What we read and watch right now - Book and video reviews
The books on the GFF bed table
A Passion Called Salmon
The Story of Our Passion for Atlantic Salmon
By Sasha Savic
DVD/Video: First impression
A fascinating journey with the salmon passionate Sasha Savic visiting some of the world's most fantastic salmon rivers, telling a very personal story about salmon fishing and the preservation of Atlantic salmon.
Being watched by Martin Joergensen - Review will be online June 24th 2012
Atlantic Salmon Flies of Nova Scotia
A collection of Atlantic Salmon flies and a tribute to those that tie them
By Damian Lee Welsh
Book: First impression
You have to love this kind of book! Published by a local enthusiast and full of patterns that are used locally. Nothing any large publisher would probably touch, but thanks to Damian Welsh and a self-publishing project the book is available to the whole world as print-on-demand.
Published by Self published (Blurb) 2011
Being read by Martin Joergensen - Review will be online June 9th 2012
Bass Bug Basics
Simple Techniques for Tying Deer-Hair Flies
By John M. Likakis
Book: First impression
A nice intro to tying bass bugs, but not exactly impressing. It does contain some good tips, but dull B/W print and small page count counts down this book on one of my favorite fly-tying subjects: tying with deer hair.
Being read by Martin Joergensen
Casting illusions
By Tom Rosenbauer
Book: First impression
A beautiful book with fairly short texts about fly fishing experiences in general accompanied by lots of really nice pictures by some of the best photographers in the business.
Being read by Martin Joergensen
Century end
a fly tying journey, some originals, some traditionals, some observations
By Paul Ptalis
Book: First impression
Beautiful flies, beautiful pictures. Classic salmon flies at their best.
Being read by Martin Joergensen
Chalk Streams and Lazy Trout
Pictured by a Trout Fisherman
By Robin Armstrong
Book: First impression
Robin Armstrong has been painting most of his life, but also used to be a river keeper. This book catches the life on a chalkstream in beautiful images and nicely written text. Also see our article about the artist here.
Being read by Martin Joergensen
Dyeing and Bleaching
Natural Fly-Tying Materials, second edition
By A. K. Best
Book: First impression
This is a real classic written by the renown fly tyer and tying book author A. K. Best. The book was overhauled in 2004 and reprinted in a second edition with color images. It's the bible when it comes to dying fly tying materials, and is extremely thorough and useful - even for those that have no plans of dying, but just want to treat their materials as good as possible.
Being read by Martin Joergensen
Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art
By Terry Hellekson
Book: First impression
An impressing book. An encyclopedia of fly patterns, history and tying methods. Huge and with enormous amounts of material.
Published by Gibbs Smith 2005
Being read by Martin Joergensen
Fishing Sense
By Philip Weigall
Book: First impression
A slightly more practical and less anecdotal book from Australian Philip Weigall, but still some wonderful stories in a beautiful, small package.
Published by Exisle Publishing 2011
Being read by Martin Joergensen
Flies, Flowers, Fur and Feather
A Guide to the Waterside Flowers, Flies and Artificial Flies of Interest to the Fisherman
By John Cawthorne
Book: First impression
A really beautiful little book about insects, flies and flowers, At first glance it reminds me a lot of the books from my biology and botany studies at the University of Copenhagen, but with a very distinct poetic and aesthetic style in layout and illustrations.
Being read by Martin Joergensen
Fly Fisherman's Guide to Saltwater Prey
How to Match Coastal Prey Fish and Invertebrates with the Fly Patterns That Imitate Them
By Aaron J. Adams
Book: First impression
If you are into fly fishing saltwater and like to tie your own flies, this is a book worth considering. Running through a number of groups and species of widespread prey, Aaron Adams covers warm water predators and prey and shows all species and patterns in hundreds of color photos.
Published by Stackpole Books 2008
Being read by Martin Joergensen
Fly-Fishing Secrets of Alaska's Best Guides
By Will Rice
Book: First impression
A guidebook to Alaska's best waters, organized by region. I'd probably still want to hire a guide if I was making the trip, but this book will give the reader some thoughts on where to go and what to expect.
Published by Stackpole Books 2006
Being read by Bob Petti
Flywater
Fly-Fishing Rivers of the West
By Grant McClintock
Book: First impression
An impressing photo book in the true coffee table sense. A large, thick and beautiful book with pages up and pages down of stunning photos from the American west.
Published by Universe/Rizolli 2010
Being read by Martin Joergensen
Friends on the Water
Fly Fishing in Good Company
By R. Valentine Atkinson
Book: First impression
Atkinson's photos are all over the place: in magazines, in catalogs, in books, online and offline. That means that we have seen a lot of them already, and I have been disappointed before when buying Atkinson books. But this one features a lot of images that I haven't seen before as well as stories in the usual R. Valentine Atkinson style: written by mainly well-known fly anglers.
