New Fly Fishing Books

July 19, 2016 By: Erin Block

  • Backcasts: A Global History of Fly Fishing and Conservation, edited by Samuel Snyder, Bryon Borgelt, and Elizabeth Tobey, examines the historical significance of outdoor recreation and sports to conservation. Backcasts explores both the problems anglers and their organizations face and how they might serve as models of conservation—in the individual trout streams, watersheds, and landscapes through which these waters flow. University Of Chicago Press (July 11, 2016).
  • Tying and Fishing Bucktails and Other Hair Wings: Atlantic Salmon Flies to Steelhead Flies by Mike Valla is an immense resource for tiers of these classic patterns. The book includes over 500 patterns with tying instructions, fishing information, and history of bucktails from their origins to the present. Headwater Books (July 1, 2016).
  • Buffalo Jump Blues: A Sean Stranahan Mystery by Keith McCafferty is the fifth novel in the Sean Stranahan mystery series, featuring Montana’s favorite fly fisherman-detective. Buffalo Jump Blues weaves a gripping tale of murder, wildlife politics, and lost love. Viking (June 28, 2016).