The first book I read about this sport ws Bergman's "Trout". Was about the last book I read, too. Still got it. I would much rather re-invent the wheel, flyfishing-wise, than read what everyone else thinks.
Just my $.02
Dennis
The first book I read about this sport ws Bergman's "Trout". Was about the last book I read, too. Still got it. I would much rather re-invent the wheel, flyfishing-wise, than read what everyone else thinks.
Just my $.02
Dennis
Trout is the most under-rated fly fishing book of all time. Although I guess it really was well thought of when it came out, but it remains 'the truth' regardless of age. More than many written since can claim.
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How bout the great works of David Leitz?
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nam
Berman's Trout is a must especially Chapter 10, Water Types and How to Fish Them. I think about what Ray observed every time I fish. Other recommendations:
Dry Fly & Fast Water by George LaBranche
Ring of the Rise & Modern Dry Fly Code by Vince Marinaro
This Wonderful World of Trout and Rising Trout by Charles Fox
And when you find your self getting too serious:
A Wedding Gift by John Trainor Foote
Any of Ed Zern's books that you can get your hands on: To Hell With Fishing, How to Tell Fish From Fishermen, How to Catch Fishermen, Are Fishermen People. IMHO still the funniest books ever written on fly fishing.
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"Understanding Trout Behavior" John Goddard & Brian Clarke.
Brilliant Insights in How Trout Act and Why
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I look into... my fly box, and think about all the elements I should consider in choosing the perfect fly: water temperature, what stage of development the bugs are in, what the fish are eating right now. Then I remember what a guide told me: 'Ninety percent of what a trout eats is brown and fuzzy and about five-eighths of an inch long.' - Allison Moir.
I wonder if he ever fished Saltwater
Excuse my spelling and grammar, I hooked Mondays and Fridays to either fish or hunt.
Anything and everything by John Gierach. I've not found any of his books to be anything less than wonderful.
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All along this path I tread, my heart betrays my weary head
With nothing but my love to save, from the cradle to the grave
My one wish is that when I die my wife doesn't sell my fishing stuff for what I told her I paid for it...
Two new books by Ed Engle; Tying Small Flies, and Fishing Small Flies. Also, Mike Lawson's book, Spring Creeks.
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Dan S
Slow down and savor the moment; it will be over with all too quickly
I believe old Roger Stouff has a book out that's pretty fair readin'!
(Guess I should clarify that...just in case you haven't read Roger's column "Native Waters" on this site.)
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There's alot of great books out there. Some
of my favorites are: Limestone Legends,Terrestrial Fishing/Koch,Nymphs and the Trout/Sawyer,Complete Schwiebert,Rising
Trout/Fox,Fishing the Midge/Koch and Chalkstream Cronicals by Neil Patterson.
Most of these can be found at your local fly shop in Pennsylvania. Enjoy
Geezer,
I concur on "Understanding Trout Behavior". I also really like the chapter on how to see trout.
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