Edward . Old Flies in New Dresses-How to dress Dry Flies with the wings in the natural position and some new Wet Flies . Lawrence and Bullen Ltd. . London . 1897 .

20th century

1900–1940s

• Book: Skues, G.E.M. Minor Tactics of the Chalk Stream. Adams and Charles Black. London. 1910.
• Book: West, Leonard . The Natural Trout Fly and Its Imitation . McCorquodale & Co., Ltd. . Ravenshead, St Helens . 1913 .
• Book: Pryce-Tannatt, T. E. . How To Dress Salmon Flies-A Handbook for Amateurs . Adam and Charles Black . London . 1914 .
• Book: La Branche, George M. L. . The Dry Fly and Fast Water . Charles Scribner's and Sons . New York . 1914 .
• Book: Rhead, Louis . Louis Rhead . American Trout Stream Insects-A Guide to Angling Flies and other Aquatic Insects Alluring to Trout . Frederick A. Stokes and Co . New York . 1919 .
• Book: McClelland, H. G. . The Trout Fly Dresser's Cabinet of Devices or How To Tie Flies for Trout and Grayling Fishing . 1919 . The Fishing Gazette . London .
• Book: Skues, G.E.M. The Way of a Trout with the Fly. 1921. A & C Black. London.
• Book: Jennings, Preston J. . A Book of Trout Flies . 1935 . Crown Publishers, Derrydale Press . New York .
• Book: Gregg, E. C. . How To Tie Flies . 1940 . A. S. Barnes and Company . New York .
• Book: Smedley, Harold Hinsdale . Fly Patterns and Their Origins . 1944 . Westshore Publications . Muskegon, MI .

1950–1970s

• Book: Marinaro, Vincent C. . A Modern Dry Fly Code . 1950 . G. P. Putnam Sons . New York . 1558214135 .
• Book: Leonard, J. Edson . 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 . 1950 . A.S. Barnes and Company . New York. * Book: Harris, J. R. . J. Richard Harris . An Angler's Entomology . Collins . London . 1952 . 978-0007308187. New Naturalist #23
• Book: Schwiebert, Ernest G. Jr. . Ernest Schwiebert . Matching The Hatch-A Practical Guide to Imitation of Insects Found On Eastern and Western Trout Waters . The MacMillan Company . Toronto, Canada . 1955.
• Book: How to Make Tube Flies . Veniard, John . 1960 . E. Veniard Ltd. . Thornton Heath .
• Book: Tube-Flies and How to Make Them . 1962 . Clegg, Thomas . S. & E. G. Messeena . Leamington Spa .
• Book: Shaw, Helen . Fly-tyingMaterials, Tools and Techniques . 1963 . The Ronald Press Company . New York .
• Book: Modern Tube Fly Making . Clegg, Thomas . 1965 . Tom C. Saville . Nottingham .
• Book: Bates, Joseph D. . Streamer Fly Tying & Fishing . Harrisburg, Pennsylvania . Stackpole Books . 1966 .
• Book: Flick, Arthur B. . The New Streamside Guide to Naturals and their Imitations . 1967 . Crown Publishers Inc . New York .
• Book: Bates, Joseph D. . Atlantic Salmon Flies and Fishing . 1970 . Stackpole Books . Harrisburg, PA . 0811701808 .
• Book: Richards, Carl . Swisher, Doug . Selective Trout-A Dramatically New and Scientific Approach to Trout Fishing on Eastern and Western Rivers. . registration . Crown Publishers . New York . 1971 .
• Book: Cross, Reuben R. . The Complete Fly Tier . 1971 . Freshlet Press . Rockville Centre, New York .
• Book: Jorgenson, Poul . Dressing Flies For Fresh and Saltwater . 1973 . Freshlet Press . Rockville Center, New York . 0883950227 ., introduction by Charles K. Fox, illustrations by the author, 8 color plates and numerous b/w photographs by Irv Swope, index.
• Book: Schwiebert, Ernest . Ernest Schwiebert . Nymphs-A Complete Guide to Naturals and Imitations . 1973 . Winchester Press . New York . 0876910746 .
• Book: Kreh, Lefty . Fly Fishing in Saltwater . 1974 . Crown Publishers Inc . New York .
• Book: Nemes, Sylvester . The Soft-Hackled Fly-A Trout Fisherman's Guide . Chatham Press . Greenwich, Connecticut . 1975 . 0811716708 .
• Book: Slaymaker, S. R. II . Harvey, George . Tie a Fly, Catch a Trout . Harper & Row Publishers . New York . 0060139838 . 1976 ., the year is divided into two seasonsthe 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.
• Book: Combs, Trey . Steelhead Fly Fishing and Flies . 1976 . Frank Amato . Portland, Oregon . 093660803X .
• Book: Livingston, A. D. . Tying Bugs and Flies for Bass . J. B. Lippincott Company . Philadelphia and New York . 1977 . 0397011873 ., a comprehensive period guide to tying bugs and flies for bass. Very well illustrated.
• Book: Bates, Joseph D. Jr. . Streamers and bucktails, the big-fish flies . Knopf . New York . 1979 . 0394415884.

