Fly Fishing Books From Old Masters - 32 Books On CD  

32 Fly Fishing Books

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32 BOOKS ON ONE CD

1. The Fly-Fisher's Entomology, by Alfred Ronalds written in 1839 (400 Pages) This huge work includes 20 colour plates comparing insect to the created fly.  A definitive work covering every aspect of fly fishing from years gone by.

2. The Angler's Manual: Fly-Fisher's Oracle, written by John Turton in 1836 (94 pages) This Yorkshireman know his stuff and the book begins with general equipment required for fly fishing, artificial (77 of them)  and natural flies, bait for bottom fishing, different fish, fishing grounds and how to cook fish.

3. Fishing With the Fly, an Orvis Cheney Collection from  1883 (367 pages) Dozens of fly fishing yarns from the 1800s with 14 colour plates describing how to make trout, salmon, lake and bass flies  with more on hackles and gnats. The Silver Doctor lake fly below shows how beautiful these flies really are.  From fly fishing  in Florida to salmon and trout fishing in Alaska this book has it all.

4. Fly Fishing and Fly Making,  by Harrington Keene from 1887 (115 pages) In a typical style of yesteryear this book starts with the Senses of the Fishes in relation to fly-fisherman,   but quickly moves onto the practical of rod, reel and line. Also contains lessons in fly making, standard flies and dressings.
 
5. Handbook of Angling:  Teaching Fly-Fishing, Trolling, Bottom Fishing and Salmon Fishing, written in 1865 (319 pages) Another large manuscript, and whether you want to fish with the natural fly, or dib/dab with an artificial May Fly this is one exhaustive treatise!

6. Dry-Fly Fishing:  For Trout and Grayling, by James Englefield "Red Quill" written in 1908 (over 200 pages) "In fact, dryfly fishing reduces the cruelty of angling to a minimum, and is a good argument in its favour. The dry-fly purist is a contemplative man, always in love with Nature in her varying beauties, and not least so when in his delightful environment by the river- side the weather is favourable for his sport; but even then his skill is at fault until there is a " hatch - out" of flies on the water... "

7. The American Anglers Book, by Thad Norris written in 1864 (635 Pages) "Tackle-making I have learned as a pleasant recreation. My tactics and rules are based on my own experience and upon that of brethren of the rod with whom I have angled. So also is my knowledge of fishing-grounds."

8. The Angler and The Loop Rod, written by David Webster in 1885 (373 pages) "The work is a small one, though the field which it covers is wide. It does not pretend, therefore, to be exhaustive; its only aim is that it may be found exact. It begins at the beginning. It takes the angler to the river-side, puts the rod into his hands, and shows him both how to fish and where to fish. It treats in more or less detail of angling for trout, salmon, grayling, and pike, and of the various lures that are employed in different conditions of water and at different seasons of the year."

9. Bowlkers Art of Angling, printed by B Jones in 1854 (170 Pages) "Whenever you begin to angle, wet the ends of the joints of your rod, to make them swell, which will prevent their loosening: and if you happen, with rain or otherwise, to wet your rod, so that you cannot pull the joints asunder, turn the ferrules round in the flame of a candle, and they will easily separate. An angler should always be careful to keep out of sight of the fish, by standing as far from the bank as possible; but muddy water renders this caution unnecessary."

10. Blacker's Art of Fly Making, written by William Blacker in 1855 (323 pages) "The list of flies I have given, will be found very valuable, and the tyro will take great delight in imitating these flies necessary for use, and suiting the colours exactly to each, keeping to their symmetrical forms as they appear with his light materials. This beautiful
branch of fly-making, peculiarly my own, cannot fail to perfect the angler who is scientific and ingenious, the result of which will be never-failing success. I have added to the art of fly-making full instructions, and the most approved receipts for dyeing mohair, pighair, feathers, and other materials most useful and appropriate for imitating the natural flies and stuffs the most killing for Trout and Salmon..."

