Flyfishing Bibliography

FLY-FISHING BIBLIOGRAPHY

California Academy of Sciences Library


WORLD WIDE WEB

The American Museum of Fly Fishing

http://www.amff.com/

The American Museum of Fly Fishing was established to preserve and exhibit the treasures of American angling.

 

Animated Knot Tying Programs for Windows

http://members.aol.com/idfrank/knots.html

You can learn knot tying via animation with front and back views of finished knots.

 

Beginner’s Netguide to Fly-Fishing

http://www.associatedinternet.com/flyfishing101/

This page was designed to help people discover the sport of fly-fishing, including equipment, assembly, knots, and more.

 

California Trout Keeper of the Streams

http://www.caltrout.org/

CalTrout was the nation's first statewide conservation group supported by trout fishermen.  Its goal:  to protect and restore trout and the beautiful places where they live.

 

Colorado Fly-Fishing

http://pdsdata.net/flyfish.htm

A guide to fly fishing in the skiing regions of the Colorado Rockies.  Information includes hatch char, weather and stream conditions, a daily log, and more.

 

Fly Casting Forum

http://home.att.net/~slowsnap/index.htm

A lot of news of past and future casting games and/or competitions conducted by clubs, other groups, or individuals can be found at this website.

 

Fly Fishing from About.com

http://flyfishing.about.com/recreation/flyfishing/

Links to articles and information are available at this site from About.com.

 

Fly-Fishing Knots

http://www.flyfield.com/davetips.htm

You can learn how to knot easily with the picture guide at this website.

 

Fly-Fishing Resource Guide

http://flyfish.com

This website may not only answer your fly-fishing questions, but can also provide you with news and events.

 

Global Flyfisher

http://globalflyfisher.com/

This website has one of the largest single repositories of fly fishing articles.

  

History of the Art of Fly-Fishing

http://freespace.virgin.net/fly.shop/history.htm

At this site you can learn the history of fly-fishing from around 30,000 years ago to the 20th century. 

 

Shenandoah Rods

http://www.shentel.net/canerod/

Information of rodmakers, tapers, tools and more about fly-fishing.

 

Start Guide to Fly Fishing in Central California

http://www.elite.net/~tjohnson/fishing.htm

You can find fly-fishing descriptions at a local level, such as Merced River and Spicer Meadows Reservoir.

 

Trout Unlimited

http://www.tu.org/

Trout Unlimited is an organization of conservation-minded anglers who promote quality trout and salmon fisheries.

 

Western International Fly-Fishing

http://westernflyfish.com

Offering nature and family-oriented consulting and instruction for fresh water, saltwater, and specialty fly casting.

 

Westfly

http://www.westfly.com

An on-line magazine and information source for fly fishing in the West.

 

Women’s Fly-Fishing

http://www.womensflyfishing.net

This website provides fly-fishing guides, schools, instruction, reports, and more.

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BOOKS

Beever, John. Practical Fly-Fishing Founded on Nature. London: Methuen, 1893. Ent SH456 .B43 1893.

 

Bergman, Ray. Trout. New York: Knopf, 1944, 1983. Ent SH687 .B45 1944.

 

Bergman, Ray. With Fly, Plug, and Bit. New York: W. Morrow & Co., 1947. Ent SH441 .B47 1947.

 

Blades, William F. Fishing Flies and Fly Tying: American Insects and Their Imitations. Harrisburg, PA: Stackpole and Heck, c1951. Ent SH451 .B62 1951.

 

Bridgett, R.C. Dry-Fly Fishing. London: H. Jenkins, 1929. Ent SH456 .B74 1929.

 

Burrard, Gerald. Fly Tying: Principles and Practice. London: H. Jenkins, 1945. Ent SH451 .B87 1945.

 

Dunne, John William. Sunshine and the Dry Fly. London: A. & C. Black, 1950. Ent SH439 .D76 1950.

 

Ephemera. A Handbook of Angling: Teaching Fly-Fishing, Trolling, Bottom-Fishing, and Salmon-Fishing: With the Natural History of River Fish, and the Best Modes of Catching Them. London: Longmands, Brown, Green, & Longmans, 1848. Ent SH439 .E63 1848.

 

Schwiebert, Ernest G. Nymphs: A Complete Guide to Naturals and Their Imitations. New York: Winchester Press, 1973. Pub & Ent SH451 .S34 1973.

 

Gill, Emlyn Metcalf. Practical Dry-Fly Fishing. New York: C. Scribner’s Sons, 1913, 1912. Ent SH456 .G54 1913.

 

Gordon, Theodore. The Complete Fly Fisherman: The Notes and Letters of Theodore Gordon. New York: C. Scribner’s Sons. 1947. Ent SH456 .G65 1947.

 

Grey of Fallodon. Fly Fishing. London: J.M. Dent; New York: E.P. Dutton, 1930. Ent SH456 .G73 1930.

 

Halford, Frederic M. Dry-Fly Fishing in Theory and Practice. Lonton: Vinton, 1899. Ent SH456 .H22 1899.

 

Hemingway, Richard D’Oyly. Fly Fishing for Trout: Principles and Practice. London: H. Cranton, 1935. Ent SH687 .H45 1935.