1980–1990s

• Book: Wulff, Lee . Lee Wulff . Lee Wulff on Flies . Stackpole Books . Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania . 1985 . 0811722058.
• Book: Roberts, John . New Illustrated Dictionary of Trout Flies . George Allen and Unwin ltd. . London, UK . 1986 . 004799035X.
• Book: Matthews . Craig . Juracek . John . 1987 . Fly Patterns of Yellowstone . Self published.
• Book: Fogg, W.S. Roger . A Handbook of North Country Trout Flies . Old Vicarage Publications . Congleton, UK . 1988 . 0947818111.
• Book: Caddisflies. Lyons Press. April 28, 1989. LaFontaine, Gary. 0941130983. 1989.
• Book: Best, A. K. . Production Fly Tying . 1989 . Pruett Publishing Company . Boulder, Colorado . 0871087812 ., one of the most comprehensive treatments of techniques for tying all types of flies for commercial quality.^[2]
• Book: Kaufmann, Randall . Tying Dry Flies-The Complete Dry Fly Instruction and Pattern Manual . 1991 . Western Fisherman Press . Portland, Or . 0961705930 .
• Book: Kreh, Lefty . Fly Fishing for Bonefish, Permit & Tarpon . 1992 . Odysseus Editions . Birmingham, Alabama .
• Book: Schmookler, Paul . Sils, Ingrid V. . Rare and Unusual Fly Tying Materials-A Natural History Volume 1 – Birds . The Complete Sportsman . Mills, MA . 1994 . 1886961018 .
• Book: Wakeford, Jacqueline . Fly Tying Tools and Materials . 1992 . Lyons & Burford Publishers. New York . 1558211837 ., Loaded with color photographs and descriptions of the natural materials such as fur, hair and feathers used in fly tying.^[3] * Book: Stewart, Dick . Allen, Farrow . Flies for Trout . Lyons & Burford . New York . 0936644141 . 1993 .
• Book: Steeves, Harrison R. . Koch, Ed . Terrestrials-A Modern Approach to Fishing and Tying with Synthetic and Natural Materials . Stackpole Books . Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania . 1994 . 081170629X.
• Book: Hughes, Dave . Wet Flies: Tying and Fishing Soft-Hackles, Winged and Wingless Wets, and Fuzzy Nymphs . 1995 . Stackpole Books . Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania . 0811718689 ., 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.
• Book: Kreh, Lefty . Professionals' Favorite Flies-Volume 1-Dry Flies, Emergers, Nymphs & Terrestrials . 1993 . Odysseus Editions . Birmingham, Alabama .
• Book: Kreh, Lefty . Professionals' Favorite Flies-Volume 2-Streamers, Poppers, Crustaceans and Saltwater Patterns . 1994 . Odysseus Editions . Birmingham, Alabama .
• Book: Meyer, Deke . Saltwater Flies-Over 700 of the Best . Frank Amato Publications . Portland, OR . 1995 . 1571990208 . Schollmeyer, Jim.
• Book: Clarke, Barry Ord. The International Guide to Fly-Tying Materials. McGraw Hill. 0070119430. 1996.
• Book: Schmookler, Paul . Sils, Ingrid V. . Rare and Unusual Fly Tying Materials-A Natural History Volume 2 – Birds and Mammals . The Complete Sportsman . Mills, MA . 1997 . 1886961026 .
• Book: Reynolds, Barry . Befus, Brad. Berryman, John . Carp on the Fly: A Flyfishing Guide . Spring Creek Press . 1997 . 1555662072 .
• Book: Hughes, Dave . Trout Flies-The Tier's Reference . Stackpole Books . Mechanicsburg, PA . 1999 . 978-0811716017 .

