Category Archives: Books

Much like “an explosion of periodicals published on cheap paper brought new and unconventional voices to a wide audience” in the early 20th century, Pulp Fly: Volume 1, a collection of fly-fishing short stories and essays, sets out to do … more →

“It needed to be written,” writes Doug Rose of Chester Allen’s book Fly Fishing for Sea-Run Cutthroat.  It is a “real book”, not a “pumped up photo-essay masquerading as a book,” according to Rose.  Allen’s book is not the first … more →

Jack Ohman is the funniest fly fisher we know.  Luckily, he is also a genius at drawing cartoons.  This week we share his “How to Tie a Fly,” which had even the non-tiers on our staff rolling on the floor. … more →

Grant Carter, who claims his occupation is “following the shade around the house” (he’s a former businessman), reviews The River White: A Confluence of Brush and Quill, a new book that showcases Duane Hada’s watercolor art and brother Ken Hada’s lyrical … more →

Kimball and Les Beery have been fishing Rocky Mountain National Park for 40 years and have decided to share their secrets and discoveries with everyone else.  Their new Anglers Guide to Rocky Mountain National Park covers what flies to use, trailheads, and … more →

Ask any number of fly fishermen today how their obsession started, and a majority will point back to 1992 when Redford’s movie “A River Runs Through It” was released.  However, before there was “The Movie,” there was “the book.” As … more →

P.G. Koch reviews a new Keith McCafferty mystery for The Houston Chronicle, noting the title comes from the fly found snagged in a dead man’s lip.  ”The singer, the murdered man, the fishing guide, and the fate of the area’s wild … more →

Flies That Catch Trout, by Terry Lawton, offers the true story behind a range of fly patterns, old, new, popular and obscure, that deserve a spot in any fly-fisherman’s fly box.  Terry Lawton is the author of a few books … more →

On Huffington Post, Bradley T. Borden, a professor at Brooklyn Law School, reviews Heaven on Earth: Stories of Fly Fishing, Fun & Faith. Andrew Marshall Weyment’s new book, Borden writes, “reaffirms that the things that matter to us require our … more →