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#AMERICAN FLY TYING MANUAL. by Dave Hughes.
Dressing and methods for tying nearly 300 of America's most popular patterns. arramged by intended species of fish for each pattern.
Clear illustrations and photos (83) show you how to tie all 290 patterns in the book which are shown in full color and large size with tying instructions adjacent to each. Best-producing North American flies, including most popular dry, nymph, wet, streamer and bucktail, steelhead, Atlantic salmon, Pacific salmon, cutthroat, Alaskan, saltwater, bass, and panfish patterns. Color plates of tying materials, including fur, hackle, thread, etc. Fly pattern index. Fishing tips for most patterns. 48 large-format pages, all color.
ISBN: 1-57188-212-X. 2000. Order #: FRAM3432 paper$9.95.

CHAUNCY LIVELY'S FLYBOX. Lively.
A portfolio of modern trout flies: midges, terrestrials, caddisflies, stoneflies, mayflies. Over 340 photos, 96 large-format pages.
Check stock.ISBN: 0-8117-2078-0. Order #: STAC1338 paper $18.95.

 

 

 

 

FLY CASTING FOR THE COMPLEAT IDIOT: a no-nonsense guide to fly casting. by Michael Rutter.
A fully-illustrated instructional guide with straight talk and irreverent humor teaches you to cast, catch fish, and have fun as you master the art of fly fishing.
ISBN: 0-87842-313-3. Order #: MOPR1217 paper$15.00.

 

 

FLY CASTING WITH LEFTY KREH. by Lefty Kreh.
Unusual and highly successful techniques for each type of cast presented step by step: dropback, double haul, control of shooting line, change-of-direction, stripping line, vertical roll cast, roll pickup, slack-line cast, horizontal cast, wind cast, and more. How to cast from canoe or boat. Expand your casting options and be ready for special situations. Stop-action photos, 127 large-format pages.
ISBN: 0-88317-075-2. 1974.Cover bent. Order #: STOE2114 paper$9.95.

 

 

FLY FISHING FOR PACIFIC SALMON. by Bruce Ferguson, Les Johnson, & Pat Trotter. Presents nearly 200 salmon fly patterns with their origins and how to fish them in salt water, tidal estuaries, and fresh water. Includes what salmon feed on, habits, knots, imitating natural foods. Color illustrations, 140 large-format pages, bibliography, index.
ISBN: 0-936608-35-8. Order #:FRAM5633 paper$17.95.

 

 

FLY FISHING FOR PANFISH. Malo.
Provides a sure way to learn the techniques for catching these feisty, tasty fish. Illustrated, 146 pages.  Originally published by Dillon at $8.95.
Check stock.ISBN: 0-87518-208-9. 1981. Order #: ZZXS5191 cloth$8.95.

 

 

FLY FISHING FOR SALMON. by Neil Graesser.
Presents a study of the fish themselves with the skills and techniques to take them: tackle, casting methods, changes in methods for spring and summer, life cycle of the salmon, choosing the correct fly, hook sizes and types, casting, fishing a pool, when and how to strike, playing the fish. Photos, 128 pages.
ISBN: 0-913276-50-2. 1982. Order #: JOHN2841 cloth$14.95.

 

 

FLY ROD STEELHEAD. by Bill Stinson. Instructions for all types of steelhead fly fishing--tackle and equipment, steelhead behavior, Atlantic salmon, fishing techniques, boating. Photos, 143 pages.
ISBN: 0-936608-08-0. Out of print. Order #: FRAM6094 paper$8.95.

 

 

FLY-DRESSING MATERIALS. by John Veniard.
Feathers and furs--both exotic and prosaic--for the creative contemporary fly tier, plus required and recommended tools and ways to simplify various procedures. Types of hooks and sizes for various purposes and conditions of fishing and attempts at imitating natural insects and other foods trout prefer. Also covers feathers for tying; capes, hackles, wings of particular bird species plus furs to use. Fluorescent materials are considered, as are tying tubes and other devices, plus the tying vise and tools themselves--even a hand-held vise.. Color and b/w photos plus drawings, 160 pages.
ISBN: 0-87691-267-6. 1977. Order #: WINC3318 cloth$16.95.

 

 

THE FLY-FISHERMAN'S WORKSHOP. Wilson.
Contains 15 projects for fly tier and angler: building a fly rod, making a tackle box, putting together a "pen" vise to hold flies while tying them to leaders when on streams, creating a line storage rack, fashioning a landing net, and rigging a salmon trailer when a net is less practical, using Rx bottles to store flies, and more. Photographs and drawings, 118 pages.
ISBN: 0-498-02182-3. 1979. Order #: ZZXS5171 paper$9.95.