21st century

2000–2009

• Book: Schollmeyer . Jim . Leeson . Ted . Inshore Flies-Best Contemporary Patterns from the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts . Frank Amato Publications . Portland, OR . 2000 . 157188193X .
• Book: Jaroworski, Ed . Popovics, Bob . Pop Fleyes-Bob Popovic's Approach to Saltwater Fly Design . Stackpole Books . 2001 . 0811712478 . Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania .
• Book: Rosenbauer, Tom . The Orvis Fly Tying Guide . The Lyons Press . New York . 2001 . 1585740330 ., revised 2019
• Book: Flower, Rob . Australia Trout Food, Trout Flies and How to Fish Them . 2001 . Australian Fishing Network . South Croydon, Victoria . 186513015X .
• Book: Staples, Bruce . Trout Country Flies-From Greater Yellowstone Area Masters . 2002 . Frank Amato Publications . Portland, OR . 1571882480.
• Book: Steeves, Harrison R. III . Tying Flies with Foam, Fur, and Feathers . Stakepole Books . Mechanicsburg, PA . 0811729095 . 2003.
• Book: Hairwing & Tube Flies for Salmon & Steelhead: A Comprehensive Guide for Anglers & Flytyers . Mann, Chris . Stackpole Books . 2004 . 978-0811731768 .
• Book: 2005. Fly Tying For Beginners: How to Tie 50 Failsafe Flies. B.E.S.. Cathercole, Peter. 0764158457.
• Book: Schullery, Paul . The Rise-Streamside Observations on Trout, Flies and Fly Fishing . Stackpole Books . Mechanicsburg, PA . 2006 . 978-0811701822 .
• Book: Soucie, Gary . Woolly Wisdom . 2006 . Frank Amato Publications . Portland, Oregon . 1571883525 ., everything you wanted to know about fishing and tying Woolly Worms, Woolly Buggers and the like. The comprehensive reference on the subject.^[4]
• Book: Schullery, Paul . Cowboy Trout-Western Fly Fishing As if it Matters . Montana Historical Society . 2006 . 097215227X .
• Book: Clouser, Bob . Clouser's Flies . Stackpole Books . Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania . 2006 . 0811701484 ., the comprehensive treatment of tying and fishing the Clouser Minnow by the inventor of the fly, Bob Clouser.^[5]
• Book: The Tube Fly . Sawada, Ken . Sawada, Inc. . Tokyo, Japan . 2006 . 978-4916020512 .
• Book: Tube Flies Two: Evolution . Mandell, Mark . Kenly, Bob . Frank Amato Publications . 978-1571884015 . 2007 .
• Book: Fly Patterns-Tie Thousands of Flies . Kaufmann . Randall . Kaufmann . Mary . 2008 . Western Fisherman Press . Moose, WY . 978-1885212238.
• Book: Craven, Charlie. Charlie Craven's Basic Fly Tying: Modern Techniques for Flies That Catch Fish. 2008. Headwater Books. New Cumberland, PA. 978-0979346026.
• Book: Greenhalgh, Malcolm . Jason Smalley . Fishing Flies: A World Encyclopedia of Every Type of Fly . 2009 . HarperCollins Publishers . London . 978-0007288458.