11. The Book of The Dry Fly,  by George Dewar written in 1910 (325 Pages) "Flies are largely a matter of fancy: sometimes I think the wickham (used in bright weather) is the best of all; sometimes I incline to a light, medium or dark olive dun; sometimes to an iron-blue. These and red spinners and hares' ears, and a small winged May-fly (Holland dresses these as well as any one) in May-fly season, are as good as one can have in the fly-box."

12. British Angling Flies, written by Michael Theakston in 1883 (188 pages) "Although I am a great advocate for the system of matching your artificial flies with the natural ones upon the water at the time of fishing, still I am of opinion that an unnecessary number of patterns only confuses the tyro; the author gives a list of ninety varieties, I have gone through the whole carefully, one by one, and have come to the conclusion that from thirty to forty of them are amply sufficient to meet the requirements of the angler, not only upon the Yorkshire rivers, but upon any stream."

13. Brook and River Trouting, written by Harfield Edmonds and Norman Lee in 1916 (146 pages) "When the writers began to take a practical interest in trout fly dressing, they experienced great difficulty in determining the correct feathers for the various patterns, as the older books on the subject of North Country flies are vague in the extreme. The few more modern writers on wet flies, for want of precision, have done little to help the beginner to a proper appreciation of his materials. It was therefore felt that a book, which not only prescribed the exact part of a bird from which the correct feathers should be taken, but illustrated such feathers and other materials (as also the flies made therefrom), in colour, would be a help, at least to beginners in the craft, and not merely an encumbrance on angling literature."

14. Favourite Flies and Their Histories, written by Mary Orvis Marbury in 1892 (626 pages) With many replies from practical anglers to inquiries concerning how, when and where to use them. "Except to a studious few, dissertations upon the intricacies of entomology and of artificial-fly nomenclature are wearisome and to be avoided. The object of this treatise is to aid those who fish and observe for pleasure,— who seek fresh vigor and strength in a pursuit which occupies mind and body in the open air, and yields excitement without worriment."

15. Flies and Fly Fishing: With hints on minnow and grasshopper fising, written by Captain John Dick in 1873 (163 pages) "The flies mentioned in this book are not called by their scientific names, as I write only as a fisherman, and for fishermen ; and if I have stated anything that is opposed to the opinions of the entomologist, the above must be my apology."

16. Fishing With Floating Flies, written by Samuel Camp in 1913 (135 pages) " In America, owing to the fact that the dry fly angler fishes the water and not the rise, wet and dry fly fishing are far more closely related than is the case in England..."

17. The Fly Fisher's Text Book, written by Theophilus South  (272 pages) " The requisites in the angler's outfit for a short excursion are; two hanks of salmon-gut, three ditto of stout trout-gut, two ditto, very fine ditto, a salmon-rod of eighteen feet, a double handed trout-rod of about fifteen feet, a light single-handed rod of about twelve feet, two salmon reel lines, three trout ditto,* a salmon-reel, a trout ditto, a gaff, stick, and strap, a landing-net, one hundred and a half of salmon-hooks, the like of trout ditto, a clearing-ring and string, a rod-scythe (called by its maker "the angler's friend in need,") and what is equally useful, a gardener's pocket saw-knife or hatchet, and a twisting machine, weight, and guide."

18. Fly Fishing, written by Sir Edward Grey in 1920 (306 pages) " There is not, it is true, the same glory of
physical strength and prowess in angling as in games ; but, on the other hand, the skill required is as difficult and various, and can be maintained unimpaired long after the highest point of physical activity has been reached and passed."

19. Fly Fishing in Salt and Freshwater,  by John Van Voorst in 1851 (102 pages) "The reader will also find an account of salmon fishing in Connemara; and drawings of some tackle used in pike-fishing, which has the double advantage of preserving the bait, and of most successfully securing the pike. The author is not acquainted with any treatise on fishing that affords information respecting the winter flies. In the winter months he has frequently killed
with the fly, grayling of more than three pounds in weight."

20. Fly Rods and Fly Tackle,  written by Henry Wells in 1885 (370 pages) "The theory of hooks, as based simply on mechanical principles, should probably run somewhat as follows: 1. What are the objects to be aimed at in a perfect hook ?— a. Penetration, b. Holding power, c. Strength. d. Lightness and neatness."

