All book reviews

Book title	Author	Review	Reviewed	Rating
100 Weird Ways to Catch Fish	John Waldman	About a year go GFF visitor and author John Waldman (of "Stripers, An Angler's Anthology" fame) posted a message on our discussion board with the subject	2005	Excellent ★★★★★★★
A Celebration of Salmon Rivers	R. Randolph Ashton (photos)	The cover picture is from Laxa in Ađaldal on Iceland and does strike a note, which suits this book eloquently, being a journey in words and pictures to the world's best salmon waters.	2008	Excellent ★★★★★★★
A Fly Fisher's Reflections	John Goddard	A compilation of articles and essays from one of the finest trout fishermen in the world.	2003	Excellent ★★★★★★★
A Fly Fishing Guide to Rocky Mountain National Park	Steven B. Schweitzer	In the interests of full disclosure, let me state up front that the author of "A Fly Fishing Guide to Rocky Mountain National Park", Steve Schweitzer, is a partner/co-founder of this web site as we	2011	Xtra Global Class! ★★★★★★★
A Little Thing I Tied Myself	Don MacLean		2012	Above average ★★★★★★★
A New Generation of Trout Flies	Scott Sanchez	Ok - so - how happy was I to see that someone finally convinced Scott Sanchez to write a book?	2006	Global Class ★★★★★★★
A Passion for Pike	Ad Swier	It's nice sometimes to bump into a different book, and Dutch Ad Swier's pike book is different.	2007	Excellent ★★★★★★★
A Passion for Steelhead	Dec Hogan	Dec Hogan is well known in the fly fishing world as a master of the two-handed fly rod, but until I picked up "A Passion for Steelhead" I did not know much about Dec Hogan the angler.	2006	Xtra Global Class! ★★★★★★★
A Passion for Tarpon	Andy Mill	The Masters on the Fly series of books by Wild River Press (see here ,	2010	Xtra Global Class! ★★★★★★★
A Perfect Fish	Ken Abrames	A fantastic and fascinating striper book by the author of "Striper Moon"	1999	Global Class ★★★★★★★
A World of Pike Flies	Ad Swier	In the European pike fly fishing community Dutch Ad Swier is a well known profile, probably best known for his beautiful art, often depicting the toothy predator which this book is about, but also	2014	Excellent ★★★★★★★
ABU Optic Flies	Michael Jensen	A small book written by Danish Michael Jensen about Swedish ABU's renowned series of streamers from the 60's, known as the Optic Flies.	2018	Excellent ★★★★★★★
ACA's Beginner's Guide to Fly Casting	John Field	A true beginner's guide to casting, providing basic knowledge of gear and casting, advice on how to get better, and help in troubleshooting.	2018	Excellent ★★★★★★★
Advanced Fly Tying	A.K.Best	The Proven Methods and Techniques of a Master	2002	Excellent ★★★★★★★
Advanced Fly-Fishing Techniques	Lefty Kreh	Lefty takes us from soup to nuts and offers us his opinions on many things flyfishing related.	2002	Above average ★★★★★★★
Advanced Flytying Techniques	Barry Ord Clarke	A new book from Barry Ord Clarke is a pretty safe bet on a good book, and this one is indeed good	2024	Global Class ★★★★★★★
America’s Favorite Flies	Rob Carter and John Bryan	Impressing in both scope, size, page count and weight, this book presents 224 US fly tyers and their favorite patterns.	2019	Excellent ★★★★★★★
An Entirely Synthetic Fish	Anders Halverson	Now this is not your average angling or fly-fishing book and definitely not a how-to or where-to book for the fly-fisher.	2012	Excellent ★★★★★★★
Atlantic Salmon Flies of Nova Scotia	Damian Lee Welsh	I have said this before in connection with other books: I wish there were more books like this!	2012	Excellent ★★★★★★★
Atlantic Salmon Handbook	Peter Bodo	Although this book is riddled with errors it does convey the basic information that a beginning Atlantic salmon fisher would need.	1997	Average ★★★★★★★
Atlantic Salmon Magic	Topher Browne	"Strike!"	2011	Xtra Global Class! ★★★★★★★
Atlantic Salmon: An Illustrated Natural History	Rod Sutterby & Malcolm Greenhalgh	The subtitle for this book is "An illustrated natural history", and that is exactly what it is.	2006	Excellent ★★★★★★★
Backwoods Brook Trout	Frederick Prince	"I spent most of 1949 in utero, gradually gaining awareness that something truly good awaited once I left the waters of my beginnings." A review of Frederick Prince's book.	2018	Excellent ★★★★★★★
Bass Bug Basics	John M. Likakis		2012	Average ★★★★★★★
Bass Bug Fishing	William G. Tapply	This small volume is a general overview of the bass bug fly-fishing.	2002	Below average ★★★★★★★
Bassin with a Fly Rod	Jack Ellis	When I first read "Bassin' with a Fly Rod", I knew that I had found a book to my liking when I read this passage:	2005	Excellent ★★★★★★★
Becoming a Fly Fisher - From Brookie Days to The Tenth Level	John Randolph	If you want to know who's who and where's where, John Randolph is the guy to learn from. If there's anyone he hasn't fished with, and anywhere he hasn't fished, I'd be mighty surprised.	2002	Excellent ★★★★★★★
Beginner's Guide to Flytying	Chris Mann & Terry Griffiths	There are hundreds of books for the beginning flytyer, many of which are published by material manufacturers or tool manufacturers to 'lure' you into buying their wares.	2000	Global Class ★★★★★★★
Big Trout - How and Where to Target Trophies	Bernie Taylor	If you're content fishing for ten inch brown trout in secluded settings, great. If you have the desire and means to chase down big (and I mean big) trout, read this book.	2002	Global Class ★★★★★★★
Biological Time	Bernie Taylor	About a month ago, a friend and I fished NY's Salmon River and enjoyed a day of continuous action.	2004	Excellent ★★★★★★★
Bonefish Fly Patterns	Dick Brown	This is a thoroughly updated new edition of Dick Brown's classic title with new patterns added, excellent photos, in-depth descriptions and flies tied by the originators.	2011	Global Class ★★★★★★★
Bonefishing!	Randall Kaufmann	I wanna go Bonefishing!	2002	Xtra Global Class! ★★★★★★★
Casting illusions	Tom Rosenbauer		2012	Above average ★★★★★★★
Catch that fish	Peter Gathercole	With a subtitle such as "The essential guide to fly fishing tactics" and cover texts such as "When to fish and where to cast" and "How to match the perfect fly" the promises are piling up i	2002	Excellent ★★★★★★★
Century end	Paul Ptalis		2012	Excellent ★★★★★★★