2010–2020

• Book: Herd, Andrew . Trout Fly Patterns 1496–1916 . 2012 . Medlar Press . Ellesmere, Shropshire . 978-1907110139.
• Book: Valla, Mike . The Founding Flies-43 American Masters Their Patterns and Influences . Stackpole Books . Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania . 2013 . 978-0811708333.
• Book: Chicone, Drew . Drew Chicone . Feather Brain-Developing, Testing, & Improving Saltwater Fly Patterns . 2013 . Stackpole Books . Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania . 978-0811711968.
• Book: Craven, Charlie. Tying Nymphs: Essential Flies and Techniques for the Top Patterns. Stackpole Books. 2013. 978-1934753354.
• Book: Wiese, Walter J. . Yellowstone Country Flies-The Fly Patterns of Parks' Fly Shop . Walter J. Wiese . 2013.
• Book: Leiser, Eric. The Complete Book of Fly Tying. Skyhorse. 978-1626365599. 2014.
• Book: Dawes, Mike. The Flytier's Companion. Skyhorse. 978-1629144047. 2015.
• Book: Dawes, Mike. The Flytier's Manual. Skyhorse. 978-1629144054. 2015.
• Book: Klausmeyer, David . 101 Favorite Saltwater Flies-History, Tying Tips and Fishing Strategies . Skyhorse Publishing . New York . 2015 . 978-1632205384.
• Book: Australia's Best Trout Flies-Revisited . Crosse, Malcom . Keam, Rick . J.M.& K. Crosse . Hobart, Tasmania . 2016 . 978-0994415929.
• Book: Valla, Mike . Tying & Fishing Bucktails and Other Hair Wings . 2016 . Stackpole Books . Lanham, MD . 978-0811716765.
• Book: Craven, Charlie. Tying Streamers: Essential Flies and Techniques for the Top Patterns. Stackpole Books. 2020. 978-0811739399.
• Book: Clarke, Barry Ord. The Feather Bender's Flytying Techniques: A Comprehensive Guide to Classic and Modern Trout Flies. Skyhorse. 978-1510751507. 2020.
• Book: Chocklett, Blane. Game Changer: Tying Flies that Look and Swim Like the Real Thing. Headwater Books. 978-1934753477. 2020.
• Book: Cohen, Pat. Super Bass Flies: How to Tie and Fish The Most Effective Imitations. Skyhorse. 978-1510736894. 2020.

Fly fishing entomology and other prey studies

• Book: Halford, Frederic M. . Dry Fly Entomology . Vinton & Co . London . 1897 . 315 . Halford. .
• Book: Rhead, Louis . Louis Rhead . American Trout Stream Insects . Frederick A. Stokes . New York . 1916 .
• Book: Mosely, Martin E. . The Dry-Fly Fisherman's Entomology . George Routledge and Sons Limited . London . 1921 .
• Book: Jennings, Preston J. . A Book of Trout Flies . 1935 . Crown Publishers, Derrydale Press . New York ., 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.^[6]
• Book: Schwiebert, Ernest G. Jr. . Matching The Hatch-A Practical Guide to Imitation of Insects Found On Eastern and Western Trout Waters . The MacMillan Company . Toronto, Canada . 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.^[7]
• Book: Richards, Carl . Swisher, Doug . Selective Trout-A Dramatically New and Scientific Approach to Trout Fishing on Eastern and Western Rivers. . registration . Crown Publishers . New York . 1971 .

• Book: Arbona, Fred J. . Mayflies, the Angler and the Trout . Winchester Press . Tulsa, OK . 1980 . 0876912994.
• Book: LaFontaine, Gary . Caddisflies . Lyons Press . New York . 1989 . 0941130983 .
• Book: Richards, Carl . Prey: Designing and Tying New Imitations of Fresh and Saltwater Forage Foods . 1995 . Lyons and Burford Publishers . New York . 1558213325 .

