Nixon's book is typically obtainable through your library system. That's how I found a copy to read. The beauty of Nixon's book is in the creativity of the flies, and his writing of his being so stubborn in sticking with fly fishing in face of the overwhelming encroachment of the entire spin fishing craze. And, that he preferred warmwater to other species. The Wilson's book is great, although I've yet to catch a single gill on their glorious sinking spider. A friend, Wrangler from this site, does extremely well with it, and we can fish from his boat with him catching gills and me doing nothing. So I switch flies so I can keep up with him ? which is impossible. Fishing with either Wrangler or my wife is humbling, and Wrangler says his catch ration pales when compared to that of his wife. Go figure!