Chalk and Cheese	Charles Hamer	An English flyfisher acquires a house in France - which just happens to have a chalk stream running its property	2020	Excellent ★★★★★★★
Chalk Streams and Lazy Trout	Robin Armstrong		2011	Excellent ★★★★★★★
Charlie Craven's Basic Fly Tying	Charlie Craven	Charlie Craven is no stranger to anyone who hangs out in the online fly tying bulletin boards, so the announcement of his new fly tying book was warmly received with a sense of keen anticipation.	2008	Global Class ★★★★★★★
Classic Michigan Flies	John Osborn, Illustrated by Joe van Faasen	This is not a big book by any measure - big as in pages, big as in format or big as in scope. Rather the opposite, actually. It's a small publication with a narrow subject.	2013	Excellent ★★★★★★★
Classic Salmon Fly Patterns	Michael D. Randencich	To borrow from Jerry Maguire, you had me at 1700 patterns. One thousand seven hundred patterns. Chew on that for awhile.	2013	Xtra Global Class! ★★★★★★★
Classic Steelhead Flies	John Shewey	John Shewey has something going on with steelhead with several books on the subject already under his belt.	2015	Global Class ★★★★★★★
Clouser's Flies	Bob Clouser	It sure is nice to see Bob's flies celebrated in such a book. Heavy bond paper with a glossy sheen, beautiful full color photos, and lots of step-by-step instructions. Very nice.	2006	Excellent ★★★★★★★
Creative Fly Tying	Mike Mercer	I'm going to work this review backwards and do the complaints first.	2006	Excellent ★★★★★★★
Creative GeWe Wet Flies	Dale A. Darling	A wonderful little book with Belgian Geert Werbrouck's beautiful wet flies. Lots of pictures, lots of patterns, lots of tying and material tips.	2019	Excellent ★★★★★★★
Crooked Lines	Dominic Garnett	Some fishing books teaches you stuff, some fascinate you, some entertain you. Some do all and more	2016	Global Class ★★★★★★★
Czech Nymph	Karel Krivanec et al.	I was tying at a show in Roscoe, NY this past Spring when a gentleman approached my table to ask about tying Czech nymphs, referring the article I wrote a couple years ag	2007	Excellent ★★★★★★★
Das große Trockenfliegen-Buch	Lukas Bammatter & Daniel Luther	We don't often review books in German, but it has happened. And since we do have a large German audience - the second largest after the 'merikans - it's not totally out of the way to do so.	2014	Excellent ★★★★★★★
Designing Poppers, Sliders & Divers	Steven B. Schweitzer	This book raises the bar for warm water fly rod lure making books. Elmer Meiler reviews Steve Schweitzer's book.	2018	Xtra Global Class! ★★★★★★★
Distant Waters - The Greatest Fly-fishing Worldwide	R.Valentine Atkinson (editor and photos)	R.Valentine Atkinson (ed. and photos) Distant Waters - The Greatest Fly-fishing Worldwide Published by Mitchell Beazley, Great Britain, 1997 ISBN 1-84000-010-4	2002	Global Class ★★★★★★★
Drag-Free Drift	Joseph A. Kissane	Drag-free drift is more than just adding a couple feet of 7x to your leader. Much more.	2002	Excellent ★★★★★★★
Dry Fly Fishing	Dave Hughes	Dave Hughes has authored a number of excellent and practical books covering a variety of fly fishing topics. This volume is no exception.	2000	Excellent ★★★★★★★
Dry-Fly Patterns for the New Millenium	Poul Jorgensen	In the year 2000, the ladies and gentlemen at the Catskill Fly Fishing Center and Museum extended an open invitation to fly tyers around the world to submit flie	2003	Excellent ★★★★★★★
Dyeing and Bleaching	A. K. Best	As you probably already know I'm an avid proponent of buying used books, and because of this you often see reviews of books with a few years on their back.	2011	Excellent ★★★★★★★
Essential Saltwater Flies	Ed Jaworowski	This book is some years old and can be bought used for about 10 US dollars, which makes it a very good deal, because this is an excellent book.	2011	Excellent ★★★★★★★
Extreme Flyfishing	R.L "Bob" Nunley	Want a great and affordable gift for a flyfisherman - or a little treat for yourself?	2002	Excellent ★★★★★★★
Farlows Salmon Flies	Martin Lanigan-O'Keeffe	This book is pretty exotic and definitely not for the average fly tyer. But if you are interested in classic salmon flies and their history, it's a book you must have on your shelves.	2017	Global Class ★★★★★★★
Feather Brain	Drew Chicone	If I were to commission a book on fly-tying from an author, the description of this book would be close to what I'd order.	2013	Excellent ★★★★★★★
Feather Mechanic II	Gordon van der Spuy	South African Gordon Spuy’s second book is different from the first one - but then again somewhat similar, which is a good thing.	2023	Global Class ★★★★★★★
Fifty more places to fly fish before you die	Chris Santella	I have never been really fond of Chris Santella's book "Fifty places to Fly Fish Before You Die", which I bought several years ago.	2011	Average ★★★★★★★
Fifty Places to Fly Fish Before You Die	Chris Santella	See the review A Hundred Places to Fly Fish Before You Die	2007	Above average ★★★★★★★
Fire & Ice	Adrian Latimer		2012	Excellent ★★★★★★★
Fish Camp Fail	Ben Jailler	Joining author Ben Jailler on his fishing trips in the UK is bound to bring a smile on your face – and probably make you laugh out uncontrollably a few times	2022	Global Class ★★★★★★★
Fish Fights: A Hall of Fame Quest	Bob Rich	This is a first! I have read many books, which I had a hard time putting down once I started, but never a fishing book. Not until this one at least.	2005	Global Class ★★★★★★★
Fish Flies I and II	Terry Hellekson	This is an amazing couple of books! Volume one has been sitting on my bookshelf for many years and I have had it out many times to check facts about various patterns.	2006	Above average ★★★★★★★
Fisheye	Matt Hayes	I'm pretty delighted with this book. Delighted with the fact that it's a book, which combines two of my main interests: fishing and photography.	2012	Excellent ★★★★★★★
Fishing in Grayling Paradise	Karel Krivanec	The introduction to this book starts with the following paragraph "I have written many articles about the Warm Vltava river over the past ten years with detailed descriptions of particular streams	2014	Above average ★★★★★★★
Fishing Limestone Streams	Charles Meck	Charles Meck is no stranger to fly fisherman, at least those in the mid-Atlantic states, as he's been writing books and articles about fly fishing since the 1960's.	2005	Above average ★★★★★★★