Fly fishing anthologies

• Book: Hills, John Waller . . Phillp Allan & Co . London . 1921 .
• Book: Van Dyke, Henry . Henry van Dyke . A Creelful of Fishing Stories . Charles Scribner's Sons . New York . 1932 .
• Book: Taverner, Eric . Moore, John . The Anglers Weekend Book . Seely Service & Co. Ltd. . London . 1935 ., contains a useful bibliography entitled Angling Writers & Their Works
• Book: Walden, Howard T. I.I. . Angler's Choice-An Anthology of American Trout Fishing . The MacMillan Company . New York . 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.^[8]
• Book: Law, Glenn . A Concise History of Fly Fishing . 1995 . Odysseus Editions . Birmingham, Alabama .
• Book: Schullery, Paul . American Fly Fishing-A History . 1996 . The Easton Press . Norwalk, CT .
• Book: The Theodore Gordon Flyfishers . American Trout Fishing . Arnold Gingrich . Arnold Gingrich . 1996 . Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. . 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 authorsLee Wulff, Roderick Haig Brown, Ernie Schwiebert, Dana Lamb, Joe Brooks and many other contributed to this work.^{[9] [10]}
• Book: Wetmore, Jeff . Jones, Allen Morris . Flylines-The Best of Big Sky Journal Fishing . Bangtail Press . Bozeman, MT. 2001 . 0965333655 ., 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

• Book: Van Dyke, Henry . Fisherman's Luck . Charles Scribner's Sons . Henry van Dyke . New York . 1899 ., a man of immense social standing, the Reverend Van Dyke's Fishersman's Luck is a classic of Victorian recreational literature-John Schullery^[11]
• Book: Sherrington, H. T. . Trout Fishing Memories and Morals . Houghton Mifflin . Boston . 1920 .
• Book: Aho, Juhani . Lohilastuja ja kalakaskuja . WSOY . Finland . 1921 . fi.
• Book: Walden, Howard T. . Upstream and Down . . New York . 1938 .
• Book: Traver, Robert . Trout Madness-Being a Dissertation on the Symptoms and Pathology of This Incurable Disease by One of Its Victims . registration . 1960 . St Martin's Press . New York .
• Book: Hoover, Herbert . Herbert Hoover . Fishing For Fun – And To Wash Your Soul . registration . 1963 . Random House Inc. . New York .

• Book: Lamb, Dana Stors . Not Far From The River . Barre Publishers . Barre, Massachusetts . 1967 ., one of Lamb's early works, stories telling in lyric style about Atlantic Salmon fishing.
• Book: Miller, Alfred W. . Fishless Days, Angling Nights-Classic Stories, Reminiscences, and Lore About Fishing and Camping by Sparse Grey Hackle . Crown Publishers Inc. . New York . 1971 .

• Book: Lamb, Dana Stors . Where Pools Are Bright and Deep . 1973 . Winchester Press . 0876911106 ., 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.
• Book: Haig-Brown, Roderick . Roderick Haig-Brown . A River Never Sleeps . Revised . 1974 . Crown Publishers Inc. . New York ., a classic by Canadian author Haig-Brown first published in 1946.
• Book: Lamb, Dana Stors . Beneath The Rising Mist . 1979 . Stonewall Press. 0913276278 ., 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.
• Book: Waterman, Charles F. . Mist on the River-Remembrances of Dan Bailey . 1986 . Yellowstone Press . Livingston, Montana . 0961725303 ., 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.
• Book: Gierach, John . John Gierach . Trout Bum-Fly Fishing as a Way of Life . 1986 . Pruett Publishing . Boulder, Colo. . 0871087154 ., Trout Bum is Gierach's first and best book.

