Irish Tea and Soft Hackles

Book Reviews

Most of the books you see reviewed here are books that I've enjoyed reading. It is not my goal to trash a book or author. Most of these books were bought after I had given myself a peek preview in the bookstore, therefore most of the books are ones I've enjoyed.

At times I provide a link to a brief explanation of why I think the reading of a book is a worthwhile investment of time and funds. I've read quite a few fly fishing books and will post them as I have time. Some I'm having to reread to remember enough for comments. Not a bad situation! Enjoy them as I did!

If you know of a book that you think I would enjoy, please email me!

Nope! You Decide! Yep! 2 Yeps! + 2 Yeps +!

Books Specific or Related to Arkansas Trout Fishing

Hicks, Danny - River Journal - White River
Jacobs, Jimmy - Tailwater Trout in the South; An Angler's Guide
MidSouth Fly Fishers - Home Waters: Guide to Fishing Northern Arkansas, etc.
Robison, Henry & Buchanan, Thomas - Fishes of Arkansas
Wright, Steve - Ozark Trout Tales - A Fishing Guide to the White River System +

General Index

Ames, Dave

True Love and the Woolly Bugger
A Good Life Wasted - After the first book, this one disappointed me.

Beatty, Al & Gretchen - Fly Pattern Encyclopedia - A Federation of Fly Fishers book
Bolin, Dan - The One that Got Away - A pleasantly inspirational book!
Dawson, Chris - Woolly Worms & Wombats, A Sidelong Glance at Flyfishing Down Under
Franklin, Walt - River's Edge - A Fly-Fishing Realm
Gierach, John

A Fool's Paradise + - new posting!
Another Lousy Day in Paradise +
At the Grave of the Unknown Fisherman - after rereading it, I upped it a notch!
Dances with Trout +
Death, Taxes, & Leaky Waders - a compilation of articles from his other books
Even Brook Trout get the Blues
Fly Fishing Small Streams
Fishing Bamboo - Five, Six, or Seven times read. I'm not sure! +
Sex, Death and Fly Fishing +
Standing in a River Waving a Stick +
Still Life with Brook Trout - his newest
The View from Rat Lake
Trout Bum +

Hafele, Rick - Nymph Fishing - Rivers & Streams - An excellent library addition! + - new posting!
Holbrook, Don & Koch, Ed - Midge Magic
Hughes, Dave - If you want to learn about fly fishing....

American Fly Tying Manual
Essential Trout Flies
Taking Trout +
Trout Flies: The Tier's Reference +
Trout from Small Streams
Wet Flies, Tying and Fishing Soft-Hackles, Winged and Wingless Wets, etc.

Hughes, Robert - A Jerk on One End
Kageyama, Colin - What Fish See: Understanding optics and color shifts for designing lures and flies
Kaminsky, Peter - The Fly Fisherman's Guide to the Meaning of Life
Krieger, Mel - The Essence of Flycasting
Links, Leon - Tying Flies with CDC, The Fisherman's Miracle Feather
McGuane, Thomas - The Longest Silence
Meck, Charles - 101 Innovative Fly-Tying Tips
Merwin, John - The New North American Trout Fishing
Meyer, Deke - Tying Trout Flies, 12 of the Best
Nunley, R. L. - Essential Flyfishing
Osthoff, Rich - No Hatch to Match -
Quinnett, Paul - Pavlov's Trout +
Raines, Howell - Fly Fishing through the Midlife Crisis
Raymond, Steve - The Year of the Angler - good imagery
Reifsnyder, Dave - All Fishermen Are Liars...Believe It! - - fun reading!
Sparse Grey Hackle - Fishless Days, Angling Night
Tapply, William - Pocket Water: Confessions of a Restless Angler
Tosches, Rick - Zipping my Fly - I quit this one!
Traver, Robert - Traver on Fishing - edited by Nick Lyons. This series of articles is quite enjoyable!
Van Vliet, John - The Art of Fly Tying
Walton, Izaak & Cotton, Charles - The Compleat Angler
Whitlock, Dave - A Guide to Aquatic Trout Food

Now do you see why I haven't written reviews of them all yet!

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