Fishing Online: 1,000 Best Websites	Craig Buddo	If you had asked me a while back, I'd have answered that a book on web sites is a stillborn idea. End of story.	2004	Excellent ★★★★★★★
Fishing Season	Philip Weigall	This is one of those books that I wish I bumped into more often. I did actually bump into this one.	2011	Global Class ★★★★★★★
Fishing Sense	Philip Weigall		2012	Excellent ★★★★★★★
Fishing Small Flies	Ed Engle	With "Fishing Small Flies", Ed Engle has given us the 2nd half of his treatise on small fly fishing, joining his prior work "Tying Small Flies" to give readers a true master's course on the topic o	2005	Global Class ★★★★★★★
Fishy's Favorites	Jay 'Fishy' Fullum	Jay "Fishy" Fullum is no stranger to readers of Fly Tyer and other popular flyfishing magazines.	2006	Excellent ★★★★★★★
FISK - scaled-up	Søren Skarby	This book features some stunning images of fish! It’s a Danish book, but I think it deserves some attention here anyway	2023	Global Class ★★★★★★★
Fleye Design	Bob Popovics	Bob Popovics can rightfully be called one of the most innovative fly tyers today. And he keeps on sharing new methods in his latest book.	2017	Global Class ★★★★★★★
Flies as art	Paul Whillock		2006	Excellent ★★★★★★★
Flies from the Flyleaves of my Diaries	Preben Torp Jacobsen	And at last the book is there: Torp in English. At last a book with the potential to reach beyond the borders of his small home country.	1997	Above average ★★★★★★★
Flies, Flowers, Fur and Feather	John Cawthorne		2012	Average ★★★★★★★
Flip Pallot's Memories, Mangroves & Magic	Flip Pallot	During a recent stay in London, I (of course) had to visit Farlow's in Pall Mall - a large and very well assorted outdoors, hunting and fishing shop.	2005	Excellent ★★★★★★★
Fly Couture	Nick Thomas	Some tyers tie different flies. Scottish Nick Thomas, now Wales based, is one of them. And he wrote a book about it.	2022	Global Class ★★★★★★★
Fly Fisherman's Guide to Saltwater Prey	Aaron J. Adams	If you are into fly fishing saltwater and like to tie your own flies, this is a book worth considering.	2009	Above average ★★★★★★★
Fly Fishing and Fly Tying II	JaromÃÂr Karafiat and Miroslav Machacek	You know - the internet is a wonderful thing. (As if you don't know that already).	2008	Global Class ★★★★★★★
Fly Fishing California's Great Waters	Dan Blanton	Dan Blanton hardly needs any introduction to most of GFF's readers, but anyhow: Blanton is the man behind the Fatal Attraction, a fly pattern that was amongst	2004	Excellent ★★★★★★★
Fly Fishing for Bass	Lefty Kreh	There are a few things you can count on when you read a book by Lefty Kreh - good storytelling, just-the-facts brevity, a conversation tone to the writing, and lots of practical no-nonsense advice.	2005	Above average ★★★★★★★
Fly Fishing for Bonefish	Dick Brown	Dick Brown's bonefishing book is a true classic, and one of the first ones that was recommended to me when I was taking on bonefish for the first time.	2008	Excellent ★★★★★★★
Fly Fishing for Striped Bass	Rich Murphy	All it took was one quick skim through this book for me to come up with the theme of my review. "I'm not worthy!" Really. I don't think I am. Wow.	2007	Global Class ★★★★★★★
Fly Fishing for Trophy Striped Bass	John L. Field	Any striper angler will want to spend a day fishing with the author after reading this book	2024	Excellent ★★★★★★★
Fly Fishing Mexico - the Yucatan Peninsula	Juan Pablo Reynal and Daniel Beilinson	This is a fantastically beautiful book!	2005	Excellent ★★★★★★★
Fly Fishing the Best Rivers of Patagonia, Argentina	Francisco Bedeschi	It is a stunning and mouth watering experience to let your fingers run through and your eyes run over this book.	2006	Excellent ★★★★★★★
Fly Fishing the Great Western Rivers	Ralph Kylloe	Some books just have it all: great images, well written text, large format, beautiful typography and all the nice graphic details. But very few have gold print.	2006	Xtra Global Class! ★★★★★★★
Fly Fishing the Mountain Lakes	Garry LaFontaine	This is one of the funniest books I have read for quite a while. I laughed a lot while I read it - and learned a lot.	1999	Excellent ★★★★★★★
Fly Fishing the Pacific Inshore	Ken Hanley	Ken Hanley has done it again - and beat himself at it: made a book about the less traditional fly fishing in the salt.	2002	Excellent ★★★★★★★
Fly Fishing Treasures	Steve Woit	I didn’t know that I was interested in collecting fly fishing paraphernalia – until I read Steve Woit’s book	2019	Global Class ★★★★★★★
Fly Fishing Warm Water Rivers	Joseph D. Cornwall	Before we get to the review, I have to confess that I am a bit biased, as I've known Joe for a few years through his involvement in a fly tying email group of which we're both members.	2005	Global Class ★★★★★★★
Fly Rodding the Coast	Ed Mitchell	No doubt that Ed Mitchell is an authority on coastal fishing. Judging from his book titles alone makes him one of the top experts on the subject.	2003	Above average ★★★★★★★
Fly tying	Morten "Coastfly" Hansen	Fly tying really makes beautiful books! 12 saltwater flies that catch fish!	2024	Excellent ★★★★★★★
Fly Tying Tips & Reference Guide	Dick Stewart	A collection of hundreds of small tying tips gathered during Stewart's career as an editor of American Angler and Fly Fish America.	1999	Average ★★★★★★★
Fly Waters Near & Far	Barry & Cathy Beck	I have been lucky enough to fish quite a lot of places in this world, and generally consider myself a well-travelled fly fisher.	2006	Global Class ★★★★★★★
Fly-casting Finesse	John L. Field	I'm not a big fan of learning to cast from a book, but there's little doubt that this book can actually make you a better fly caster. And it features a remote controlled dry training shark!	2016	Excellent ★★★★★★★
Fly-Fishing for Bonefish	Chico Fernandez	When I started researching for my first bonefishing trip, one of the first names I bumped into was Chico Fernandez. His flies, his stories, his photos, his articles.	2005	Above average ★★★★★★★
Fly-Fishing for Smallmouth in Rivers and Streams	Bob Clouser	A steaming bowl of chili, Jets vs Patriots, and a great book on smallmouth fishing filled with pictures of anglers in short sleeves and lots of sunshine.	2007	Excellent ★★★★★★★
Fly-Fishing Secrets of Alaska's Best Guides	Will Rice		2007	Above average ★★★★★★★
