Fly Fishing Novels?

[onthefly7]

I have read "A River Why" and "A River Runs Through it", and enjoyed them both tremendously.

 

What other similar books would you guys recommend? They don't even necessarily have to be about fly fishing just outdoor novels in the vein of "Into the Wild", "A Walk in the Woods" etc...

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks everyone!

[coolwaters]

Not fly related but "seven summits" is a good outdoor related read..in short a couple old guys attempt to summits the highest peaks in each continent..

 

have you read "watermarks"???

[zed]

fishing for bacon - michael davie

 

excellent read, absolutely hilarious.

[loeber]

Salty piece of sand by Jimmy Buffett has some Bone fishing in it, a good read, more on the humor fiction side than outdoors but if you like Bubba the books area shoo-in.

Not fly fishing but ENTIRLEY pro Bass tour and side splitting funny is Double Whammy by Carl Hiassen. (Most of his books have at least some fishing in them)

[dekkard2019]

"Even Brook Trout Get The Blues" by John Gierach is light-hearted and pretty funny as well. He proves that you don't have to catch a million fish to enjoy a day of fishing. I suggest any Gierach novel...great short stories.

 

[BBBrownie]

Hemmingway has some classic fishing related books, Im sure you are aware of Old Man and the Sea. Although not directly fishing related, anything Andy Russell writes is up among my absolute fav outdoor books- there is some fishing though, he used to fish as a kid up on Dry Wood creek, he even talks about noodling for trout!

[lethfisher]

There is a fly fishing mystery series called the "Yellowstone Fly-Fishing Mystery Series" by John Galligan that aren't to bad. Here is a link to I think the first in the series if you want to get a taste for it. The Blood Knot

[ÜberFly]

"Icefields" by Alberta author Thomas Warton (a fictional account of an early 1900 expedition around the Jasper area)

 

"Touching the Void" by Joe Simpson (much better then the docudrama could even convey)

 

"Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer (simply an amazing story)

 

"Under the Banner of Heaven" (though not directly outdoor related a very interesting read) by Jon Krakauer

[headscan]

Watermarks by Jim McLennan

Anything by John Gierach, Thomas McGuane (especially The Longest Silence), and Roderick Haig-Brown

A Good Life Wasted by Dave Ames

 

I'm currently reading Lines on the Water by David Adams Richards and it's pretty good so far. It's about fishing for salmon on the Miramichi. Won a Governor General's award too.

 

[dude1125]

Anything by John Gierach and Fishing With My Old Guy by Paul Quarrington.

[Jimbo]

By novel, I presume you mean fiction, in which case I recommend Dave Ames' work - A Good Life Wasted, particularly (actually a little hard to tell how much is fiction and how much isn't, but it reads as a novel).

[Weedy1]

It's not a novel but "Presentation" by Gary Borger is a must for any Ffisherman.

[PGK]

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[Flyfisher]

I don't think you could go wrong with any of these:

 

Somewhere Down The Crazy River: Journey's in search of Giant Fish by Paul Boote and Jeremy Wade

 

The Bright Country: A Fisherman's Return to Trout, Wild Water and Himself by Harry Middleton

 

The Snowfly by Joseph Heywood

 

Trout Madness by Robert Traver

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[trailhead]

I like Fish and Tell and Go to Hell. It's a nice collection of fact, fishing tales and fiction, so funny parts too. Plus it is local.

[BBBrownie]

"Rainbow Chasers" by Irvin Austin MacDonald is a great outdoor-old time-settling the wild west type book that started a bit far fetched, but became one of the best trapping, farming, pack horse traveling books i've read. There are a few fishing references, but in a catching and eating fish context. Definately worth reading for anyone who likes old time pack train sort of reads. Although not novel, I also would highly recommend anything by Rodrick Haig Brown, Bright Waters, Bright Fish is the last I read and it was inspiring. He was an amazing man and you can still visit his estate on the banks of the Campbell River.

[zed]

awesome topic, i'm always looking for something to read...

[creekside]

Hey Zed. all the above mentioned books have no pictures in them. might prove to be a tough read. But if you want to try I've several books kicking around, D. is coming up from Rev for xmas I'll box them up and have her drop them off on the way home.

 

merry xmas Kent and a happy new year, already next years trips.

[jdangler]

Also by Dave Ames, Dances with Sharks, & True Love & the Wooly Bugger.Pale Morning Done by Jeff Hull & Ninty-Two in the Shade by Thomas McGuane.

[onthefly7]

Thanks everyone! I have asked for like 8 of these books for Christmas now so I hopefully can start enjoying them in a few days.

 

 

It doesn't have to be just novels either, collections of short stories, essays, anything will do. I just love outdoor literature

[Jimbo]

How could I forget one of my favourite books? The Earth Is Enough by Harry Middleton

[dube]

Not fishing related or fiction for that matter although it does read like a story, "The black grizzly of whiskey creek" by Sid Marty. I thought it was a great book by a local author.

[Taco]

Sid Marty.... Western Canada's Farley Mowat

 

I've always enjoyed reading Sid's books

[jjthom2]

"From the Far Side of the River" by Paul Quarrington. Hilarious - with a local touch. The guy has a great band now to.

[hopdrop]

I'll echo the Gierach recommendations.

 

Colin Angus has two or three (that I've read) books about hardcore adventure travelling. One is his account of circumnavigating the globe under his own power. Pretty amazing.