 

 

FLY FISHING FOR PACIFIC SALMON. by Bruce Ferguson, Les Johnson, & Pat Trotter. Presents nearly 200 salmon fly patterns with their origins and how to fish them in salt water, tidal estuaries, and fresh water. Includes what salmon feed on, habits, knots, imitating natural foods. Color illustrations, 140 large-format pages, bibliography, index.
ISBN: 0-936608-35-8. Order #:FRAM5633 paper$17.95.

 

 

FLY FISHING FOR PANFISH. Malo.
Provides a sure way to learn the techniques for catching these feisty, tasty fish. Illustrated, 146 pages.  Originally published by Dillon at $8.95.
Check stock. ISBN: 0-87518-208-9. 1981. Order #: ZZXS5191 cloth$8.95.

 

 

FLY FISHING FOR SALMON. by Neil Graesser.
Presents a study of the fish themselves with the skills and techniques to take them: tackle, casting methods, changes in methods for spring and summer, life cycle of the salmon, choosing the correct fly, hook sizes and types, casting, fishing a pool, when and how to strike, playing the fish. Photos, 128 pages.
ISBN: 0-913276-50-2. 1982. Order #: JOHN2841 cloth$14.95.

 

 

FLY-FISHING HERESIES. by Leonard M. Wright, Jr..
Fly fishing traditions are too dogmatic for this author who shares the practical and successful ways he presents flies to fish so they take them. For instance, the classic "dead-drift" is often dead wrong, in most cases it's best to cast flies across and downstream and not up--find out why. This is a hard-core how-to book full of new and newly rediscovered methods of fly fishing to aid all open-minded anglers (and puzzle the rest?) Scores of line drawings and photos, 239 pages, index.
ISBN: 0-88317-083-3. 1975. Order #: STOE2112 paper$5.95.

 

 

FLY FISHING: a beginner's guide. by David Lee.
How to fly cast, fly types and their uses, equipment selection. Uses a patient, step-by-step approach for the novice angler to avoid the difficulties that beginners may experience. Specifics on kinds of flies:. wet, dry, nymphs, streamers and bucktails. Selecting a fly line, rod, reel, and leaders. Photos and line drawings, 208 pages, index.
ISBN: 0-13-322529-1. 1982. Order #: PRHA7795 paper$9.95.

 

 

GO-TO FLIES: 101 patterns the pros use when all else fails.
ISBN: 978-1-932098-19-8. Order #: WIAP6582 paper$4.95.

 

 

GREASED LINE FISHING FOR SALMON (AND STEELHEAD). by Jock Scott.
Reprint of English fly-fishing classic, with ideas going back over half a century and a historical perspective of ideas on this sport. For instance, rods having oscillating rings rather than upright rings, setting hooks with the rod held horizontally rather than vertically, fishing in cold water "on the heavy side" and fishing in warm, low water. Illustrated, 235 pages, index.
ISBN: 0-936608-19-6 (not on book). 1982. Order #: FRAM6091 paper$9.95.

 

 

HATCH GUIDE FOR WESTERN STREAMS. by Jim Schollmeyer.
Successful fishing on Western streams requires preparation--you need to know what insects are emerging, when and where, and which patterns best match them. Now, thanks to Jim Schollmeyer, the guessing is over. Hatch Guide for Western Streams is the third in Jim's successful ""Hatch Guide"" series. Jim covers all you need for a productive trip on Western streams: water types you'll encounter; successful fishing techniques; identifying the major hatches, providing basic background information about these insects. Information is presented in a simple, clear manner. A full-color photograph of the natural is shown on the left-hand page, complete with its characteristics, habits and habitat; the right-hand page shows three flies to match the natural, including effective fishing techniques. 4 x 5 inches; full-color; 196 pages; fantastic photographs of naturals and flies. 
Inventory =1. ISBN: 1-57188-109-3. Order #: FRAM5497 paper$19.95.

HATCHES II: A Complete Guide to Fishing the Hatches of North American Trout Streams. Caucci & Nastasi.
Covers mayflies and their identification in all stages of their development, with critical information on fishing tactics, fly presentation and imitation. Includes emergence calendars, hook sizes, tying instructions. Photos, 335 large-format pages.
ISBN: 0-8329-0400-7. Order #: WINC2840 cloth$29.95.