Fly-fishing the 41st	James Prosek	This book is one of the best fly-fishing books I have read in a long time. One of the best books, period.	2011	Global Class ★★★★★★★
Fly-Fishing's Final Frontier	Geoff Bernardo, Wally Edwards (Illustrator)	I recently reviewed the book "Flyfishing for Coarse Fish" by British Dominic Garnett, and noted in that review how untapped a resource these	2014	Global Class ★★★★★★★
Flyfishing for Coarse Fish	Dominic Garnett	I have fished quite a bit for coarse fish with a fly in my time. Bream, perch, roach - and pike of course. I even hooked some chub that willingly rose to a dry cast to rising trout.	2014	Excellent ★★★★★★★
Flyfishing in Ireland	Peter O'Reilly		2006	Above average ★★★★★★★
Flytying for Beginners	Barry Ord Clarke	A beginner's book that I'd actually recommend to beginners! Great pattern selection, excellent photography and nicely coupled to online videos.	2021	Global Class ★★★★★★★
Flywater	Grant McClintock		2012	Excellent ★★★★★★★
Freshwater Life	Jan Hamrsky	This book gives you the opportunity to make a connection with aquatic animals. You can watch these images over and over again. It is also full of information in the texts and pictures.	2017	Global Class ★★★★★★★
Friends on the Water	R. Valentine Atkinson		2011	Excellent ★★★★★★★
Fundamentals of Building a Bamboo Fly-Rod	George E. Maurer & Bernard P. Elser	Surprisingly, in an otherwise literature rich sport, there have been few quality fly-rod-building books. The ones that come readily to mind are AMATEUR RODMAKING, by Perry D.	2001	Global Class ★★★★★★★
Fusion Fly Tying	Greg Senyo	Greg Senyo's book on modern salmon and steelhead flies is a tour de force in goudy and flashy materials composed into large flies	2015	Excellent ★★★★★★★
Glimpses of Maine's Angling Past	Donald A. Wilson	I recently spent an evening reading a new book entitled "Glimpses of Maine's Angling Past", authored by Donald Wilson.	2000	Above average ★★★★★★★
Grayling Flies	Steve Skuce	A thorough work on a very specific subject: flies tied for grayling fishing. This popular fish has long been in need of a dedicated book, and this is the answer to the grayling fishers prayers: a very large number of patterns targeted at grayling. Nicely illustrated with plenty photos.	2016	Excellent ★★★★★★★
GT	Peter McLeod	Wow! I just have to say wow! GT's are just... wow... and this book is like… wow!	2016	Xtra Global Class! ★★★★★★★
Guide Flies	Dave Klausmeyer		2012	Above average ★★★★★★★
Hairwing & Tube Flies for Salmon	Chris Mann	With this book Chris Mann has worked his way through yet another pile of flies sent to him from all over the world.	2005	Global Class ★★★★★★★
Hardy’s Salmon Flies	Martin Lanigan-O'Keeffe	Another massive work on classic salmon flies from UK writer Martin Lanigan-O'Keeffe, this time on the flies from the House of Hardy.	2019	Global Class ★★★★★★★
Haynes Fly Fishing Manual	Mark Bowler	The publisher Haynes is probably best known for their car repair manuals, but also has instruction manuals for many other things, fly fishing included	2017	Excellent ★★★★★★★
How To Catch the Biggest Trout of your Life	Landon Mayer		2007	Excellent ★★★★★★★
I've Never Met an Idiot on the River	Henry Winkler	When I first took note of Mr. Winkler's book, it was on amazon.com, in a search for fly fishing books.	2011	Excellent ★★★★★★★
Imaging Imitations	Nick Thomas	Want to take stylish fly photos? This book will go through all the gear, accessories and methods that author Nick Thomas uses.	2023	Global Class ★★★★★★★
Imitative Fly Tying, Techniques and Variations	Ian Moutter	Ian Moutter, author of Tying Flies in the Paraloop Way, returns with his second book: Imitative Fly Tying.	2003	Above average ★★★★★★★
Innes’ books on salmon flies and salmon fishing	Colin Innes	Some books tend to go under the radar, but are still small gems of knowledge, history ... and fly patterns ... These books from 2016/17 have been hiding in my shelf for way too long.	2022	Excellent ★★★★★★★
Innovative Saltwater Flies	Bob Veverka	With "Innovative Saltwater Flies", Bob Veverka has followed the model of Judith Dunham, who wrote a pair of influential books on trout and salmon flies.	2004	Global Class ★★★★★★★
Kayak Fishing	Cory Routh	This book isn't brand new, but has been out for several years. My copy is even second edition.	2014	Excellent ★★★★★★★
Kayakfishing	Ken Daubert	This is the first book I have found dealing entirely with fishing from a kayak.	2002	Above average ★★★★★★★
La mosca ahogada	Tomás Gil	Spanish flies are different! At least the ones that are shown in this book. The flies that this book treats are not only tied in a very special fashion, but almost all use Coq de Leon feathers. Read our review of La mosca ahogada.	1999	Above average ★★★★★★★
LaFontaine's Legacy	Al and Gretchen Beatty	It's hard to believe it's been over six years since Gary LaFontaine passed away from ALS. Among fly fishers and fly tyers, he was well known but I don't believe well understood.	2008	Excellent ★★★★★★★
Lee Wulff	Jack Samson	Lee Wulff was a quintessential fly-fisherman. From earliest childhood growing up in Alaska, Lee and the outdoors were two intertwined threads in the pattern of a long and accomplished life.	2002	Above average ★★★★★★★
Lefty's Favorite Fly-Fishing Waters	Lefty Kreh		2006	Excellent ★★★★★★★
Lines on the Water	David Adams Richards	The guy grew up on the Miramichi? Oh man. I just had to read this one.	2002	Excellent ★★★★★★★
Long Flies	Gary A. Borger	In the spirit of full disclosure, I should admit now that Gary Borger was my first fly fishing hero.	2012	Global Class ★★★★★★★
Loughs of Ireland	Peter O'Rielly		2007	Excellent ★★★★★★★
Making Better Flies	Lou Tabory	This book is mainly on saltwater flies in spite of the title, and it doesn’t impress - or tell you how to design, develop or improve.	2017	Below average ★★★★★★★
Master your Fly Casting!	Jim C. Chapralis		2006	Above average ★★★★★★★
Matching Major Eastern Hatches	Henry Ramsay	The cover and title of a book serve two very important purposes. The first is obvious - to grab the attention of a potential buyer.	2013	Excellent ★★★★★★★
Mayflies: Top to Bottom	Shane Stalcup	First things first - I really enjoyed this book.	2003	Global Class ★★★★★★★
Meerforelle an der Küste I + II	Thomas Vinge	Two things I have to admit you before I commence with this review:	2012	Excellent ★★★★★★★