Being read by Martin Joergensen
Gaula
River of Silver & Gold
By Daniel G¨z and Anton Hamacher
DVD/Video: First impression
A stunning and beautifully filmed portrait of the Norwegian salmon river Gaula.
Published by G+K Film 2012
Being watched by Martin Joergensen
Guide Flies
How to Tie and Fish the Killer Flies from America's Greatest Guides and Fly Shops
By Dave Klausmeyer
Book: First impression
Klausemeyer's style is impeccable although not very exciting. The book is a catalog of US flies, mainly trout flies for stream use, illustrated with a photo and accompanied by a materials list and a short description of the fly, the guide behind it and a bit about where and how to fish it.
Being read by Martin Joergensen
Hatch
An Extraordinary Fly Fishing Film
By Nick Reygaert
DVD/Video: First impression
Beautifully filmed video about hatches of all kinds in many different places. A little more than an hour of exquisite footage of fly-fishing and nature. Mayfly hatches, krill hatches and even ant hatches!
Published by Gin Clear Media 2012
Being watched by Martin Joergensen
Heart of the Driftless
Featuring Reverb
By Robert Thompson
DVD/Video: First impression
Another extremely beautiful video from Robert Thompson. Driftless has nothing to do with the drift of a fly, but with glacial traces - glacial drift - in this case in southwestern Wisconsin. The DVD also features the portrait of a punk band that has a common passion: fly-fishing in the form of the video Reverb. The DVD is chuck full of great footage, close to three hours altogether.
Published by Thhirdyearflyfisher 2012
Being watched by Martin Joergensen - Review will be online May 26th 2012
How To Catch the Biggest Trout of your Life
By Landon Mayer
Book: First impression
For those who are interested in chasing the biggest trout around, this book is chock full of excellent advice.
Published by Wild River Press 2007
Being read by Bob Petti
Itu's Bones
A story about bonefish
By Carl McNiel
DVD/Video: First impression
A fantastic and in may ways touching story about a bonefish gillnet fisherman who helps his community turn towards guiding bonefish anglers and protect the fantastic bonefish population on his home island in the Pacific. See more on the home page for the DVD and the project.
Being watched by Martin Joergensen
Lefty's Favorite Fly-Fishing Waters
By Lefty Kreh
Book: First impression
Another escapee from "Lefty's Little Library", where he describes his favorite places to fish for all sorts of different fish. Man oh man - this guy really has been there and done that. Over and over again.
Published by The Lyons Press 2004
Being read by Bob Petti
Night of the Hex
Big bugs, big fish... a fly fishing experience
By Robert Thompson
DVD/Video: First impression
A video about the fabled Hex fishing in Michigan. Lots of personal stories about the fishing, beautiful river scenery... and fishing in the dark where the Hexagenia hatches.
Published by Thirdyearflyfisher 2010
Being watched by Martin Joergensen
Nymph Fishing
By Terry Lawton
Book: First impression
Quite an interesting look at the history and development of nymph fishing, with a decidedly UK slant. There are plenty of how-to's in the book, but the focus is not so much "how should you do it", but "how they did it"
Published by Stackpole Books 2005
Being read by Bob Petti
Patagonian Silver
Fishing for Sea Trout in the Land of the Winds
By Mountain Media
DVD/Video: First impression
A journey to the amazingly windy realms of southern Argentina in the pursuit of large sea run sea trout.
Published by Mountain Media 2011
Being watched by Martin Joergensen
Pike on the Fly
In pursuit of the water wolf
By Barry Reynolds
DVD/Video: First impression
Endless pike action with large fish being caught from boat. Entertaining indeed!
Published by BT2 Productions 2008
Being watched by Martin Joergensen
Raising the Ghost
Dry fly steelhead fishing like never seen before
By FlyBoys
DVD/Video: First impression
Action and conservation, displaying some thrilling dry fly fishing for steelhead (with dead drifted green drakes!), but also airing the concern that many anglers have for this magnificent fish.
Published by FlyBoys 2009
Being watched by Martin Joergensen
Saltwater Fly Patterns
By Lefty Kreh
Book: First impression
This is a fly tying book from 1995 and that's pretty obvious when you run through it. Simple in scope, plain and fairly boring plates of a bunch of flies accompanied by a pattern description with materials listings. Not much new, and not much to be excited about.
Being read by Martin Joergensen
Small Fry
The Lure of the Little
By ron P. swegman
Book: First impression
Small Fry is the physical incarnation of an online experiment performed by author ron P. swegman and this site in cooperation. A series of chapters or short stories, written and illustrated by swegman and published here during 2008. The complete text can be read online here, but if you want it on paper, this is it!
Published by Whitefish Press 2009
Being read by Martin Joergensen
Snook on a Fly
Tackle, Tactics, and Tips for Catching the Great Saltwater Gamefish
By Norm Zeigler
Book: First impression
I've never fished for snook, but if I were to plan a trip, this book would be an excellent place to start gathering facts.