• Book: Gierach, John . John Gierach. A View From Rat Lake . 1988 . Pruett . Boulder, Colo. . 087108743X .
• Book: Schwiebert, Ernest . A River For Christmas and Other Stories . 1988 . Stephen Green .
• Book: Gierach, John . John Gierach . Sex, Death and Fly Fishing . 1990 . Simon and Schuster . New York . 0671707388 ., 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.,.^{[12] [13]}
• Book: Gierach, John . John Gierach . Where Trout Are As Long As Your Leg . 1991 . Lyons and Buford . New York . 1558210989 .
• Book: Woolly Worms and Wombats-A Sidelong Glance At Flyfishing Downunder . Dawson, Chris . 1994 . Johnson Printing Company . Boulder, Colo. . 1555661211 .
• Book: Ritz, Charles . Charles Ritz . A Fly Fishers Life-The Art and Mechanics of Fly Fishing . MJF Books . New York . 1567312640 . May 1999 ., 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.^[14]
• Book: Gierach, John . John Gierach . Standing In A River Waving a Stick . 1999 . The Lyons Press . Guilford, Connecticut . 1558219994 .
• Book: Schullery, Paul . Royal Coachman-The Lore and Legends of Fly-Fishing . 1999 . Simon and Schuster . New York . 0684842467 .
• Book: Babb, James R. . Crosscurrents: A Fly Fisher's Progress . 1999 . The Lyons Press . New York . 1558219463 ., 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."
• Book: Wulff, Lee . Lee Wulff . Lee Wulff-Bush Pilot Angler . Down East Books . Camden, Maine . 2000 . 0892724803. Posthumously published journal of his flying and fly-fishing off the coasts of Labrador and Newfoundland in the 1940s and 1950s.
• Book: Swegman, Ron P. . Ron P. Swegman . Philadelphia on the Fly: Tales of an Urban Angler. 2005 . Frank Amato Publications. Portland, Ore. . 1571883614 ., an urban angler reveals a surprising fact: good fishingand adventurecan 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.
• Book: Landerman, Richard . The Fly Rod Chronicles-A Collection of Essays on the Quiet Sport of Fly Fishing. 2007 . Sortis Publishing . Gilbert, Arizona . 978-0977202522 ., 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^[15]

Fly fishing poetry

• Book: Hoadley, James H. . Speckled Trout-Fishing Lines and Other Verses . 1920 . Theo T. Schulte . New York .
• Book: Piper, Harry . Ballad of a Bighorn Guide-Poems with Fins . Xlibris . Eugene, Ore. . 978-1441538567 . 2009.

Fly fishing humor

• Book: Ford, Corey . Corey Ford . You Can Always Tell A Fisherman-But You Can't Tell Him Much . 1958 . Henry Holt and Company . New York ., 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.
• Book: Hartley, J. R. . Fly fishing : memories of angling days . HarperCollins . New York, NY . 1991 . 0-06-018232-6 . 26805363.
• Book: Hartley, J. R. . J. R. Hartley . Russell, Michael . J.R.Hartley Casts Again: More Memories of Angling Days . Stanley Paul & Co. . London . 0091774373 . 1992 .

Fly fishing art and artists

• Book: Schaldach, William J. . Fish By Schaldach-Collected Etchings, Drawings and Water Colors of Trout, Salmon and Other Game Fish . 1937 . J. B. Lippincott and Company . Philadelphia ., Schaldach^[16] 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.^[17]
• Book: Read, Stanley E. . Tommy Brayshaw-The Ardent Angler-Artist . 1977 . University of British Columbia Press . Vancouver, BC . 0774800895 ., 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^[18]

Fly fishing fiction

• Book: Slosson, Annie Trumbull . Fishin' Jimmy . 1889 . Anson D. F. Randolph Co . New York ., 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.^[19]

• Book: MacDougall, Arthur R. . Under A Willow Tree . 1946 . Coward-McCann, Inc. . New York ., Dud Dean stories about angling, hunting and camping in the wilds of Maine.^[20]
• Book: Detweiler, M. David . The Guide and The CEO . 2001 . Stackpole Books . Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania . 0811707059 ., 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

