New Fly Fishing Books

June 24, 2016 By: Erin Block

  • What a Fish Knows: The Inner Lives of Our Underwater Cousins by Jonathan Balcombe draws on the latest advancements in cognitive science to examine the questions of thought, memories, and social structure of fish species. Balcombe, an ethologist, takes the reader “under the sea, through streams and estuaries, and to the other side of the aquarium glass to reveal the surprising capabilities of fishes.” Scientific American / Farrar, Straus and Giroux (June 7, 2016).
  • Angling Days: A Fly Fisher’s Journals by Robert DeMott is a collection of the author’s numerous journal entries. They read as essays in the angling tradition of “channeling the tranquility of fly fishing into creative endeavors.” Tom McGuane calls this book “A cultivated, unpretentious and useful contribution to our literature.” Skyhorse Publishing (June 28, 2016).