Published by Stackpole Books 2007
Being read by Bob Petti
Streams of Dreams
Fly Fishing Around the World
By John Ross
Book: First impression
A book about fishing destinations, mainly streams, all over the world with nice pictures. I read the short chapter on Denmark with a slight smirk on my face. Not much in-depth information, but a recommendation of one of my flies! A recommendation I'm almost sure must come from GFF...
Being read by Martin Joergensen
The Angler's Paradise
A History of the Taupo Fishery
By John Ball
DVD/Video: First impression
A nice contemporary as well as historical account of the fishing in New Zealand's Lake Taupo told though images, video and interviews.
Being watched by Martin Joergensen
The Best Fly-Fishing trips Money Can Buy
By Pat Ford
Book: First impression
If money was no object, where would you go fishing? This book has some ideas on that, and a gazillion beautiful pictures of amazing fish in amazing places.
Published by Stackpole Books 2006
Being read by Bob Petti
The Cast
By Ed Jaworowski
Book: First impression
A paperback reprint of Ed's 1992 book. The one-and-only casting class I ever took was taught by Ed. What a treat. The man knows what he is doing. It will be interesting to see if anything has changed in the world of casting since originally published.
Published by Stackpole Books 2006
Being read by Bob Petti
The Dead Drift
An in depth analysis to fly fishing in New Zealand
By Steve Couper
DVD/Video: First impression
A very educating and beautiful DVD about NZ fishing with guide Dean Bell as a very good angler and instructor.
Published by Stealth Films 2008
Being watched by Martin Joergensen
The Fishing Club
Brothers and Sisters of the Angle
By Bob Rich
Book: First impression
A collection of who's who and where's where of the fly fishing world, as Bob Rich rubs elbows with the famous and well-to-do.
Published by The Lyons Press 2006
Being read by Bob Petti
The Orvis Fly-Fishing Guide
By Tom Rosenbauer
Book: First impression
An excellent, udpated overview of fly fishing as you would expect from someone like Tom Rosenbauer.
Published by The Lyons Press 2007
Being read by Bob Petti
The Orvis Guide to the Essential American Flies
By Tom Rosenbauer
Book: First impression
A beautiful large format book with a detailed background story and tying instructions for a number of truly classical flies in all categories. Garnished with tonnes of excellent photos.
Published by Universe/Rizolli 2011
Being read by Martin Joergensen
The Scandinavian Spey Cast - Part II
Fly fishing academy volume 5 featuring Henrik Mortensen
By Henrik Mortensen
DVD/Video: First impression
Lots of very nice footage of very nice salmon caught in very nice water. Concentrating on dry fly fishing for salmon and on developing your casting technique. Taking place on Bonaventure and the Cascapedias this DVD shows some stunningly clear water and some massive fish striking in the surface.
Published by Newsline Video Production/Henrik Mortensen 2009
Being watched by Martin Joergensen
Thunder Creek Flies
Tying and fishing the classic baitfish imitations
By Kieth Fulsher with David Klausemeyer
Book: First impression
A really fantastic book about a single type of streamer - the Thunder Creek. Beautiful and of course very thorough with excellent photos and lots of advice, stories and general thoughts on fishing.
Published by Stackpole Books 2006
Being read by Martin Joergensen
Trout at Ten Thousand Feet
Reflections of a Passionate Fisherman
By John Bailey
Book: First impression
This book starts with the lines: "If you're even thinking of embarking on the life of a traveller - an angling traveller or not makes not a jot of difference - there are plenty of things to get straight in your head." and tells about the travels and fishing experiences of the author in a humorous way, easy to read and illustrated with nice little B/W vignettes.
Being read by Martin Joergensen
Trout Hunting
The Pursuit of Happiness
By Bob Wyatt
Book: First impression
This is a book that gets better every time I pick it up. Some of the photos inside reflect the dawn of the digital camera (i.e. a little noisy), but buy the book for the text, not the pretty pictures.
Published by Stackpole Books 2005
Being read by Bob Petti
Trout of the World
By James Prosek
Book: First impression
A stunningly beautiful and fascinating book in spite of its extremely simple concept: paint a picture of each of as many trout species and variations as possible. Simple images: a fish flat on its side on white background. But Prosek's fabulous style and the sheer number and variations is enough to spellbind.
Being read by Martin Joergensen
Turning Tail
The Atlantic Salmon's Great New Leap
By Carter Davidson
DVD/Video: First impression
A classic style documentary about the history, the current state and the future of the Atlantic salmon on the east coast of the north American continent.
Published by Gray Ghost Productions 2012
Being watched by Martin Joergensen
Urban Flyfishing
By Dean Hodson, John Pearson, Dean Andrews & John Tyzack
DVD/Video: First impression
An introduction to an undervalued and underestimated fishing destination: fishing in the middle of the city. Starting out about a mile from the center of UK town Sheffield, Dean Andrews & John Tyzack take us fishing for urban trout and grayling in their usual chatting and educating style.
Published by Fish On Productions 2010
Being watched by Martin Joergensen
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