• Book: Newland, Rev. Henry . The Erne, It Legends and Its Fly-fishing . London . Chapman and Hall . 1851 .
• Book: Back, Howard . The Waters of the Yellowstone with Rod and Fly . 1938 . Dodd & Mead. New York ., 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.^[21]
• Book: McDermand, Charles . Waters of The Golden Trout County . G. P. Putnam and Sons . New York . 1946 ., a very descriptive work of the Golden Trout waters of the southern Sierra Nevada Mountains in California.
• Book: MacDowell, Sly . Western Trout . 1948 . Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. . New York .
• Book: Bradner, Enos . Northwest Angling . registration . Binfords & Mort Publishers . Portland, Ore. . 1969 ., interesting chapters on fly tying for Northwest trout, fly-fishing for Steelhead, Salmon, Sea-run Cutthroat trout and Shad.
• Book: Brooks, Charles E. . The Living River-A Fisherman's Intimate Profile of the Madison River WatershedIts History, Ecology, Lore and Angling Opportunities . Nick Lyons Books . New York . 1979 . 0385156553 .
• Book: Brooks, Charles E. . 1984 . Fishing Yellowstone Waters . Clinton, N.J. . New Win Publishing Inc. . 0832903531 ., 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.^[22]
• Book: Brooks, Charles E. . The Henry's Fork . 1986 . Winchester Press . Piscataway, N.J. . 0832904252 .
• Book: Repine, Jim . Wulff, Lee . Lee Wulff . How to Fly Fish Alaska . Frank Amato . Portland, Ore. . 1988 . 0936608684 .
• Book: Hughes, Dave . 1992 . The Yellowstone River and its Angling . registration . Portland, Ore. . Frank Amato Publications . 1878175238 .
• Book: Probasco, Steve . River Journal: Yakima River: Volume 6 . 1994 . Frank Amato . Portland, Ore. . 1878175750 .
• Book: Walinchus, Rod . Travis, Tom . 1995 . Fly Fishing The Yellowstone River . Pruett Publishing. Boulder, Colo. . 0871088614 ., probably the most comprehensive work every published on fishing the Yellowstone River from the park waters all the way to Big Timber.
• Book: Probasco, Steve . River Journal: Big Hole . Frank Amato Publishers . Portland, Ore. . 1995 . 1571880062 .
• Book: Holt, John . Montana Fly-Fishing Guide-East . 1996 . The Lyons Press . Guilford, Connecticut . 1585745294 ., comprehensive, stream by stream guide to fly fishing in Eastern Montana. Contains extensive descriptions of tributaries and secondary waters.
• Book: Mathews, Craig . Molinero, Clayton . 1997 . The Yellowstone Fly-Fishing Guide-A authoritative guide to the waters of Yellowstone National Park . Guilford, Connecticut . The Lyons Press . 155821545X.
• Book: Sajna, Mike . Days on the Water-The Angling Tradition in Pennsylvania . 1999 . University of Pittsburgh Press . Pittsburgh . 0822940396 ., 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 sportfly fishing. His territory: the streams, dams and runs of the three major river systems in Pennsylvaniathe Ohio, the Susquehanna, and the Delaware.

• Book: Edrington, Bill . Fly Fishing the Arkansas: An Angler's Guide and Journal . 2003 . Xlibris Corporation . 141343522X ., a very nicely written, comprehensive but concise guide to fly-fishing the upper Arkansas River from Leadville to Royal Gorge Colorado.
• Book: Staples . Bruce . Jacklin . Bob . Fly Fishing West Yellowstone-A History and Guide . Stackpole Books . Guilford, CT . 2021 . 978-0811738255.

Fly rods and fly casting

• Book: Bowlker, Charles . Art of Angling-Containing Directions for Fly-Fishing, Trolling, Making Artificial Flies, etc. . London . 1854 .
• Book: Wells, Henry P. . Fly Rods and Fly Tackle . Harper & Brothers . New York . 1885 .
• Book: Holden, George Parker . The Idyl of Split-Bamboo – A Carefully Detailed Description of the Rod's Building . Stewart and Kidd Company Publishers . Cincinnati, OH . 1920 .
• Book: Robinson, Gilmer G. . Fly Casting . A. S. Barnes & Co . New York . 1942 .
• Book: Smedley, Harold H. "Dike" . Accuracy Fly Casting . 1949 . Ziff-Davis Publishing . Chicago-New York ., illustrated fly casting guide by Winner of National, Great Lakes, Midwest, Michigan and New York Fly Casting Championships.
• Book: Garrison, Everett . Carmichael, Hoagy . 1977 . A master's Guide to Building a bamboo fly rod . Martha's Glen Publishers . New York . 0811703525 .
• Book: Wulff, Joan . Joan Wulff's Fly-Casting Techniques . 1987 . Nick Lyons Books . New York . 094113038X .
• Book: Gierach, John . John Gierach . Fishing Bamboo-One Man's Love Affair with Bamboo Fly Rods . 1997 . The Lyons Press . New York . 1558215913 ., Noted angling author John Gierach's musings about Bamboo fly rodswhy he fishes and collects them.^[23]

