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What we read right now
The books on the GFF bed table
A Passion for Pike
By Ad Swier
Book: First impression
A book solely concentrating on fishing for pike. Written by Dutch artist and avid pike angler Ad Swier. This book will take you around the world in pursuit for the toothy predator. Ad Swier is a pike afficionado and has authored many articles on the subject - including "A one foot fly amidst the lily pads" here on GFF. You can also see an article about Ad's beautiful art.
Published by Westerlaan 2006
Being read by Martin Joergensen
Chasing Silver
By Jamie Howard
DVD/Video: First impression
Another blazing installation from Jamie Howard whose DVD's we do love here at GFF. This one follows reknown tarpon angler Andy Mill and guide John O'Hearn's pursuit of the silver king in the waters near Florida Keys.
Published by Howard Films 2007
Being watched by Martin Joergensen
Featherwing & Hackle Flies for Salmon
By Chris Mann
Book: First impression
The third volume in Chris Mann's impressing series about different types of flies from all over the world. We love the first two books about shrimps and tube flies, and this new book seems to be a natural continuation of the two. The illustrations are again fantastic.
Published by Merlin Unwin 2006
Being read by Martin Joergensen
Fifty Places to Fly Fish Before You Die
By Chris Santella
Book: First impression
A mouthwatering - but also somewhat brief - coverage of fifty places from all over the world where you might want to go fishing in your life. Each location is recommended by an expert and described through interviews, stories and facts by Santella. Very nice in spite of its brevity and fairly small size. Illustrated with beautiful Valentine Atkinson images.
Published by Stewart, Tabori and Chang 2004
Being read by Martin Joergensen
Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art
By Terry Hellekson
Book: First impression
An impressing book. An encyclopedia of fly patterns, history and tying methods. Huge and with enormous amounts of material.
More on this mastodont on Gibbs Smith's website
Published by Gibbs Smith 2005
Being read by Martin Joergensen
Flies as art
By Paul Whillock
Book: First impression
Paul Whillock ties some really impressing realistic flies. People who have seen these creations will know why he was once stopped in customs and prohibited from bringing a fly into the US. They thought is was a real bug...
Few of the tyers of super-realistic flies reveal their secrets, but this book seems to contain all Paul's tying methods, tips and tricks.
Published by Paul Whillock 2006
Being read by Martin Joergensen
Fly Fishing for Bonefish
By Dick Brown
Book: First impression
This classical bonefish book from 1992 has now been totally revised to reflect the most recent development in bonefishing and has had a well deserved visual overhaul with more color photos and a very nice layout. The book is very hands on and practical in its approach, and reading selected chapters has already taught me a few things I didn't know as well as given me some valuable tips. The chapter on fly patterns is excellent and well illustrated. A worthy revision of a true classic. Vist Dick Brown's own web site for more info.
Published by Nick Lyons 2008
Being read by Martin Joergensen
Fly Fishing the Madison River
By Craig Mathews
DVD/Video: First impression
A season-by-season, hatch-by-hatch rundown of the Madison River in Yellowstone. Lots of useful knowledge for any angler heading in that direction.
Published by YellowstoneFlyFishing.com 2007
Being watched by Martin Joergensen
Fly-Fishing Secrets of Alaska's Best Guides
By Will Rice
Book: First impression
A guidebook to Alaska's best waters, organized by region. I'd probably still want to hire a guide if I was making the trip, but this book will give the reader some thoughts on where to go and what to expect.
Published by Stackpole Books 2006
Being read by Bob Petti
Flyfishing in Ireland
By Peter O'Reilly
Book: First impression
A classical title about fly fishing the green island. About streams and loghs, fishing gear and methods.
Published by Merlin Unwin Books
Being read by Martin Joergensen
How To Catch the Biggest Trout of your Life
By Landon Mayer
Book: First impression
For those who are interested in chasing the biggest trout around, this book is chock full of excellent advice.
Published by Wild River Press 2007
Being read by Bob Petti
Lefty's Favorite Fly-Fishing Waters
By Lefty Kreh
Book: First impression
Another escapee from "Lefty's Little Library", where he describes his favorite places to fish for all sorts of different fish. Man oh man - this guy really has been there and done that. Over and over again.
Published by The Lyons Press 2004
Being read by Bob Petti
Loughs of Ireland
By Peter O'Rielly
Book: First impression
Peter O'Rielly is the definite authority on fishing in Ireland, and in this book he covers lake fishing (loughs) in his usual, thorough manner.
