Upriver and downstream: the best fly-fishing and angling adventures from the New York times

Publishing Date: c2007

Classification: 700

Call Number: 799.124

A compilation of essays from the popular "Outdoors" column from The New York Times features contributions from Nick Lyons, Peter Kaminsky, Ernest Schweibert, Patricia Leigh Brown, Robert H. Boyle, and Thomas McGuane that reflect on the unique joys of fishing around the globe. - (Baker & Taylor)

The art of fly fishing: an illustrated history of rods, reels, and favorite flies

By Fersen, Paul

Publishing Date: c2000

Classification: 700

Call Number: 799.124 FER

Contents: The world of fly fishing -- Five hundred years of tradition : the history of fly fishing -- Mechanical aesthetics : wood, steel, and aluminum reels -- Art of the rod : willow to bamboo to graphite -- Natural artificials : fly-tying magic.

Fifty places to fly fish before you die: fly-fishing experts share the world's greatest destinations

By Santella, Chris

Publishing Date: 2004

Classification: 700

Call Number: 799.124 SAN

The fifty essays included a background of each site, how-to hints, and colorful anecdotes based on the author's and authorities' experiences. The book also provides adventurous anglers with enough travel and tackle information so that they, too can start planning fishing excursions around the globe.

My Moby Dick

By Humphrey, William

Publishing Date: 1979

Classification: 700

Call Number: 799.1755 HUM

From the acclaimed author of Home from the Hill and The Ordways comes a charming and erudite account of what happens when the fish hooks the fisherman In the Berkshire mountains, novelist and avid outdoorsman William Humphrey discovers a gigantic, one-eyed brown trout lazing in the shallows of a roadside stream. Between three and four feet long and weighing more than thirty pounds, it is a fish too big not to be fished for. It is also, therefore, a fish too big to be caught. Yet Humphrey resolves to do just that, and with a dry fly, no less. What follows is a season-long pursuit of the impos.

Modern streamers for trophy trout: new techniques, tactics, and patterns

By Linsenman, Bob

Publishing Date: c1999

Classification: 700

Call Number: 799.1757 LIN

This first modern, all-encompassing manual on the art of streamer fishing teaches new techniques for catching trophy-sized trout on a fly. Streamers are the most effective of all fly patterns for the seduction of large trout, because they imitate the look and behavior of the smaller fish these trophies feed on. Sooner or later, every angler seeking the thrill of landing a trout over 20 inches--a dream fish for most--will need to understand the particular art of streamer fishing. This is the first book written about streamers in over 50 years. Despite streamer fishing's perennial popularity, it has been eclipsed in recent years by the sport's long love affair with dry flies. Revealed here in this indispensable, knowledgeable book are dozens of new streamer patterns and many proven advanced techniques for hooking huge trout, making it a must-buy for the dedicated fly-fisherman at any level of experience. - (Norton Pub)