Why purchase a big, heavy book of fly fishing pictures when social media is teeming with a seemingly infinite number or decent images? Trout by Brian Grossenbacher and Tom Rosenbauer is filled with good pictures – not decent ones. And I, for one, am happy to celebrate the exceptional. Grossenbacher’s subject matter is fly fishing. …
Assuming you’re abiding by state and local guidelines, you really should give fly fishing at night a shot. On one hand, it is as easy as doing what you do during the daytime… only now, after the sun has set. But like in any other ecosystem, streams change in relation to the solar and lunar …
I read Downstream a few years after it came out. First, I was impressed by the book. Second, I was surprised that it hadn’t make a bigger splash than it did in fly fishing circles. You may be asking why? to both of those statements. Conveniently, the answers are the same. David O’hara and Matthew …
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. But come on… a glassy spring creek flowing through a picturesque meadow? You can’t say that isn’t a stunning sight. Especially if you are a fly fisher who likes challenging trout and year-round opportunities to catch them. Mike Lawson’s Spring Creeks came out in 2003. There were …
Just over ten years ago I was asked to contribute to a project that sought to raise funds for the purchase of a plot of land in south central Pennsylvania. Michael Klimkos was putting together a book for the Central Pennsylvania Conservancy. The group was looking to capitalize on the history of the land, specifically …
One of America’s original vacation destinations is also the birthplace of American fly fishing. New York’s Catskill Region is thick with rivers, fish, and angling history. In Steve Francis’ Catskill Rivers, the reader is introduced to what makes this area so special and historically significant. He first explores the region in general, and then touches …
It is undeniable that fishing streamers is the most direct route to big fish. And 2015’s Strip-Set is the authoritative title on all things modern streamer fishing. In this important, informative, and interesting work, George Daniel equips you to throw streamers from size 12 to 2/0. He covers everything from reading the water, feeding behavior, …
Charlie K. Fox’s This Wonderful World of Trout has reached an audience much wider than the tiny spring creeks the author haunted. With an endearing mix of how-to, anecdote, and history, the book has been embraced as a classic of the angler’s library. Fox was numbered among the prominent Pennsylvania fly fishers of the mid-20th …
For nearly all of 2025 I’ve published a fly fishing book review video on my YouTube page every Wednesday. I’ve enjoyed putting them together, sharing some great titles, and interacting with those who watch. But this week things didn’t come together. And that is okay. Not only is it okay because there is no reason …
The name Orvis is synonymous with American fly fishing. If you are at all interested in the history of the sport, you’ll certainly enjoy learning about the fly tying daughter of the company’s founder: Mary Orvis Marbury. Mary was more than an angler, of course. But her contributions to her father’s fledgling brand and the …