Notes and References

1. Book: Herd, Dr. Andrew . The Fly . Medlar Press . Shropshire, UK . 2003 . 1899600191.
2. Sisk, Toney J., Wayward Fly Fishing Book Reviews
3. Nelson, Bryant (December 6, 1992), "OUTDOORS; Insightful Reading on Hunting and Fishing to Pass the Winter", The New York Times book review
4. Web site: Sisk, Toney J. Wayward Fly Fishing Book Reviews.
5. Web site: Petti, Bob, Global Fly Fisher Book Reviews . 2010-03-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101114165102/http://globalflyfisher.com/reviews/books/bookbase/show_single.php?id=119 . 2010-11-14 . dead .
6. Book: Gingrich, Arnold . The Fishing In Print-A Guided Tour Through Five Centuries of Angling Literature . 282 . 1974 . Winchester Press . New York . 0876911572 .
7. Book: Schullery, Paul . American Fly Fishing-A History . 1996 . The Easton Press . Norwalk, Connecticut . 85–99, 199–200 . .
8. Book: Gingrich, Arnold . The Fishing In Print-A Guided Tour Through Five Centuries of Angling Literature . registration . 1974 . Winchester Press . New York . 334 .
9. Book: Serviente, Barry . Angler's Art Catalog . 1996 . 95–96 . Plainfield, Pennsylvania . The Anglers Art .
10. Book: Gingrich, Arnold . The Fishing In Print-A Guided Tour Through Five Centuries of Angling Literature . registration . 1974 . 317–18 . Winchester Press . New York .
11. Book: Schullery, Paul . American Fly Fishing-A History . 1996 . The Easton Press . Norwalk, Connecticut . 127 .
12. Web site: Bie, Tom, Rodholders: John Gierach. https://web.archive.org/web/20100313165015/http://midcurrent.com/articles/books/gierach_profile.aspx. dead. March 13, 2010.
13. Lehmann-Haupt, Christopher (April 1, 1991), "BOOKS OF THE TIMES; Fly-Fishing and Other Essentials", The New York Times book review
14. Book: Gingrich, Arnold . The Joys of Trout . registration . 1973 . 186 . Crown Publishers, Inc. . New York . 0517505843 .
15. News: October 21, 2007 . Veteran Fly Fisherman Authors 'The Fly Rod Chronicles' Essays on The Quiet Sport of Fly Fishing . Sortis Publishing . Newswire.
16. Web site: W.J. Schaldach Painting – Rising Trout – 20th Century American Fine Art. www.bedfordfineartgallery.com.
17. Book: Gingrich, Arnold . The Joys of Trout . registration . 1973 . 85–87 . Crown Publishers, Inc. . New York . 0517505843 .
18. Haig-Brown, Roderick L., Tom Brayshaw in Book: Starkman, Susan B. . Read, Stanley E. . The Contemplative Man's Recreation: A Bibliography of Books on Angling and Game Fish in the Library of The University of British Columbia . 1970 . 15–20 . The Library of the University of British Columbia . Vancouver, Canada .
19. Web site: Academic Book: Life and Work of Writer Annie Trumbull Slosson – A Connecticut Local Colorist. mellenpress.com.
20. Web site: Fiction Set In Maine, Waterboro Public Library . 2010-03-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080724223711/http://www.waterborolibrary.org/maineaut/setinmaine2.htm . 2008-07-24 . dead .
21. Web site: Fly Anglers OnLine, Your Complete Internet Flyfishing Resource.. www.flyanglersonline.com.
22. Web site: Globe Pequot Press . 2010-03-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20050209002914/http://www.globepequot.com/globepequot/index.cfm?fuseaction=customer.product&product_code=1-55821-017-2&category_code=PARKS . 2005-02-09 . dead .
23. Web site: Wood, Vreeland, Fly Fishing Resources Book Reviews . 2010-03-10 . https://archive.today/20070719110401/http://www.lycoming.edu/orgs/flyco/reviews.htm . 2007-07-19 . dead .