 

Hewitt, Edward R. A Trout and Salmon Fisherman for Seventy-Five Years. New York: C. Scribner’s Sons, 1948. Ent SH687 .H42 1948.

 

Hewitt, Edward R. Hewitt’s Handbook of Fly Fishing. New York: Marchbanks Press, 1933. Ent SH456 .H48 1933.

 

Hills, John Waller. A History of Fly Fishing for Trout. London: P. Allen & Co., 1921. Ent SH687 .H54 1921.

 

Jennings, Preston J. A Book of Trout Flies: Containing a List of the Most Important American Stream Insects & Their Imitations. New York: Derrydale Press, c1935. Ent SH451 .J46 1935.

 

La Branche, George Michel Luchien. The Dry Fly and Fast Water: Fishing with the Floating Fly on American Trout Streams, Together with Some Observations on Fly Fishing in General. New York: C. Scribner’sSons, 1914. Ent SH456 .L32 1914.

 

LaFountaine, Gary. Caddisflies. Tulsa, Okla: Winchester Press, 1981. Ent SH687 .L317 1981.

 

Leeson, Ted. The Habit of Rivers: Reflactions on Trout Streams and Fly Fishing. New York, NY: Lyouns & Burford, 1994. Pub SH688. U6 L44 1994.

 

Luce, A. A. Fishing and Thinking. Camden, ME: Ragged Mountain Press/McGraw-Hill, 1993. Ent SH612 .L83 1993.

 

Macdonald, Alexander. Design for Angling: The Dry Fly on Western Trout Streams. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1947. Ent SH687 .M26 1947.

 

McClelland, H. G. How to Tie Flies for Trout and Grayling Fishing. London: Offices of the “Fishing Gazette”, 1949. Ent SH451 .M32 1949.

 

Mottram, J. C. Fly-Fishing, Some New Arts and Mysteries. London: Field Press, 1921. Ent SH439 .M67 1921.

 

Norman, Maclean. A River Runs Through It: And Other Stories. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1976. Public PS3563 .A317993 1976.

 

Orvis, Charles F. and A. Nelson Cheney. Fishing with the Fly: Sketches by Lovers of the Art, with Illustrations of Standard Flies. Troy, NY: H.B. Nims, 1885, c1883. Ent SH441 .F57 1885.

 

Plumley, Ladd. With the Trout Fly. New York: Fredrick A. Stokes Co., c1929. Ent SH687 .P68 1929.

 

Rollo, William Keith. Fly Fishing in Northern Streams. London: Fishing Gazette, 1924. Ent SH456 .R64 1924.

 

Ronalds, Alfred. The Fly-Fisher’s Entomology: With Coloured Representations of the Natural and Artificial Insect; And a Few Observations and Instructions on Trout and Grayling-fishing. London: Longmans, Green, 1883. Ent SH421 .xR6

 

Shaw, Frederick George. The Science of Fly-Fishing for Trout. New York: C. Scribner’s Sons, 1925. Ent SH687 .S35 1925.

 

Skues, G. E. M. Itchen Memories. London: H. Jenkins, 1951. Ent SH688 .G7 S44 1951.

 

Skues, G. E. M. Minor Tactics of the Chalk Stream and Kindred Studies. London: A. & C. Black, 1914. Ent SH687 .S44 1914.

 

Skues, G. E. M. Side-Lines, Side-Lights & Reflections: Fugitive Papers of a Chalk-Stream Angler. London: Seeley, Service & Co., 1932. Ent SH687 .S44 1932.

 

Skues, G. E. M. Silk Fur and Feather: The Trout-Fly Dresser’s Year. Beckenham, Kent: The “Fishing Gazette,” 1950. Ent SH687 .S44 1950.

 

Skues, G. E. M. The Way of a Trout with a Fly: And Some Further Studies in Minor Tactics. London: A. & C. Black, 1921. Ent SH687 .S44 1921.

 

Southard, Charles Zibeon. A Treatise on Trout for the Progressive Angler. New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., c1931. Ent SH687 .S66 1931.

 

Southard, Charles Zibeon. Trout Fly-Fishing in America. New York: Dutton, 1914. Ent SH687 .S66

 

Steel, Frank R. Fly-Fishing for Trout, Salmon, Bass and Panfish. Chicago: Paul, Richmond & Co., 1946. Ent SH456 .S83 1946.

 

Taverner, Eric. Fly-Tying for Salmon: The Whole Art of Tying Salmon-Flies with Details of the Principal Dressings. London: Seeley Service, 1942. Ent SH451 .T38 1942.

 

Tod. E M. Wet-Fly Fishing Treated Methodically. London: S. Low, Marston & Co., 1903. Ent SH456 .T62 1903.

 

Wetzel, Charles McKinley. Practical Fly Fishing: Containing Modern Fly Fishing Methods, the Fly Fisher’s Entomology and How to Tie Flies. Boston: The Christopher Publishing House, c1945. Ent SH456 .W47 1945.

 

Woolley, Roger. The Fly-fishers Flies: With Illustrations and Description of Newarly Two Hundred Flies (Ephemeridae, Trichoptera, Perlidae, Diptera). Beckenham, Kent: Fishing Gazette, 1948. Ent SH451 .W66 1948.

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