Rusty Posted October 29, 2006 Posted October 29, 2006 Anyone have a list of some really good fiction fly fishing novels? I picked up a short stories book the other day at Hastings, but it is along the lines of Euorpean settings.
Danoinark Posted October 29, 2006 Posted October 29, 2006 Russ No Angler's library should be without books by Harry Middleton. Google him and you will see several. One particular is "The Earth is Enough" Start that and you won't put it down. You might end up like me looking for the real Starlight Creek. You can find his books on Amazon.com and for just a few bucks. Dano Glass Has Class "from the laid back lane in the Arkansas Ozarks"
McManus Posted November 18, 2006 Posted November 18, 2006 Travers Corners, Return to Travers Corners and Travers Corners the Final Chapter. Seinfeld for fly fishermen. Small town friends, live, love and fish together. "Many go fishing all their lives without knowing it is not fish they are after." Henry David Thoreau
Crippled Caddis Posted November 19, 2006 Posted November 19, 2006 Anyone have a list of some really good fiction fly fishing novels? I picked up a short stories book the other day at Hastings, but it is along the lines of Euorpean settings. Anything by Robert Traver and Harry Middleton will be worth the price. But don't neglect John Gierach, Ernie Sweibert, Art Lee, Charles Brooks, A. J. McClane, Harry Darbee or any of the great Pennsyvania chalk-stream specialists. Hemingways' "Great Two-Hearted River' may be considered as seminal to flyfishing fiction and shouldn't be skipped either. The body of (non-fiction) literature concerning the sport is superior to any other liesure activity and if you will search you will never run out of interesting reading. Tom <http://www.flyfishinghistory.com/treatise_prologue.htm> <http://www.flyfishinghistory.com/contents.htm> are two that will get you started. "You need only reflect that one of the best ways to get yourself a reputation as a dangerous citizen these days is to go about repeating the very phrases which our founding fathers used in their struggle for independence." ---Charles Austin Beard
McManus Posted November 20, 2006 Posted November 20, 2006 www.victoriahouston.com Fun mysteries at Loon Lake. William Tapply's Brady Coyne mysteries. Brady is an attorney who doesn't fish much. He's more like you and me and just thinks about it every chance he gets. "Many go fishing all their lives without knowing it is not fish they are after." Henry David Thoreau
jjtroutbum Posted February 17, 2007 Posted February 17, 2007 I really enjoy the writing of John Gierach don't think that it falls under fiction but his approach to things makes be believe we could be fishing buddies. And as far as a good reading magazine would half to be "Grays Sporting Journal". I hope I never miss another fly fishing edition Jon Joy ___________ "A jerk at one end of the line is enough." unknown author The Second Amendment was written for hunting tyrants not ducks. "Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote." Benjamin Franklin, 1759
Members coonriverdog Posted August 30, 2007 Members Posted August 30, 2007 Two words: John Gierach!!!!!! Trout Bum is a classic already!!!!!!!!!!! Tim "Here's to saints and sinners who've ever cast a dry fly upon the moving water and couldn't answer why."
Danoinark Posted August 30, 2007 Posted August 30, 2007 I've recently started reading some Patrick McManus novels. Dano Glass Has Class "from the laid back lane in the Arkansas Ozarks"
Members Steve Dally Posted August 31, 2007 Members Posted August 31, 2007 Very interesting lists, though as mentioned above there is lots of writing here, very very fine writing, which wouldn't be classed as novels or fiction. But some great reads here of which fly fishing is central like Gierach Lyons and McGuane. Of the novels, I spent some in the company of Joe Heywood, good guy, and I have every so often thought i would like to read his books. You have inspired me to track them down Cheers Steve Sign Up For The Mountain River Journal - our free weekly e-magazine/fishing report Remodelled Mountain River Fly Shop Web Store
Greg Posted August 31, 2007 Posted August 31, 2007 Even though they are not strictly fly fishing novels - my wife and I both really like the William G Tappley mystery series novels. They feature a fly fishing lawyer (Brady Coyne) that is always getting in some sort of trouble. First and foremost they are mystery type novels. But there is definitely some fly fishing thrown in here and there. Some of the most entertaining books I have read. Greg "My biggest worry is that my wife (when I'm dead) will sell my fishing gear for what I said I paid for it" - Koos Brandt Greg Mitchell
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