21. North Country Flies,  written by T.E. Pritt in 1886 (89 pages) "I have made a point of recording every matter of moment which I have noticed on the rivers, or have heard from my fellow-fishermen, and in this book the
results of those observations are set forth. The chapter upon creeper-fishing a branch of our beautiful art and recreation, which has hitherto been neglected in the county may, I trust, have some influence in inducing Yorkshire anglers to take up this scientific and deadly method."

22. The Practical Angler,  written by W.C. Stewart in 1907 (255 pages) "The Salmo fario, or common trout, is indigenous to almost every river, burn, and loch in Scotland. When in good condition no tenant of the stream surpasses it in beauty of appearance. The head is small and well shaped, the back finely curved, and the sides are thickly studded with starlike spots of a variety of colours, from bright red to dark brown."

23. Practical Fly Fishing,  written by Larry St John in 1920 (180 pages) "It will be noted that I have devoted more space, proportionately, to fly fishing for black bass than have other writers, for the following reasons: the more
general distribution of the bass offers a far greater number of anglers an opportunity to take them on a fly rod; it is a phase of angling that is becoming amazingly popular..."

25. The Science of Dry Fly Fishing,  written by Fred G Shaw in 1906 (233 pages) "If it be desirable and necessary to obtain help in order to become a proficient fly fisherman, the author admits the greater advantages of personal tuition when it is obtainable. But, on the other hand, he is confident that, by explaining in simple language the science of casting and fishing with the trout fly, in similar terms to those which he uses when teaching the student personally, the reader will, by careful attention, find himself competent to take the field rod in hand, and rapidly acquire a success which will well repay him for his trouble."

26. Superior Fishing: Striped Bass, Trout, Black Bass and Blue-Fish of the Northern States,  written by Robert barnwell Roosevelt in 1884 (368 pages) "Although the largest trout in the United States are taken in Maine, in the Eangeley region, the greatest number and the most vigorous are found in...."

27. The Salmon Fly,  written by Geo M Kelson in 1895 (598 pages) "This book is published by request. It aims at filling up a gap in angling literature, and is designed to stamp out the common fallacy that no one can learn how to make a fly "from written instructions." In truth, I know of no volume on the subject at all sufficiently clear, instructive or exhaustive."

28. How To Tie Salmon Flies,  written by Captain Hale in 1892 (141 pages) "Salmon fly-tying is a most fascinating subject : partly because there is so much variety in it, partly because (to those who strive for perfection) of the difficulties. In nearly every fly that he makes the beginner will find something new to learn, some new fact to make a note of."

29. Trout Fishing,  written by W Earle Hodgson in 1904 (332 pages) "Some may be surprised to see Wasps
figuring among the lake flies. Wasps, it may be said, are not water insects. That is true; but neither is the Alder, afavourite on rivers, a water insect in the seyise that a Stonefly is. Still, just as the trout in a stream take Alders that are blown on the water by high wind. Wasps sometimes fall upon the lake, and the fish rise at them."

30. The Trout Fly Dresser's Cabinet of Devices,  written by H.G. McClelland in 1899 (148 pages) "Fly dressing, unlike the making of rods, reels, and other articles of the angler's equipment, is no mere branch of other crafts... I constantly observe, when wet-fly fishing, that trout will show an unmistakeable preference for a good imitation of one of the natural flies to be seen at the time, no matter in what position on the cast it is placed."

31. Trout Fly-Fishing In America,  written by Charles Zibeon Southward in 1914 (370 pages) "As a fly fisherman, with more than a quarter century's experience behind me, years in which I have caught trout on many lakes and streams, I have become convinced that there is a large number of young anglers who will find in the book I have written something to interest and help them."

32. Yorkshire Trout Flies,  written by T.E. Pritt in 1855 (89 pages) "It occurred to me, some three or four years
ago, that there was again room in this great angling county for a book which should not only give the dressings
and seasons of trout flies, but also add the best possible aid in the form of illustrations carefully and accurately coloured, in order to convey to the eye of the beholder correct impressions of the size, shape, and colours of those artificial flies which experience has proved are best adapted to the Yorkshire waters."

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