Building a library of the Classics - What do I need?
I've fly fished for almost 12 years and tied for half of those. While I love to fly fish, I'm infected by all that is tying, from entymology to tying techniques. I'm at the point where I want to read the books that built the hobby (for lack of a better word). I read articles today that pay homage to folks lh 2006).]ike Marinaro, Troth, Orvis, Wulff, and Carrie Stevens, and feel as if my self-education is missing. I don't know what the authors are talking about. I feel like I've started the hobby without giving the due diligence to the pioneers that started it all. Not only do I want to tie the classics, I want to know the whys and hows. All that being said, who and what titles would I need in my library and HOW do I go about getting the books?
I greatly appreciate any and all help.
Very respectfully,
Adam M. Aycock
LCDR USN
P.S.
If this has been a post before, pls email me the list of books. Otherwise, I'll collate below:
Title................................Author
Fishing the Fly......................Orvis and Cheney
Favorite Flies and Their Histories...Mary Orvis Marbury
Fly Patterns and Their Origins.......Harold Hinsdill Smedley
Flies................................Edson Leonard
The Dettes. A Catskill Legend........Eric Leiser
The Complete Book of Fly Tying.......Eric Leiser
Fly tying Materials..................Eric Leiser
The Book of Fly Patterns.............Eric Leiser
Catskill Flytier.....................Harry Darbee
Trout................................Ray Bergman (One I have!)
Freshwater Bass......................Ray Bergman
Book of The Black Bass...............James Henshall
Fly Tying and Fly Fishing for Bass and Panfish ...Tom Nixon
Saltwater Flies......................Kenneth E. Bay
Streamer Fly Tying and Fishing.......Joseph Bates
Trout................................Ernest Schwiebert
Streamside Guide or the reprint: The New Streamside Guide...Art Flick
Fishing the Midge....................Ed Koch
The Fly & the Fish...................John Atherton
Fishing Flies and Fly Tying..........William Blades
Modern Trout Flies...................Poul Jorgensen
Universal Fly Tying Guide............Dick Stewart
Trout and Salmon Fly Index...........Dick Surette
Forgotten Flies......................Schmookler & Sils
Perrault's Standard Dictionary of Fishing Flies....Keith Perrault
Tying and Fishing The Fuzzy Nymphs .... Polly Rosborough
Nymphs .... Ernest Schwiebert
The Art of Tying the Wet Fly......James Leisenring
THE COMPLETE FLY FISHERMAN
(The Notes and Letters of Theodore Gordon)...John MacDonald
A Modern Dry Fly Code.............Vince Marinaro
In The Ring Of The Rise.......Vincent Marinaro
Trout Fishing.....................Joe Brooks
Rising Trout and This Wonderful World of Trout.......Charles Fox
Fishing Small Streams With A Flyrod....Charles Meck
Trout From Small Streams..........Dave Hughes
Two Centuries of Soft Hackle Flies......Sylvester Nemes
Fly Fishing Small Streams.........John Gierach
The Dry Fly and Fast Water........George LaBranche
The Beaverkill....................Ed VanPut
Quill Gordon......................John MacDonald
That's Enough For Now.............RW
Selective Trout.........Doug Swisher and Carl Richards
Hatches................Al Caucci and Bob Nastasi
Caddisflies.............Gary LaFontaine
Trout Flies: Proven Patterns.....Gary LaFontaine
What The Trout Said.....Datus C. Proper
Clyde Style Flies........John Reid
Anything..........................Robert Traver
Anything..........................Rube Cross
Anything..........................Thomas McGuane
Anything..........................Ed Hewitt
Anything..........................G.E.M. Skues
Anything..........................Frank Sawyer
Anything..........................W.H. Lawrie
Anything..........................Oliver Edwards
A Fly Tyer's Benchside Reference (Another one I have and swear by, too!)
The Orivis Streamside Guide to Trout Foods And Their Imitations.....Tom Rosenbauer
Steelhead Fly Tying Guide.......H Kent Helvie
Popular Fly Patterns............Terry Hellekson
Somehow related, but essential
Anything........................Patrick McManus
Sources for books: [url=http://www.abebooks.com/:b58e3]http://www.abebooks.com/[/url:b58e3] [url=http://www.rareandunusual.com/tcs.html:b58e3]http://www.rareandunusual.com/tcs.html[/url:b58e3] [url=http://www.amazon.com:b58e3]www.amazon.com[/url:b58e3]
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