A Fly Fishing Library

Fly fishing books have been an important part of the sport for hundreds of years, taking different forms and meeting various needs. Even when so much information is available at the tap of a smart phone, tangible media is incredibly valuable. Whether it be a novel assisting in winter escapism or a  tattered, dog-eared, highlighted river guide on the back seat, books are a part of the angler’s life.

Below is a library of books that have been addressed, in one way or another, here on Casting Across.

Clicking on an image below will bring up a link to content related to the book. For some, it is a brief paragraph synopsis; others are full reviews or conversations with the author.

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The Curtis Creek Manifesto, by Sheridan Anderson

Trout Unlimited Guide to Pennsylvania Limestone Streams, A. Joseph Armstrong

Night Fishing for Trout, Jim Bashline

Fly Fishing the Mid-Atlantic, Beau Beasley

Fly Fishing Virginia, Beau Beasley

Healing Waters, Beau Beasley

About Trout, Robert Behnke

Trout & Salmon of North America, Robert Behnke

Fly-Fishing the Flats, Barry & Cathy Beck

CVTU’s Favorite Flies, Cumberland Valley Trout Unlimited

Strip-Set, George Daniel

River Songs, Steve Duda

The Incompleat Angler, Jim Enger

Nature’s Case for God, John Frame

Art Flick’s New Streamside Guide, Art Flick

This Wonderful World of Trout, Charles Fox

Catskill Rivers, Austin Francis

River’s Edge, Walt Franklin

Guide to Maryland Trout Fishing, Charlie Gelso & Larry Coburn

Cast, Catch, & Release, Marina Gibson

The Flyfisher’s Book of Lists, Dave Goetz & Steve Mathewson

Fishing a Highland Stream, John Inglis Hall

Cracked,  Steven Hawley

Keystone Fly Fishing, Headwater Books

Spring Creek Strategies, Mike Heck

Flyfisher’s Guide to Northern New England,  Steve Hickoff & Rhey Plumley

Big Two-Hearted River, Ernest Hemingway

Reelly, Ryan Johnston

Brook Trout, Nick Karas

Flyfisher’s Guide to the New England Coast, Tom Keer

The Angler’s Glossary, Mike Klimkos

The Letort, Mike Klimkos

Waters of the Valley, Mike Klimkos

Kingdom Prologue, Meredith Kline

Fishing the Midge, Ed Koch

Fly Casting with Lefty Kreh, Lefty Kreh

Presenting the Fly, Lefty Kreh

Salmon, Mark Kurlansky

The Fisherman, by John Langan

Spring Creeks, Mike Lawson

Spring Creek, Nick Lyons

The Reenchantment of Nature, Alister McGrath

Remembering Dud Dean, Arthur Macdougall

A River Runs Through It, Norman Maclean

Squaretail, Bob Mallard

In the Ring of the Rise, Vincent Marinaro

Fly Fishing for Smallmouth Bass, Harry Murray

His Blessings Through Angling, by Harry Murray

National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Birds: Eastern Region

Downstream,  David L. O’Hara and Matthew T. Dickerson

The Complete Angler, James Prosek

A Good Day’s Fishing, James Prosek

Joe & Me, James Prosek

Fly Fishing Austin & Central Texas, Aaron Reed

American Buffalo, Steven Rinella

Rivers of Restoration, John Ross

Fifty Places to Fly Fish Before You Die, Chris Santella

Fifty More Places to Fly Fish Before You Die,  Chris Santella

Trout, Trout, Trout! April Pulley Sayre

Pollution and the Death of Man, Francis Schaeffer

Limestone Legends, Norm Shires & Jim Gilford

Written on Water, Randy Spencer

Life and Death in the Middle, Anthony Surage and Mike Aleckson

Talleur’s Basic Fly Tying, Richard Talleur

Trout Madness,  Robert Traver

Headwaters, Dylan Tomine

Storied Waters, David Van Wie

Down by the River,  Anthony Weiner

Travers Corners, Scott Waldie

Fly-Fishing Guide to the Upper Delaware River, Paul Weamer

Olive the Little Woolly Bugger, Kirk Werner

Trout Fishing Sourcebook, Mark Williams

Fly Fishing Treasures: The World of Fly Fishers and Collecting, by Steve Woit

Tight Lines, The Yale Anglers’ Journal

Flyfisher’s Guide to New England, Lou Zambello