+ Reply to Thread
Results 1 to 9 of 9

Thread: Fly FIshing Mysteries

  1. #1
    Join Date
    Mar 2005
    Location
    Harrisburg, SD USA
    Posts
    432

    Default Fly FIshing Mysteries

    Just wondering if anyone has read the books, "The Nail Knot" and/or "The Blood Knot" by John Galligan.

    I'm just finishing "The Nail Knot" (the first in the series). I HIGHLY recommend it! Can't wait to start on "The Blood Knot". I have never been a big fan of mystery novels. I don't seem to have the patience for character and plot development. (This is my problem, not the authors'!) "The Nail Knot" has just enough flyfishing mixed in to hold my short attention span. I assume "The Blood Knot" will be just as good.

    Check 'em out if you haven't already!

  2. #2
    Join Date
    Dec 1999
    Location
    Poulsbo, Washington State, U.S.A.
    Posts
    4,387

    Default

    Look for "The Snowfly". by Heywood

  3. #3
    Join Date
    Aug 2004
    Location
    Ithaca, NY USA
    Posts
    1,198

    Default

    Thank you thank you thank you. And keep 'em coming. I love mysteries and have been wondering if there were any fly fishing themed mysteries out there. I heard that there are a few by some female author but don't know who she is or what they're called.

    Any more?
    "If I'm not going to catch anything, then I 'd rather not catch anything on flies" ... Bob Lawless

  4. #4
    Join Date
    Nov 2004
    Location
    quitecorner,ct.
    Posts
    2,554

    Default

    I think (William)Bill Tapply wrote some fly fishing mysteries also
    I'm afraid to say I've never read one, but I have always enjoyed his other works.
    The simpler the outfit, the more skill it takes to manage it, and the more pleasure one gets in his achievements.
    --- Horace Kephart

  5. #5
    Join Date
    Dec 1999
    Location
    Poulsbo, Washington State, U.S.A.
    Posts
    4,387

    Default

    For those new on here, we review stuff, books too sometimes. [url=http://www.flyanglersonline.com/review/week163.html:1ec6e]http://www.flyanglersonline.com/review/week163.html[/url:1ec6e]

  6. #6
    Guest

    Default

    The biggest mystery, that has always puzzled me. Everytime I take time off to go fishing, that the fish have take the same time off, where I am fishing? The fish were here last week, all the locals tell me, and later I hear from someone else, the the fish were there again the day after I left.

    I am going have to find out, who the fish book their vacations through! ~Parnelli

  7. #7
    Join Date
    Mar 2005
    Location
    Nashville, TN. USA
    Posts
    4,109
    Blog Entries
    1

    Default

    "dudley: I think (William)Bill Tapply wrote some fly fishing mysteries also
    I'm afraid to say I've never read one, but I have always enjoyed his other works."

    William Tapply writes mysteries that feature an investigating lawyer from Boston who happens to be a fisherman. He seems to be, at least mainly, a fly fisherman, especially in fresh water. (For some reason I felt an overwhelming urge to include an overly complex sentence in my mini-review. The fact that the author teaches English probably has something to do with that.) I keep waiting for the protagonist to meet Dave Micus in a book. (Since murder mysteries need great characters...)

    Ed

  8. #8
    Join Date
    Jun 2001
    Location
    Pocatello,id,usa
    Posts
    108

    Default

    Bill Tapply write the Brady Coyne novels, have read most of them and they are a good read. The main character lives in Boston where I have never been, but travels to Montana and Idaho on fishing trips to areas I have fished. I read them every once in a while, and need to purchase the two newest books.


    ------------------
    Jon from Idaho

  9. #9
    Join Date
    Dec 2003
    Location
    Liberty, MO, USA
    Posts
    225

    Default

    [url=http://www.victoriahouston.com:56c8f]www.victoriahouston.com[/url:56c8f]

    A retired widower dentist, fly fishes and helps the local sheriff solve mysteries. A fun series of books.

    ------------------
    Swing hard, in case they throw the ball where you're swinging. Duke Snider
    "You must not be too greedy in catching your said game (fish), as in taking too much at one time...That could easily be the occasion of destroying your own sport and other men's also." Juliana Berners (1450)

+ Reply to Thread

Similar Threads

  1. Fly Fishing Mysteries
    By Bamboozle in forum Sound Off
    Replies: 1
    Last Post: 09-15-2006, 02:50 PM
  2. PA Fly FIshing Cabin...HELP!!!
    By outdoorsman91 in forum Fly Anglers Online
    Replies: 4
    Last Post: 05-26-2006, 04:10 AM

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts