Troutnut Forum > Fly Fishing Discussion > Fly-Fishing Literature
| Grannom | March 13th, 2008, 2:39 pm | |
| Northwest PA Posts: 53 | I am looking for some reading. What does everyone here like? Also, I am not asking about informational books... Preferably, something with some meaning, which requires some analysis. Mike | |
| "Be calm - you're there..." "...Tell yourself there's no rush, even if there is." -John Gierach | ||
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| Troutnut | March 13th, 2008, 3:00 pm | |
| Fairbanks, AK Posts: 1115 | Ernest Schwiebert | |
| Jason Neuswanger The Troutnut | ||
| Taxon | March 13th, 2008, 3:54 pm | |
| Mercer Island, WA Posts: 485 | How about the Holy Bible? I suspect that would satisfy your criteria. | |
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| Troutnut | March 13th, 2008, 5:06 pm | |
| Fairbanks, AK Posts: 1115 | Nah... best to stick to Schwiebert. | |
| Jason Neuswanger The Troutnut | ||
| Grannom | March 13th, 2008, 5:24 pm | |
| Northwest PA Posts: 53 | I didn't realize that my "criteria" was so very specific. | |
| "Be calm - you're there..." "...Tell yourself there's no rush, even if there is." -John Gierach | ||
| Flybyknight | March 13th, 2008, 5:34 pm | |
| Milton, DE Posts: 65 | Oh you found my button and pushed! No other sport is so replete with esoteric literature as fly fishing! In humility I could refer you to 108 authors who have made documented and proven positive contributions to our sport and still exclude the horde of B.S. artists. But here is a sampling to get you going. I'll break it down thusly: CLASSIC "Country Contentments" Gervase Markam 1631 VINTAGE "Troutfishing from All Angles" Eric Travener, 1929 MODERN "A Modern Dry Fly Code" Vincent Marinaro, 1950 "Matching the Hatch" Ernest Schwiebert, 1955 My recommendation for starters" "Trout" Ray Bergman, 1952 "The Practical Fly Fisherman" A. J. McClane, 1953 SERIOUS LITERATURE Fly Fishing, Some New Arts & Mysteries" J.C. Mottram London, The Field Press, 1915 SERIOUS HOW TO "Selective Trout" Doug Swisher and Carl Richards, Crown Publishers, 1971 Please let us know of your progress. Dick | |
| Lightly on the dimpling eddy fling; the hypocritic fly's unruffled wing. Thomas Scott | ||
| Wbranch | March 13th, 2008, 8:20 pm | |
| Starlight PA Posts: 230 | "How about the Holy Bible? I suspect that would satisfy your criteria." Amen Taxon | |
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| Martinlf | March 13th, 2008, 11:32 pm | |
| Palmyra PA Posts: 907 | What Matt and Taxon said, and anything by Nick Lyons. | |
| Louis Is it not an art to deceive a trout with an artificial fly? A trout! that is more sharp-sighted than any hawk . . . and more watchful and timorous than your high-mettled merlin is bold! --Izaak Walton The Compleat Angler | ||
| Shawnny3 | March 14th, 2008, 11:21 am | |
| Pleasant Gap, PA Posts: 541 | Personal favorite: The River Why, by David James Duncan. THE classic: The Compleat Angler, by Isaak Walton. -Shawn | |
| Jewelry-Quality Artistic Salmon Flies, by Shawn Davis www.davisflydesigns.com | ||
| LittleJ | March 14th, 2008, 1:35 pm | |
| Hollidaysburg Pa Posts: 132 | anything written by John Gierach. It's not informative, nor is there really any deep meaning, but they are very entertaining. jeff edit- i should have read your signature, i assume you've already read his books. | |
| Softhackle | March 14th, 2008, 1:40 pm | |
| Wellsville, NY Posts: 145 | I'd like to suggest TROUT HUNTING by Bob Wyatt. There's a lot within the pages. It's entertaining, informative, thought provoking, gives some great fly dressings and has some great photos of flies taken by Hans Weilenmann. Of the most recent books I've read on the subject of fly fishing, I've enjoyed this book the most. It has a little of everything. For shear enjoyment and entertainment: TROUT MADNESS & TROUT MAGIC By Robert Travers FISHLESS DAYS, ANGLING NIGHTS by Sparse Gray Hackle Happy reading, Mark | |
| "I have the highest respect for the skilled wet-fly fisherman, as he has mastered an art of very great difficulty." Edward R. Hewitt Flymphs, Soft-hackles and Spiders | ||
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