Megan Boyd	Derek Mills and Jimmy Younger	A short, enlightening and entertaining biography of the renowned Scottish salmon fly tyer Megan Boyd, a tyer who still inspires many salmon fly tyers and whose influence can still be found. Letters, anecdotes, photos and much more.	2016	Excellent ★★★★★★★
Merlin's Daily Fishing Calendar 2006	Alexander Schwab	Do you need a last minute Christmas gift idea for an angler? Well, Merlin's Daily Fishing Calendar could be a very good suggestion for such a gift.	2005	Excellent ★★★★★★★
Modern Atlantic Salmon Flies	Paul C. Marriner	Paul Marriner is well known to Atlantic Salmon fly fishermen the world over. He is likely the best known Canadian fly fishing author outside of Canada today.	1998	Excellent ★★★★★★★
Modern Streamers for Trophy Trout	Bob Linsenman & Kelly Galloup	The authors are two of the best fly fishing guides in the state of Michigan. That is saying a lot in a state where fly fishing guides have been creating legends for over a century.	1999	Excellent ★★★★★★★
Modern Streamers for Trophy Trout, Second opinion	Bob Linsenmann and Kelly Galloup	This is a book that deliberately sets out to help the reader achieve a goal, which few of us actually admit we have: to catch BIG fish!	1999	Excellent ★★★★★★★
Morris & Chan on Fly Fishing Trout Lakes	Skip Morris & Brian Chan	This is one of the very few American books on fly-fishing for trout on Stillwater. It also turns out to be one of the finest. The volume	1999	Excellent ★★★★★★★
Mörrum - The Best Flies	Peter Lyngby	A really beautiful book about a very important Swedish river and - not least - a group of its most productive anglers and their flies.	2023	Excellent ★★★★★★★
Muskie on the Fly	Robert S. Tomes	We did a review of this book once before, but since two o	2008	Global Class ★★★★★★★
Muskie on the Fly	Robert S. Tomes	"Muskie are a lot like northern pike except - you can actually catch northern pike!" - Anonymous Canadian fishing guide	2009	Global Class ★★★★★★★
Nervous Water	Steve Raymond	What more can be said about a Steve Raymond book that hasn't already been said? Simply put, he is one of the finest authors who has ever laid pen to paper on the subject of fly fishing.	2007	Global Class ★★★★★★★
North Country Flies	Thomas Evan Pritt	If you're into tying spider flies, soft hackles and so called flymphs, this book will thrill you. It's a reprint of an old book, originally published 1885.	2013	Excellent ★★★★★★★
Nymph Fly-Tying Techniques	Jim Schollmeyer	The subtitle "Over 1,000 color photos of techniques and pattern styles" lured me into buying this book from 2001. 125 pages at 10 UK£ or about 16 US$ used made it a no-brainer.	2014	Above average ★★★★★★★
Nymph-Fishing Rivers and Streams	Rick Hafele	Rick Hafele should be a well known name to most fly fishers.	2006	Global Class ★★★★★★★
Nymphenfischen	Tankred Rinder,‎ Alexander Keus,‎ Sven Ostermann	My heart beats for specialty books rather than general ones, and a large book solely on nymphing is definitely something that stirs my interest. Even a German language one.	2017	Global Class ★★★★★★★
Observation	Philip White	This is a great book, and a really excellent intro to reading the water and matching the hatch for the angler who feels that both these disciplines are difficult. It clearly illustrates that they don't have to be.	2016	Excellent ★★★★★★★
Pacific Salmon Flies	Cecilia Pudge Kleinkauf	Brief and to-the-point are the words that come to mind after I have read this book. No nonsense would also be a good choice of words.	2015	Excellent ★★★★★★★
Pardon my Backcast	Alan Pratt	WARNING: I enjoy good humor. If you don't care for silly wit and prose, you won't agree with my review. Stop here and read something more serious on GFF.	1996	Global Class ★★★★★★★
Perrault's Standard	Keith Edward Perrault	This might not look like the most exciting book I own. It isn't valuable. It isn't particularly beautiful either – rather ugly actually. Still it's one of the gems in my collection.	2016	Excellent ★★★★★★★
Pesca a mosca	Armando Quazzo	It's often said that fly fishing is a universal language. I can confirm that.	2009	Excellent ★★★★★★★
Petitjean CDC	Marc Petitjean	A massive book, solely on CDC-feathers, -flies and -tying techniques by Swiss CDC master Marc Petitjean.	2018	Global Class ★★★★★★★
Philadelphia on the Fly	ron P. swegman	I wish I had more books like this one in my fishing library. I do have a few.	2007	Global Class ★★★★★★★
Pike Fever	Jens Bursell	Pike anglers have a new bible. This book essentially covers every conceivable aspect of pike fishing… and then some	2019	Global Class ★★★★★★★
Plu Stiniog	Emrys Evans	The story of this books is a fascinating one. The author Emrys Evans passed away in 2008 at the age of 91. In his life he had collected Welsh fly patterns.	2011	Excellent ★★★★★★★
Pop Fleyes	Bob Popovics and Ed Jaworowski	When reading this book, you get the impression that the authors are proud of their work and they know that they have written an above-standard-book.	2002	Global Class ★★★★★★★
Portraits of a Fly-Fishing Landscape	John Juracek		2012	Average ★★★★★★★
Production Fly Tying	AK Best		2015	Excellent ★★★★★★★
Proven Patterns	Barry Ord Clarke		2012	Above average ★★★★★★★
Reflections on the Loch	Stan Headley	A book on UK style lake fishing for trout, written in a personal and entertaining - but still very informative - tone	2019	Excellent ★★★★★★★
Salmon fishing in the Yemen	Paul Torday	This book was brought to my attention by GFF contributor Bob Kenly.	2012	Excellent ★★★★★★★
Salmon flies - Their Character, Style and Dressing	Poul Jorgensen	To review this book is like kicking in an open door - a door, which was opened a few decades ago.	2005	Global Class ★★★★★★★
Salmon, Trout & Charr Of The World	Rupert Watson	Two things attracted me by this book: the pictures and the price.	2004	Above average ★★★★★★★
Salt	Tom Rosenbauer	This is one of those books that has you in awe just handling it. Big, heavy, high quality printing on heavy stock paper. Large full spread photos and delicate and discrete text layout.	2014	Global Class ★★★★★★★
Saltwater Flies	Angelo Peluso	The contents of my fairly well stocked fishing book shelves bear witness to the fact that I love fly pattern books. My small book database says that I currently have 115 pattern books.	2014	Above average ★★★★★★★
