Quote Originally Posted by deathb4disco View Post
I have a book called Simplified Fly Fishing by S.R. Slaymaker. It was written in 1969, but it's still the best beginner's guide I've ever seen. The subtitle on the cover says, "It gets you on the water and fishing with flies in half an hour." Everything a beginner needs to know is in the eleven pages of chapter one.
The Curtis Creek Manifesto is another great little animated book for beginners.