Favorite Fishing Books (Click on links for a review)

Writings About Fishing

  • A River Never Sleeps by Roderick L. Haig-Brown
  • Fisherman's Spring by Roderick L. Haig-Brown
  • Fisherman's Summer by Roderick L. Haig-Brown
  • Fisherman's Fall by Roderick L. Haig-Brown
  • Fisherman's Winter by Roderick L. Haig-Brown
  • Measure of the Year by Roderick L. Haig-Brown
  • A River Runs Through It by Norman Maclean
  • Trout Madness by Robert Traver
  • Trout Magic by Robert Traver
  • What the Trout Said by Datus Proper
  • The Way of the Trout by M.R. Montgomery
  • One Man's Steelhead Shangri-La by Ralph Wahl
  • Fishing the Oregon Country by Francis H. Ames
  • The Little Book of Fishing by Will Balliett (ed.)
  • The Habit of Rivers by Ted Leeson
  • Steelhead Country by Steve Raymond
  • An Angler's Astoria by Dave Hughes
  • Fishing Widows by Nick Lyons
  • The Armchair Angler by Terry Brykczynski and David Reuther (ed.)
  • Fly Fishing through the Midlife Crisis by Howell Raines
  • A Flyfisherman's Blue Ridge by Christopher Camuto
  • The Compleat Angler by Izaak Walton

    Fly Fishing Technique

  • The New American Trout Fishing by John Merwin
  • Fly Fishing (Simple to Sophisticated) by Al Kyte
  • Tactics for Trout by Dave Hughes
  • Reading the Water by Dave Hughes
  • Prospecting for Trout by Tom Rosenbauer
  • Fly Fishing Strategy by Doug Swisher and Carl Richards
  • The Trout Fisherman's Bible by Dan Holland
  • The Pocket Gillie by Scott Richmond
  • Lake Fishing with a Fly by Ron Cordes and Randall Kaufmann
  • Commonsense Fly Fishing by Ray Ovington
  • The Complete Book of Fly Fishing by Tom McNally
  • Flies in the Water, Fish in the Air by Jim Arnosky
  • L.L. Bean Fly-Fishing Handbook by Dave Whitlock
  • Greased Line Fishing for Salmon [and Steelhead] by Jock Scott
  • How to Teach Yourself Fly Casting by Mike Weddell
  • Longer Fly Casting by Lefty Kreh

    Aquatic Entomology

  • Western Hatches by Rick Hafele and Dave Hughes
  • Western Streamside Guide by Dave Hughes
  • Hatch Guide for the Lower Deschutes River by Jim Schollmeyer
  • Mayflies, the Angler and the Trout by Fred Arbona

    Fly Tying

  • American Fly Tying Manual by Dave Hughes
  • The Fly Tyers Nymph Manual by Randall Kauffmann
  • Tying Dry Flies by Randall Kauffmann
  • Western Trout Fly Tying Manual by Jack Dennis
  • Basic Fly Tying by Ed Koch and Norm Shires

    Rod Building

  • The Custom Graphite Fly Rod by Skip Morris
  • Handcrafting a Graphite Fly Rod by L.A. Garcia

    Steelhead

  • Steelhead Fly Fishing and Flies by Trey Combs
  • Advanced Fly Fishing for Steelhead by Deke Meyer
  • Dry Line Steelhead by Bill McMillan

    Guides

  • Deschutes by Dave Hughes
  • Fishing in Oregon by Dan Casali and Madelynne Diness
  • Fishing in Oregon's Deschutes River by Scott Richmond
  • Western Fly Fishing Guide by Dave Hughes
  • Henning's Washington Fishing Guide by Milt Keizer (ed.)
  • Washington State Fishing Guide by Stan Jones (ed.)
  • Washington State Trout Fishing (A Guide to Lakes) by Dan Homel