Saltwater Fly Patterns	Lefty Kreh		2011	Above average ★★★★★★★
Saltwater Fly-Casting Techniques	Lefty Kreh	A no-frills treatise to teach us "how to cast effectively for the biggest fish under the most demanding situations".	2002	Excellent ★★★★★★★
Saltwater Flyfishing	Paul Morgan and friends	In computer circles - and maybe other places - a project such as this book is often referred to as a soup stone project. This refers to the fact that it's built from scratch by contributions from many people.	1998	Above average ★★★★★★★
Secret Flies	Editor: Vaclav Liska	Match fishing is not very popular in the US.	2009	Excellent ★★★★★★★
Selectivity	Matt Supinski	I recently reviewed Matt Supinski's book Steelhead Dreams and was thrilled with Supinski's enthusiastic writing and his way of approaching the subject,	2014	Global Class ★★★★★★★
Shrimp & Spey Flies for Salmon	Chris Mann and Robert Gillespie	This book is titled Shrimp & Spey Flies for Salmon & Steelhead in the US	2002	Global Class ★★★★★★★
Simple Flies	Morgan Lyle	A book that has Hans Weilenmann's CDC&Elk on the cover has to have something good inside. And this book has.	2016	Global Class ★★★★★★★
Simple Flies	C.Boyd Pfeiffer	Simple is good. Not primitive… simple. And this is another fine book with simple fly patterns.	2020	Above average ★★★★★★★
Small Fry	ron P. swegman		2010	Excellent ★★★★★★★
Spey Flies and Dee Flies	John Shewey	I have always been fascinated by Spey and Dee flies.	2005	Excellent ★★★★★★★
Spey Flies: How to Tie Them	Bob Veverka	Like many fly tyers, I've always had a fascination with spey style flies.	2004	Excellent ★★★★★★★
Steelhead & the Floating Line - A Meditation	Bob Arnold	Bob Arnold is undoubtedly one of the most devoted wild Steelhead fly fishers alive today. More importantly, Bob is also undoubtedly one of the Steelhead's greatest proponents.	1995	Excellent ★★★★★★★
Steelhead Dreams	Matt Supinski	A very thorough introduction to fishing for steelhead in the great lakes area in the US by renown steelhead guide Matt Supinski. Covering tactics, gear and flies as well as seasons and locations.	2014	Excellent ★★★★★★★
Steelhead Fly Tying	Dec Hogan and Marty Howard	Beautiful photos, lots of detailed text and schoolbook step-by-step instructions on how to tie 24 fantastic looking steelhead flies	2019	Excellent ★★★★★★★
Steelhead Fly Tying Guide	H. Kent Helvie	Kent Helvie has provided the Steelhead fly tyer with a very good basic fly pattern book. There are both modern and "classic" steelhead fly patterns of every type.	2000	Average ★★★★★★★
Stillwater Fly Fishing	Devin Olsen	The subtitle is "Competition-Inspired Strategies for Everyday Anglers", and that's exactly what you get	2024	Excellent ★★★★★★★
Stillwater Fly Fishing - Tools & Tactics	Paul C. Marriner	I usually skip the intros, acknowledgements, forewords and what-have-you's during my first reading of most books.	2004	Excellent ★★★★★★★
Streamers 365	Darren MacEachern	I have been following Canadian Darren MacEachern's Streamers 365 project for a while, and I have covered it here on GFF before.	2013	Global Class ★★★★★★★
Streams of Consciousness	Jeff Hull	I will admit right now that I had never heard of Jeff Hull prior to reading his new book "Streams of Consciousness".	2006	Global Class ★★★★★★★
Streams of Dreams	John Ross		2012	Above average ★★★★★★★
Striper Moon	Ken Abrames	January 2020: This review was originally published on the mailing list FF@ and was published on this site after that.	1995	Global Class ★★★★★★★
Stripers, An Angler's Anthology	John Waldman (editor)	I can't help being enthralled by stripers. And John Waldman's book has just enhanced that feeling.	1998	Excellent ★★★★★★★
Syd Glasso	Art Lingren	Art Lingren's book on Syd Glasso and his flies pays well deserved homage to a very influential salmon fly tyer	2021	Above average ★★★★★★★
Take the F...ing Fly	Milt Mays	THE FUNK cloaks my heart, Hazes my mind, Chokes out fun, Good friends and sunshine. All for a fish That will eat that f*king fly.	2014	Excellent ★★★★★★★
Taking Trout	Dave Hughes	Good, Solid, Practical Advice for Fly Fishing Stream and Stillwaters Geez - with a subtitle like that, what more is there that can be said?	2003	Excellent ★★★★★★★
Ten Flies Simple Ties	Glenn and Andrea Van Benschoten	I have been interested in woodworking since I was a kid. (Bear with me - this will have some fly fishing relevance soon enough). My Dad made all sorts of	2007	Excellent ★★★★★★★
The adventurous fly rod	Niels Kirch Ørtoft	A decade of fly fishing in the streams of 45 countries and states.	2005	Excellent ★★★★★★★
The Art of the Atlantic Salmon Fly	Joseph D. Bates	Reviewing a book originally from 1989 might seem a bit silly. Let me assure you it isn't! Reviewing a book written by J. D. Bates might seem a bit intimidating. Let me assure you it is!	2005	Above average ★★★★★★★
The Atlantic Salmon Fly	Judith Dunham	Why review a 30-year old book? Well, because it's a great book that deserves some attention.	2020	Global Class ★★★★★★★
The Best Carp Flies	Jay Zimmerman	I have been tying flies for quite some time now and it is quite a rare event when I pick up a magazine or book and get the urge to run to my vise and tie up some new flies.	2015	Global Class ★★★★★★★
The Best Fly-Fishing trips Money Can Buy	Pat Ford		2007	Above average ★★★★★★★
The Blitz	Pete McDonald, photography Editor: Tosh Brown	After this book was in my hands I found it very hard to put down, and for a while it sucked my attention away from the party and guests	2011	Global Class ★★★★★★★
The Brown Trout-Atlantic Salmon Nexus	Matthew Supinski	When an author asks you to provide content for a book, it's hard not to think "That's going to be one heck of a book!"	2019	Global Class ★★★★★★★
The Cast	Ed Jaworowski		2006	Average ★★★★★★★
The Complete Illustrated Directory of Salmon Flies	Chris Mann	Looking at the beautiful computer drawn flies on the cover of this latest and largest volume by Chris Mann, you might be tempted to think that we're talking about a soup stone project, where Chris	2009	Global Class ★★★★★★★
The Curtis Creek Manifesto	Sheridan Anderson	You will have to look a long way for a better and funnier introduction to fly fishing, which at the same time can serve you as a fly fishing mini-bible for many years.	2002	Xtra Global Class! ★★★★★★★