Published by Merlin Unwin Books 2007
Being read by Martin Joergensen
Master your Fly Casting!
By Jim C. Chapralis
Book: First impression
Chapralis is one of the grand old men in fly casting and has taken part in casting competition both as a younger man and lately as a senior. In this book he conveys his knowledge about casting in an entertaining and educating manner, and teaches you to cast through games and practical advice.
Published by Angling Matters 2006
Being read by Martin Joergensen
Modern Spey Casting
By Dec Hogan
DVD/Video: First impression
An American angle on the spey rod renaissance or "craze" with a very practical and applicable approach to this style of casting. Dec Hogan breaks down the Spey and underhand casts into clear and simple types and demonstrates each in detail.
Published by Frank Amato Publications 2005
Being watched by Martin Joergensen
Nymph Fishing
By Terry Lawton
Book: First impression
Quite an interesting look at the history and development of nymph fishing, with a decidedly UK slant. There are plenty of how-to's in the book, but the focus is not so much "how should you do it", but "how they did it"
Published by Stackpole Books 2005
Being read by Bob Petti
Running down the man
By Ben Knight & Travis Rummel
DVD/Video: First impression
Extremely short (17 minutes plus 8 minutes extra material!), but very entertaining story about a bunch of enthusiasts (red: half crazy anglers) that hunt for roosterfish from the beach of the Baja Mexico. Made in a contemporary, fast paced and action filled manner with only little emphasis on facts and fishing methods but a lot of emphasis on the rush of chasing and catching these magnificent fish.
Published by Felt Soul Media 2007
Being watched by Martin Joergensen
Sea Bass on a Fly
By Runar Kabbe
DVD/Video: First impression
13 seasons and more than 400 landed sea bass is the basis for Runar Krabbe's knowledge of how to get in contact with the south european silverish fish. He fish it from the shore, boat and from pontoon drifter. He takes us from season start in early June to the end in late September. Flies and techniques are being discussed, but can it stand more than one hour and is the 60 minutes of bonus videos worth the price?
Published by Scanout Productions 2007
Being watched by Kasper Mühlbach
Snook on a Fly
By Norm Zeigler
Book: First impression
I've never fished for snook, but if I were to plan a trip, this book would be an excellent place to start gathering facts.
Published by Stackpole Books 2007
Being read by Bob Petti
The Best Fly-Fishing trips Money Can Buy
By Pat Ford
Book: First impression
If money was no object, where would you go fishing? This book has some ideas on that, and a gazillion beautiful pictures of amazing fish in amazing places.
Published by Stackpole Books 2006
Being read by Bob Petti
The Cast
By Ed Jaworowski
Book: First impression
A paperback reprint of Ed's 1992 book. The one-and-only casting class I ever took was taught by Ed. What a treat. The man knows what he is doing. It will be interesting to see if anything has changed in the world of casting since originally published.
Published by Stackpole Books 2006
Being read by Bob Petti
The Fishing Club
By Bob Rich
Book: First impression
A collection of who's who and where's where of the fly fishing world, as Bob Rich rubs elbows with the famous and well-to-do.
Published by The Lyons Press 2006
Being read by Bob Petti
The Graphite Fly Rod
By Russ Gooding
Book: First impression
A nicely produced DVD set (2 discs) covering in depth all aspects of building a graphite fly rod featuring Ross Gooding of Golden Witch Technologies. Very thorough and very instructive.
Published by Tightline Productions 2007
Being read by Martin Joergensen
The Orvis Fly-Fishing Guide
By Tom Rosenbauer
Book: First impression
An excellent, udpated overview of fly fishing as you would expect from someone like Tom Rosenbauer.
Published by The Lyons Press 2007
Being read by Bob Petti
Trout Hunting
By Bob Wyatt
Book: First impression
This is a book that gets better every time I pick it up. Some of the photos inside reflect the dawn of the digital camera (i.e. a little noisy), but buy the book for the text, not the pretty pictures.
Published by Stackpole Books 2005
Being read by Bob Petti
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Submitted May 24th 2007
Bob,
The new tube fly book is awesome! Very inspiring. I have spent the last few days reading through it and will fire off a review ASAP. A few other books are in the queue before yours, but it will come eventually.
Martin