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Bill Kiene semi-retired
12-05-2022, 08:03 AM
I have a mild case of ADD so reading is very difficult for me, especially those thick books.

I did gather a pretty large library of books on fly fishing because I was interested to learn more.


I would try to read as much as you can of the real classic books that are out there and really cheap now.

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Joe Brooks: Read as much as you can about him to get a feel of his importance to the sport.


A J McClain: He publish the "Fishing Encyclopedia" and was way ahead of his time.


Zane Grey: He was a great writer who love to fish.


Ernest Hemingway: Great American writer and big time fisherman.


Lefty Kreh: He wrote some books and many magazine articles on fishing. Mark Sosin was his co-writer.


Ernest Schwiebert: He wrote the book, "Nymphs" with amazing life like drawings


Gary LaFontaine: He specialize in underwater studies of caddis and wrote the book, "Caddisflies".


Al Caucci & Bob Nastasi: They co-authored the book, "Hatches" (on the upper Delaware river)


Vince Marinaro: He is know for writing "The Ring of the Rise" and "The Modern Dry-Fly Code".


Doug Swisher & Carl Richards: They co-authored "Flyfishing Strategies".


Nick Lyons: He is a fly-fisherman and angler who wrote for several magazines, published several books, and began a publishing company called Lyons Press.


Roderick Haig-Brown: A famous Canadian writer who did magazine articles and books on BC Steelhead and BC trout stillwaters.


Lee Wulff: He wrote many articles and books on fly fishing. Plus was involved in lots of exciting videos on fly fishing.



To be continued.........


Let us know what you think.

dynaflow
12-09-2022, 12:05 AM
Thanks Bill.some essential reading there,straight up my favourite book on the passion that is fly fishing and one I have no hesitation to re-read anytime is Thomas McGuane's "The Longest Silence".Nick Lyons,Norman Maclean are other favourites,as is John Gierach.
Please note that I'm not including books about how to fly fish or books about fish in particular as I regard them more as reference books.
Best regards and looking forward to others contributions to this thread.

Darian
12-09-2022, 01:07 AM
I'm a big fan of anything written by now deceased Russell Chatham. He covers all of the west coast, not all fly fishing but that is his primary subject. His style is alternately humorous, then serious. Lots of history of his life and fly fishing. I've read all his books several times and still enjoy them.

Bill Kiene semi-retired
12-09-2022, 05:54 AM
Thanks Bill.some essential reading there,straight up my favourite book on the passion that is fly fishing and one I have no hesitation to re-read anytime is Thomas McGuane's "The Longest Silence".Nick Lyons,Norman Maclean are other favourites,as is John Gierach.
Please note that I'm not including books about how to fly fish or books about fish in particular as I regard them more as reference books.
Best regards and looking forward to others contributions to this thread.

Thanks for the great additions to the list.

Books are really cheap now too.

Bill Kiene semi-retired
12-09-2022, 05:58 AM
I'm a big fan of anything written by now deceased Russell Chatham. He covers all of the west coast, not all fly fishing but that is his primary subject. His style is alternately humorous, then serious. Lots of history of his life and fly fishing. I've read all his books several times and still enjoy them.

Thanks Darian,

Russell Chatham was a big part of the fly fishing history, on the Nor Cal coast particularly.

Naturally, he was interviewed in the great film, "Rivers of a Lost Coast".


His book, "The Angler's Coast" is still highly prized.

https://www.google.com/search?gs_ssp=eJzj4tLP1TcwyylONjE2YPQSLMlIVUjMS89J LSpWSM5PLC4BAJJnCgI&q=the+anglers+coast&rlz=1C1JZAP_enUS867US867&oq=The+anglers+coast&aqs=chrome.1.0i355i512j46i512.6428j0j15&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

Mr T
12-09-2022, 09:29 AM
I think 'Dark Waters' is one of the best books I've read ever- fishing or otherwise.

Some other good ones I still pull down and read:

Joe Humphreys - 'Trout Tactics'

Leonard Wright - 'Fly Fishing Heresies'

John Shewey - all of his stuff

Charles Brooks - all of his stuff

Steve Raymond - 'Year of the Trout' is my fave but they are all good

Ken Hanley

Gary Borger - Presentation (classic)

Bill Kiene semi-retired
12-09-2022, 06:14 PM
Here is some more good info from an old friend:

"Hi Bill,

I enjoyed your recent post about Lefty Kreh and the mention of Mark Sosin, and Joe Brooks.

I grew up reading folks like Lefty Kreh, Mark Sosin, Lee Wulff, Ted Trueblood, Jim Bashline, etc. Then I started reading folks like Charles Brooks, David Hughes, Mike Fong, etc.

In recent years, I've been going back to the early classics, such as those written by Joe Brooks, Ray Bergman, etc.
Thanks again for those books I got from you when you were decluttering prior to the move to Florida; they've been helpful in my quest to understand the history and development of our sport of flyfishing!!!

Happy Holidays to you, your wife, and all of your family!!!

Glenn"

tdrfishoot
12-14-2022, 01:32 PM
"The River Why" by David James Duncan. This thread reminded me of it; going to read it again.
Tim R.