The Essential Kelson	Terry Griffiths	If you are into classical salmon flies, great writing and excellent fly photography you are looking at a very good reason to set yourself back Â£35.- or about $57.- US.	2011	Xtra Global Class! ★★★★★★★
The Feather Bender's Flytying Techniques	Barry Ord Clarke	When a great photographer, fly tyer and instructor writes a book, it’s likely to become a great book	2019	Global Class ★★★★★★★
The Feather Mechanic	Gordon van der Spuy and Tim Wege	This is a book I have been looking forward to for a while. And it doesn’t disappoint.	2021	Excellent ★★★★★★★
The Feather Thief	Kirk Wallace Johnson	A fascinating "true crime" story that tells about the theft of skins from protected bird from a natural history museum in the UK with the purpose of using them for fly tying	2018	Excellent ★★★★★★★
The Fishing Club	Bob Rich		2007	Excellent ★★★★★★★
The Flies that Catch Fish	Chris Sandford & friends	This is a book right after my heart.	2012	Global Class ★★★★★★★
The Fly Fisher	Thorsten Strüben, Jan Blumentritt	A large and beautiful book about the concept of fly fishing covering the subject from many angles, lavishly illustrated with amazing photos.	2017	Excellent ★★★★★★★
The Fly Fisher's Playbook	Duane R. Redford	Don't let the 4/5 rating fool you.	2013	Excellent ★★★★★★★
The Fly-Fisher's Craft	Darrel Martin	I've enjoyed all of Darrel Martin's fly fishing books, and "The Fly-Fisher's Craft" is no exception.	2007	Excellent ★★★★★★★
The Founding Flies	Mike Valla	Almost every trout fisherman has heard of the Adams dry fly, it being ubiquitous on trout streams throughout the world. You know the old adage - when in doubt try an Adams.	2013	Xtra Global Class! ★★★★★★★
The Gentlemen's Society of Angling	Jay Hill	At only 126 pages, this quick read will have your mind absorbed in the genesis and exodus of The Gentlemen's Society of Angling.	2003	Excellent ★★★★★★★
The Humpy Encyclopedia	Gretchen and Al Beatty	It’s hard not to like a completely free e-book with detailed descriptions on how how to tie 12 (and then some) different variations of the Humpy. 80 pages of knowledge, tips and inspiration on a single pattern!	2019	Excellent ★★★★★★★
The Klink	Hans van Klinken	Dutch Hans van Klinken is best known as the originator of the Klinkhåmer Special. This large and beautiful book tells its full story ... and much, much more	2024	Global Class ★★★★★★★
The LL Bean Ultimate Book of Fly Fishing	Dave Whitlock, Macauley Lord, and Dick Talleur	The L.L. Bean Ultimate Book of Fly Fishing is comprised of three previously published books - Dave Whitlock's Fly-Fishing Handbook, Macauley Lord's Fly-Casting Handbook, and Dick Talleur's Fly-Tying Handbook.	2003	Excellent ★★★★★★★
The Lost Salmon Flies of Balmoral	Colin Innes	If you are into classic salmon flies - like the real classics - and like to divulge in their history and origin, this is a book for you.	2016	Excellent ★★★★★★★
The Nedbank guide to flyfishing South Africa	Louis Wolhuter	I have had the good fortune of fishing with several South African fly anglers over the years, and apart from being great anglers and very nice people (like most anglers I meet), they all left me wi	2006	Excellent ★★★★★★★
The North Country Fly	Robert L.Smith	When it comes to books, there's nothing I like more than focus. A book that has a well defined subject and covers in depth rather than broad has my vote already before I have opened it.	2015	Global Class ★★★★★★★
The Orvis Fly Tying Guide	Tom Rosenbauer	"Now there are hundreds of fly-tying books in print. Why do we need another one? This is the book I would have wanted when I started." - Tom Rosenbauer	2002	Excellent ★★★★★★★
The Orvis Fly-Fishing Guide	Tom Rosenbauer		2007	Above average ★★★★★★★
The Orvis Guide to Small Stream Fly Fishing	Tom Rosenbauer	One of the very first fly fishing books I ever purchased was Tom Rosenbauer's "Prospecting For Trout", which I found at the hardware store in Inlet, NY, deep in the Adirondacks.	2012	Global Class ★★★★★★★
The Orvis Guide to the Essential American Flies	Tom Rosenbauer		2012	Above average ★★★★★★★
The Practical Fly Tier	Royce Dam	I know this book is about 10 years old, and to some it might seem strange that we review such an "old" book.	2012	Excellent ★★★★★★★
The Rise	Paul Schullery	In my ways, fly fishers and fly fishing are a lot like cooks and cooking.	2006	Global Class ★★★★★★★
The Sage of Dibbin Creek	Dee Dauphinee	A capturing and sometimes touching novel about a young boy whose life is formed by farming, outdoors activities and fishing	2024	Excellent ★★★★★★★
The South African Fly Fishing Handbook	Dean Riphagen	When Dean Riphagan's book, "The South African Fly Fishing Handbook" arrived at my doorstep, I could only imagine what was inside the package.	1999	Excellent ★★★★★★★
The Trout and the Fly	Brian Clarke and John Goddard	At first glance this 2005 edition of a 25 years old book does not seem very impressive.	2005	Excellent ★★★★★★★
The Trout Diaries	Derek Grzelewski	Derek Grzelewski's book The Trout Diaries takes the reader on a relaxed, yet exciting trip through the seasons of a year in a fly-fisherman's life.	2012	Excellent ★★★★★★★
The Trout Whisperers	Pete Bodo	This is the first fly fishing novel I have ever read. In fact, it might be the first one I've ever heard of, so I don't have anything to compare it to.	2006	Above average ★★★★★★★
The Tube Fly	Ken Sawada	Being an avid tube fly fan and having tied tube flies for almost as long as I have tied flies, I have wanted this book ever since it was published in 2006 where I saw it in a local flyshop.	2014	Global Class ★★★★★★★
The Year of the Angler and the Year of the Trout	Steve Raymond	When I got this book to review, I was just about to leave for a week's vacation in Maine.	2005	Global Class ★★★★★★★
Three in Norway, by two of them	J.A. Lees & W.J. Clutterbuck	What an enchanting and entertaining book! I cannot recommend it enough.	2004	Global Class ★★★★★★★
Thunder Creek Flies	Kieth Fulsher with David Klausemeyer	I have loved Kieth Fulsher's Thunder Creek streamers ever since I saw a Danish tyer tie one decades ago, so a whole book with Thunder Creeks by Fulsher himself. What can go wrong?	2011	Global Class ★★★★★★★
