Book of the Month

Tying Them Like Your Grandfather DidBy Larry Ray My last few reviews of fly-tying manuals have dealt with the most up-to-date manuals held in the library. This is because we have recently had some fine donations and we have been able to make purchases of books and manuals that the membership has requested. And, of […]

A Fun Change of Pace. I, like most of you, I’m sure, am struggling at times with the uncertainty of all we face. When will I get to go fishing again? With whom will I be able to fish? If I do fish with someone, how do we distance properly? Can we use my boat?

By Larry Ray A Tough Act to Follow. How many of you have read” The book”? Or seen “the movie”? A River Runs Through It was published by Norman Maclean in 1976. Robert Redford’s movie version followed sometime later, in 1992. While both received considerable acclaim, the fly-fishing community itself took a bit of a

Another Wonderful Donation! In what is becoming a trend, our library has received another wonderful donation. These donations have helped update our collection with newer volumes. One such is the second edition of Landon Mayer’s Sight Fishing for Trout. With a copyright of 2019, it is about as new as a donated volume can be.

Before entering into this month’s review, some reminders: I invite all members to come forward with titles they would like to suggest for library purchase. The library will be making its end-of-year upgrade shortly and any suggestions are heartily welcomed! I will again chair the club’s award nomination and selection process this year. Accordingly, I

Thomas McGuane. I’ve stated, in prior reviews, that I thought Thomas McGuane was the finest fishing writer out there. Yet, he is so much more. He has written novels involving hard-life types from his home state of Montana, as well as hisbeloved Florida Keys. He is also an accomplished short-story author, with collections involving characters

The Spiritual Side. What with so much going on in life right now, I confess that I have been unable to find time to read a book with the care necessary to prepare a review. I thought, at first, to simply beg forbearance and not print a report at all. But, then, our club’s Christmas

Tom Rosenbauer has built a life around fly fishing. He began tying flies commercially at age fourteen. He has fished the world over, including Kamchatka, Christmas Island, and English chalk streams. He has served the Orvis company in virtually every capacity possible, including as an instructor. Currently, he is Orvis’s Marketing Manager. Lucky for all

Soft Hackle Flies More than once I have been asked if our Library contains any information on soft-hackled flies. We now have, thanks to donations, two volumes which deal with soft-hackle flies as their primary subject. Both were written by Sylvester Nemes. The Soft Hackled Fly, A Trout Fisherman’s Guide, was published in 1975, while

A Bible Thanks to the generosity of one of our members, Rolf Marsh, our Library has come into possession of one of the most significant modern volumes ever written about North American Salmonids. Trout and Salmon of North America, published in 2002, is considered by many the Bible of North American Salmonid identification and research.