 

MASTERING THE ART OF FLY-TYING. Talleur.
Hands-on-guide to better fly-tying skills with 30 step-by-step lessons and tyer's techniques for nymphs, streamers, and dry flies. 224 large-format pages.
ISBN: 0-8117-0907-8. Order #: STAC1343 cloth$34.95.

 

 

POPULAR FLY PATTERNS. Hellekson,
A fly reference manual that includes patterns and dressings for over 800 flies: dry, nymphs, wet, larvae, shrimp, streamer, steelhead, and the new waterwalkers. 700 illustrations , 188 large-format pages.
ISBN: 0-87905-065-9. Order #: GISM2186 paper$14.95.

 

 

A PRIMER OF FLY--FISHING. by Roderick Haig-Brown.
Basic introduction to fly fishing--a standard to how to present in word what eventually must be learned by hand and eye. Covers all the equipment--rods and reels, lines and leaders, types of flies, casting overhead and roll, "mending the line", hooking and playing fish, releasing fish, fishing streams and lakes, estuaries and saltwater, and fly-tying techniques. Drawings, 189 pages, index.
ISBN: 0-295-95932-0. 1982. Order #: UNWA4348 paper$8.95.

 

 

A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT and other stories. by Norman Maclean.
Author shares memories of fishing with his father and brother centered on the Big Blackfoot River in western Montana with uncanny blending of fly fishing with the affections of the heart. The writing is earthy, whimsical, authoritative, wise, describing experiences and observations in the outdoors--some with animals, some with rocks, some with storms, and many with people. This book was associated in time with a surge in interest in fly fishing and may have inspired that interest. Drawings, 231 pages.
ISBN: 0-226-50057-8. 1976. Order #: MISC1051 paper$9.95.

 

 

STEELHEAD FLY FISHING AND FLIES. by Trey Combs. Fly pattern dictionary for 200 best steelhead flies--how to tie and fish them. Includes charts showing how to cast and drift flies in various river situations, with places for mending to keep natural drift, swing flies, or let them sink. Color photos, 126 large-format pages.
ISBN: None. 1976. Order #: FRAM6138 paper$19.95.

 

 

#STEELHEAD FLY TYING MANUAL. Light.
Theories, tools, and methods behind effective patterns. Color photos, 100 large-format pages.
ISBN: 0-936608-20-X. Order #: FRAM6140 paper$11.95.

TYING BASS FLIES: 12 of the best. by Deke Meyer. Covers a variety of poppers, floaters, swimmers, and divers, with detailed tying instructions. Learn how to tie effective flies for bass, including cork and foam poppers, sliders, divers, and undulating underwater flies. Includes how to fish each fly. Color photos, 32 large-format pages.
ISBN: 0-57188-041-0. Order #: FRAM6136 paper$9.95.

 

TYING strong FISHING KNOTS. by Bill Herzog.
How to tie 34 knots for fishing in fresh- and salt-water; popular monofilament knots, line-to-line connections, loop knots, and knots for fly fishing and connections. Drawings show how tie each knot, and there is a general discussion of knot-tying principles. 48 little pages allows this to be kept in a vest or shirt pocket to be handy while on the water.
Inventory =  1. ISBN: 978-1-57188-269-1. 1995. Order #: FRAM3323 paper$5.95.

TYING THE SWISHER/RICHARDS FLIES. Swisher/Richards.
Revolutionary styles--no hackles, hen spinners, emergers, stillborns, floating and wiggle nymphs, pupa, minnows, and how to fish them. Illustrated, 48 large-format pages.
ISBN:0-8117-2099-3. Order #: STAC1341 paper$9.95.

 

 

WHICH FLY DO I USE? by Darren Banasch.
Oriented to fishing for trout, author starts by explaining what tout eat, then giving fly selections for streams, rivers, and lakes. REVIEW: Bend Bulletin by Gary Lewis---Which Fly Do I Use? That's a good question, because there are over 15,000 patterns currently in existence. Banasch's book cuts through the confusion, simplifying pattern selection and presentation for fly-fishers of all levels. This book is a guide to some of the best patterns that tempt trout. So, whether you buy flies, or tie your own, this book will answer the question of which fly you should use--including specific examples. Color photos, drawings, 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches, 48 pages.
ISBN: 978-157188-202-8. 2000. Order #: FRAM5510 paper$8.95.

 

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