Tied in the Hand	Sven-Olov Hård	Well done, Mr. Hård! You have made an overwhelming book! For many reasons.	2012	Xtra Global Class! ★★★★★★★
Top Saltwater Flies	Drew Chicone	An impressing three volume collection of patterns for the most sought after fish in warm saltwater	2019	Excellent ★★★★★★★
Troubleshooting the Cast	Ed Jaworowski	Is this the sequel to The Cast? No, it is something even better. Here is the "behind the making of" companion edition to The Cast. In this very	1999	Global Class ★★★★★★★
Trout	James Prosek	A short detour on Prosek before I return to the books at hand.	2013	Global Class ★★★★★★★
Trout	James Owen		2012	Above average ★★★★★★★
Trout are stupid	Walt Fulps	A small book that debunks a lot of myths surrounding trout fishing – including the one that trout are cunning and intelligent hunters, able to trick anglers. They are not! Trout are stupid!	2019	Excellent ★★★★★★★
Trout at Ten Thousand Feet	John Bailey		2012	Excellent ★★★★★★★
Trout Flies for the 21st Century	Dick Talleur	I think the subtitle says it all : "Over 200 Essential Patterns that Catch Fish Anywhere, Anytime". Allrighty then!	2008	Above average ★★★★★★★
Trout from Small Streams	Dave Hughes	It seems that big fish, big rivers, and monster hatches catch all the headlines these days - especially what is found on the huge tailwaters below the many dams that have been built over the years.	2003	Excellent ★★★★★★★
Trout Hunting	Bob Wyatt		2007	Above average ★★★★★★★
Trout of the World	James Prosek		2011	Global Class ★★★★★★★
Tube Flies	Mark Mandell and Les Johnson	This is the all-time classical volume on tube flies, and as the title implies it deals with all aspects of tube flies.	2007	Excellent ★★★★★★★
Tube Flies - A Tying, Fishing & Historical Guide	Mark Mandell & Les Johnson	The authors have added immeasurably to the fly tier's repertoire with this wonderful volume dedicated to the tube fly.	1996	Above average ★★★★★★★
Tube Flies Two: Evolution	Mark Mandell and Bob Kenly	I have been waiting for this book for a long time. Tube fly books are few and far apart and the moment I learned that this one was coming, I knew it was a must for me.	2007	Global Class ★★★★★★★
Two Centuries of Soft-Hackled Flies	Sylvester Nemes	This is the book that soft hackled aficionados have been waiting years to see.	2004	Excellent ★★★★★★★
Tying and Fishing Soft-Hackled Nymphs	Allen McGee	To borrow a phrase from the great G.E.M. Skues, wet fly fishing continues to be a minor tactic among fly anglers.	2007	Excellent ★★★★★★★
Tying and Fishing the Booby Fly	Michael Jensen	I have to admit up front that I'm pretty old fashioned when it comes to books, and even though I have read my share of ebooks, I definitely prefer my fishing books printed with ink on paper.	2014	Excellent ★★★★★★★
Tying and Fishing the Riffling Hitch	Art Lee	I have tried the hitch with little success as of yet, but after reading this book over and over, I am still a believer	1998	Above average ★★★★★★★
Tying Classic Freshwater Streamers - An Illustrated Step-By-Step Guide	David Klausmeyer	I'll be the first to admit it - I'm a streamer junkie. Whether it's fishing them, tying them, or reading about them, I just can't get enough.	2005	Above average ★★★★★★★
Tying Contemporary Saltwater Flies	David Klausmeyer	There is no question that saltwater fly fishing is a booming industry - at least compared to the much older pastime of trout fishing.	2003	Excellent ★★★★★★★
Tying Emergers	Jim Schollmeyer and Ted Leeson	Wow. Three hundred and forty four pages of emergers. Leeson and Schollmeyer have done it again.	2004	Excellent ★★★★★★★
Tying Flies the Paraloop Way	Ian Moutter	Dig out your gallows tools, you're gonna need it after you read this book. My first thought was probably the same as yours - what is "paraloop"?	2002	Global Class ★★★★★★★
Tying Flies with CDC - The Fisherman's Miracle Feather	Leon Links	A history of CDC in fly tying, as well as a wealth of patterns and techniques.	2003	Above average ★★★★★★★
Tying Furled Flies	Ken Hanley	Nice flies, nice pictures, nice book! What can I say other than I think this is a very nice book? Well, I might consider explaining why I think this is a nice book...	2009	Excellent ★★★★★★★
Tying Glass Bead Flies	Joe J. Warren	If you are like me, when glass beads came upon the fly tying scene a few years ago, you passed them by.	1997	Excellent ★★★★★★★
Tying Heritage Featherwing Streamers	Sharon E. Wright	Sharon Wright is becoming a familiar name to those who follow developments in streamer fly tying.	2015	Excellent ★★★★★★★
Tying Small Flies	Ed Engle	Ok - this sounds cliché - but it is the absolute truth: but it is the absolute truth: If you flyfish for trout - this book is a must read.	2004	Global Class ★★★★★★★
Ultimate Fishing Adventures	Henry Gibley	Ultimate is a strong word, and when it comes to fishing adventures having on hundred that all are ultimate might seem overstating it a bit, even though these one hundred places certainly rank up th	2012	Excellent ★★★★★★★
Unsinkable Dry Flies	David H. Cowardin	See the article Unsinkable flies	2010	Above average ★★★★★★★
Virginia Blue-Ribbon Streams - A Fly-Fishing Guide	Harry W. Murray	Overall, I don't like where-to-fish guidebooks. Most of them are poorly researched, poorly written, and generally useless. This volume, however, proves the exception to the rule.	2000	Above average ★★★★★★★
Wet Flies	Ken Sawada	Japanese author, angler and fly-tyer Ken Sawada is an odd character... not meant in any insulting way at all, but more like an expression of my admiration.	2013	Global Class ★★★★★★★
What fish see	Colin Kageyama	This is a book, which I have looked forward to read with great anticipation.	1999	Excellent ★★★★★★★
Why I Fly Fish	Chris Santella	The last time I reviewed a book (or several, actually) by Chris Santella, I wasn't impressed.	2014	Excellent ★★★★★★★
Wild Steelhead	Sean M. Gallagher	I brought home 4 lbs of beautiful wild steelhead the last time I was in the US. Not a fish of course, but a couple of impressing books.	2015	Global Class ★★★★★★★
Wild Steelhead	Sean M. Gallagher		2013	Global Class ★★★★★★★
Woolly Wisdom	Gary Soucie	A book which is any fly tier's wet dream - or nightmare - depending on your angle of observation and approach to flies and fly tying.	2006	Excellent ★★★★★★★

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